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I was bugged by spurious "Failed to enable LTR" messages for years. Looking at the the current algorithm, it is flawed in multiple ways: * It looks like the author didn't know they implemented a recursive algorithm (pciexp_enable_ltr()) inside another recursive algorithm (pciexp_scan_bridge()). Thus, at every tree level, everything is run again for the whole sub- tree. * LTR is enabled no matter if `.set_ltr_max_latencies` is implemented or not. Leaving the endpoints' LTR settings at 0: They are told to always report zero tolerance. In theory, depending on the root-complex implementation, this may result in higher power consumption than without LTR messages. * `.set_ltr_max_latencies` is only considered for the direct parent of a device. Thus, even with it implemented, an endpoint below a (non-root) bridge may suffer from the 0 settings as described above. * Due to the double-recursive nature, LTR is enabled starting with the endpoints, then moving up the tree, while the PCIe spec tells us to do it in the exact opposite order. With the current implementation of pciexp_scan_bridge(), it is hard to hook anything in that runs for each device from top to bottom. So the proposed solution still adds some redundancy: First, for every device that uses pciexp_scan_bus(), we enable LTR if possible (see below). Then, when returning from the bus- scanning recursion, we enable LTR for every device and configure the maximum latencies (if supported). The latter runs again on all bridges, because it's hard to know if pciexp_scan_bus() was used for them. When to enable LTR: * For all devices that implement `.set_ltr_max_latencies`. * For all devices below a bridge that has it enabled already. Change-Id: I2c5b8658f1fc8cec15e8b0824464c6fc9bee7e0e Signed-off-by: Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/51328 Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Tim Wawrzynczak <twawrzynczak@chromium.org> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> |
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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_TOOLCHAINKconfig 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 menuconfigandmake 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:
You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist
Copyright and License
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.