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Jens Rottmann f91c8f290b FrontRunner/Toucan-AF: work around AGESA RAM init crashing on reboot
If you try to reset the system with outb(3,0x92), outb(4,0xcf9) or a
triple-fault it will instead crash with a messy screen.  As the more common
outb(0xFE, 0x64) doesn't work with our setup, Linux will crash whenever you
ask it to reboot.  Closer inspection shows that on a warm boot of Coreboot
agesawrapper_amdinitpost() always fails with error code 7.  Looks like DDR3
re-init goes wrong somehow.  I tried find the reason for this but was
unable to.  I am convinced this is not board specific but a bug in AGESA.

In the end I had to settle for a workaround:  if amdinitpost returns 7 this
patch resets the system harder with outb(0x06, 0x0cf9), after that RAM init
will succeed.  As amdinitpost is early in POST this automatic reset is
quick enough not to be noticable.

I'd perfer a real fix, but that's all I have.

Change-Id: I4763254b489f42a135232e45328ecf0d5c4d961a
Signed-off-by: Jens Rottmann <JRottmann@LiPPERTembedded.de>
Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/2573
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins)
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
2013-03-02 00:18:08 +01:00
3rdparty@dac1a18d18 Update 3rdparty mark to latest repository 2013-02-22 09:22:41 +01:00
documentation sconfig: rename lapic_cluster -> cpu_cluster 2013-02-14 07:07:20 +01:00
payloads libpayload: Mark "halt" as a function. 2013-03-01 16:49:41 +01:00
src FrontRunner/Toucan-AF: work around AGESA RAM init crashing on reboot 2013-03-02 00:18:08 +01:00
util GPLv2 notice: Unify all files to just use one space in »MA 02110-1301« 2013-03-01 10:16:08 +01:00
.gitignore add a few entries to .gitignore 2013-01-10 22:51:20 +01:00
.gitmodules Add 3rdparty as submodule 2012-05-01 00:08:37 +02:00
.gitreview add .gitreview 2012-11-01 23:13:39 +01:00
COPYING update license template. 2006-08-12 22:03:36 +00:00
Makefile build system: Retire REQUIRES_BLOB 2013-02-19 11:00:41 +01:00
Makefile.inc build system: Retire REQUIRES_BLOB 2013-02-19 11:00:41 +01:00
README Update README with newer version of the text from the web page 2011-06-15 10:16:33 +02:00

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coreboot README
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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 http://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:

 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
 * http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices


Build Requirements
------------------

 * gcc / g++
 * make

Optional:

 * doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
 * iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
 * gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
 * ncurses (for 'make menuconfig')
 * flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)


Building coreboot
-----------------

Please consult http://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 http://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:

  http://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

  http://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.