Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:34:24 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Larry Baird <lab@gta.com> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, Idwer Vollering <vidwer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ACPI issues with PC engines APU beta board Message-ID: <531E21D0.8000409@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <20140310200313.GB67247@gta.com> References: <CAPp9OrnmOYtAtqmC4wtHXu4fkWEnVeiDS4LAASO-n%2BPWZtHqag@mail.gmail.com> <20140303154834.GA5864@gta.com> <531E1742.2020906@sentex.net> <20140310200313.GB67247@gta.com>
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On 3/10/2014 4:03 PM, Larry Baird wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 03:49:22PM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: >> On 3/3/2014 10:48 AM, Larry Baird wrote: >>>> This beta board runs coreboot, which is GPL'ed software. This means that it >>>> is possible to submit a contribution that lets you boot FreeBSD 9.2 and 10. >>>> >>>> Working with PC Engines to come up with a solution is the right way. >>>> >>>> FWIW, I can boot FreeBSD 9.2 just fine on amd64 hardware (ASUS F2A85-M) >>>> that also starts with coreboot. >>> FreeBSD has working on the issue from two directions. >>> >>> 1) John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> has made software changes to FreeBSD >>> head that work around the issue (http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&sortby=date&revision=261243). This issue was to be MFCed a few weeks back. >>> I am sure that John will MFC it at some point. >>> >>> 2) I worked with Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> to develop BIOS patches to >>> give to PC Engines to provide back to SAGE. I received an updated BIOS >>> with this change the end of last week. >> >> Hi, >> I just got one of these boards to evaluate. I was trying to load the >> watchdog, but no luck. There seem to be a few other errors too >> >> amdsbwd0: ResetStatus0 = 0xf9 >> amdsbwd0: ResetStatus1 = 0x0b >> amdsbwd0: memory base address = 0xfec000f0 >> amdsbwd0: <AMD SB8xx Watchdog Timer> at iomem >> 0xfec000f0-0xfec000f3,0xfec000f4-0xfec000f7 on isa0 >> amdsbwd0: bus_alloc_resource for ctrl failed >> device_attach: amdsbwd0 attach returned 6 >> >> USB seems to have some issues as well >> >> device_attach: pcib4 attach returned 6 >> ohci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> at device 20.5 on pci0 >> ohci0: 0x1000 bytes of rid 0x10 res 3 failed (0, 0xffffffff). >> ohci0: Could not map memory >> device_attach: ohci0 attach returned 6 >> pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 21.0 on pci0 >> pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4 >> ohci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB controller> at device 22.0 on pci0 >> ohci0: 0x1000 bytes of rid 0x10 res 3 failed (0, 0xffffffff). >> ohci0: Could not map memory >> device_attach: ohci0 attach returned 6 >> ehci0: <AMD SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB 2.0 controller> at device 22.2 on pci0 >> ehci0: 0x100 bytes of rid 0x10 res 3 failed (0, 0xffffffff). >> ehci0: Could not map memory >> device_attach: ehci0 attach returned 6 >> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 >> pmtimer0 on isa0 >> >> not sure of the NIC errors are issues too ? >> >> re2: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port >> 0x3000-0x30ff at device 0.0 on pci3 >> re2: 0x1000 bytes of rid 0x18 res 3 failed (0, 0xffffffff). >> re2: 0x4000 bytes of rid 0x20 res 3 failed (0, 0xffffffff). >> re2: could not allocate MSI-X PBA resource >> re2: Using 1 MSI message >> re2: ASPM disabled >> re2: Chip rev. 0x2c000000 >> re2: MAC rev. 0x00200000 >> miibus2: <MII bus> on re2 >> rgephy2: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus2 >> rgephy2: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, >> 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-master, >> 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, >> 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow >> re2: Ethernet address: 00:0d:b9:33:11:c6 >> >> Start bios (version ?-20131224_111227-ubuntubuilderx64) >> CPU Mhz=1000 >> >> 10.0-STABLE FreeBSD 10.0-STABLE #2 r262153 i386 > You will need to either update the BIOS or patch FreeBSD 10. The > patch associated with: > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&sortby=date&revision=261243 > applies cleanly to FreeBSD 10. The latest BIOS from PC engines for the APU > board is very noisy when it boots. Hopefully the code change will get MFCed > now that the APU board is generally available: > http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm Where can I find the latest BIOS ? Its not on the website Any reason why this has not been MFC'd ? Is there a downside to having it applied / running with it ? ---Mike > > Larry > > -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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