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# OCP Tioga Pass
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This page describes coreboot support status for the [OCP] (Open Compute Project)
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Tioga Pass server platform.
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## Introduction
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OCP Tioga Pass server platform was contributed by Facebook, and was accepted
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in 2019. The design collateral including datasheet can be found at [OCP Tioga Pass].
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Since complete EE design collateral is open sourced, anyone can build server
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as-is or a variant based on the original design. It can also be purchased from [OCP Market Place].
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An off-the-shelf version is available, as well as rack ready version. With the
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off-the-shelf version, the server can be plugged into wall power outlet.
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With the off-the-shelf version of Tioga Pass, a complete software solution is
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available. [Off-the-shelf Host Firmware] takes the approach of UEFI/Linuxboot.
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coreboot as of release 4.13 is a proof-of-concept project between Facebook,
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Intel, Wiwynn and Quanta. The context is described at [OCP Tioga Pass POC Blog].
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## Required blobs
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This board currently requires:
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- FSP blob: The blob (Intel Skylake Scalable Processor Firmware Support Package)
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is not yet available to the public. The binary is at POC status, hopefully
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someday an IBV is able to obtain the privilege to maintain it.
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- Microcode: `3rdparty/intel-microcode/intel-ucode/06-55-04`
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- ME binary: The binary can be extracted from [Off-the-shelf Host Firmware].
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## Payload
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- Linuxboot: This is necessary only if you use Linuxboot as coreboot payload.
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U-root as initramfs, is used in the POC activity. It can be extracted from
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[Off-the-shelf Host Firmware], or it can be built following [All about u-root].
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## Flashing coreboot
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To do in-band FW image update, use [flashrom]:
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flashrom -p internal:ich_spi_mode=hwseq -c "Opaque flash chip" --ifd \
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-i bios --noverify-all -w <path to coreboot image>
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From OpenBMC, to update FW image:
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fw-util mb --force --update <path to coreboot image>
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To power off/on the host:
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power-util mb off
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power-util mb on
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To connect to console through SOL (Serial Over Lan):
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sol-util mb
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## Known issues / feature gaps
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- C6 state is not supported. Workaround is to disable C6 support through
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target OS and Linuxboot kernel paramter, such as "cpuidle.off=1".
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- SMI handlers are not implemented.
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- xSDT tables are not fully populated, such as processor/socket devices,
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PCIe bridge devices.
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- There is boot stability issue. Occasionally the boot hangs at ramstage
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with following message "BIOS PCU Misc Config Read timed out."
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- If [CB 40500 patchset] is not merged, when PCIe riser card is used,
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boot fails.
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- PCIe devices connected to socket 1 may not work, because FSP
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does not support PCIe topology input for socket 1.k
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- SMBIOS type 7 and type 17 are not populated.
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## Working
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The solution was developed using Linuxboot payload. The Linuxboot
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kernel versions tried are 4.16.18 and 5.2.9. The initramfs image is
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u-root.
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- Most SMBIOS types
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- BMC integration:
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- BMC readiness check
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- IPMI commands
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- watchdog timer
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- POST complete pin acknowledgement
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- SEL record generation
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- Early serial output
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- port 80h direct to GPIO
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- ACPI tables: APIC/DMAR/DSDT/FACP/FACS/HPET/MCFG/SPMI/SRAT/SLIT/SSDT
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## Technology
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```eval_rst
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+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| Processor (2 sockets) | Intel Skylake Scalable Processor LGA3647 |
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+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| BMC | Aspeed AST 2500 |
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+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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| PCH | Intel Lewisburg C621 |
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+------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
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```
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[flashrom]: https://flashrom.org/Flashrom
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[OCP]: https://www.opencompute.org/
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[OCP Tioga Pass]: https://www.opencompute.org/contributions?query=Tioga%20Pass%20v1.0
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[OCP Market Place]: https://www.opencompute.org/products/109/wiwynn-tioga-pass-advanced-2u-ocp-server-up-to-768gb-12-dimm-slots-4-ssds-for-io-performance
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[Off-the-shelf Host Firmware]: https://github.com/linuxboot/book/blob/master/case_studies/TiogaPass/README.md
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[OCP Tioga Pass POC Blog]: https://www.opencompute.org/blog/linux-firmware-boots-up-server-powered-by-intelr-xeonr-scalable-processor
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[All about u-root]: https://github.com/linuxboot/book/tree/master/u-root
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[CB 40500 patchset]: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/40500
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