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Nick Vaccaro 90aeb4d1b5 util: Add spd_tools to generate DDR4 SPDs for TGL boards
Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data for memory modules is used by Memory
Reference Code (MRC) for training the memory. This SPD data is
typically obtained from part vendors but has to be massaged to format
it correctly as per JEDEC and MRC expectations. There have been
numerous times in the past where the SPD data used is not always
correct.

In order to reduce the manual effort of creating SPDs and generating
DRAM IDs, this change adds tools for generating SPD files for DDR4
memory used in memory down configurations on Intel Tiger Lake (TGL)
based platforms. These tools generate SPDs following JESD79-4C and
Jedec "4.1.2.L-5 R29 v103" specification.

Two tools are provided:
* gen_spd.go: Generates de-duplicated SPD files using a global memory
  part list provided by the mainboard in JSON format. Additionally,
  generates a SPD manifest file (in CSV format) with information about
  what memory part from the global list uses which of the generated
  SPD files.

* gen_part_id.go: Allocates DRAM strap IDs for different DDR4
  memory parts used by the board. Takes as input list of memory parts
  used by the board (with one memory part on each line) and the SPD
  manifest file generated by gen_spd.go. Generates Makefile.inc for
  integrating the generated SPD files in the coreboot build.

BUG=b:160157545

Change-Id: I263f936b332520753a6791c8d892fc148cb6f103
Signed-off-by: Nick Vaccaro <nvaccaro@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/44429
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Barnes <robbarnes@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com>
2020-08-25 16:48:02 +00:00
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README.md

coreboot README

coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.

With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.

coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.

Payloads

After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.

See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.

Supported Hardware

coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

Build Requirements

  • make
  • gcc / g++ Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse - by generating broken object code. Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the ANY_TOOLCHAIN Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case).
  • iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
  • pkg-config
  • libssl-dev (openssl)

Optional:

  • doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
  • gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
  • ncurses (for make menuconfig and make nconfig)
  • flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)

Building coreboot

Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.

Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware

If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.

Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.

Website and Mailing List

Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:

https://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist

The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.

coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.

This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.