Hi Felix, > I only know one board where the IMC is used for fan control - gizmo2 Could you please clarify the IMC status for ASUS AM1I-A (AMD 16h mini-ITX board) ? Because at coreboot's "menuconfig" I see this dependency :
> Chipset Add imc firmware │ CONFIG_HUDSON_IMC_FWM: │ │ │ │ Add Hudson 2/3/4 IMC Firmware to support the onboard fan control │ │ │ │ Symbol: HUDSON_IMC_FWM [=n] │ │ Type : boolean │ │ Prompt: Add imc firmware │ │ Location: │ │ -> Chipset │ │ Prompt: Add IMC firmware │ │ Location: │ │ -> Chipset │ │ Defined at src/mainboard/asus/am1i-a/Kconfig:53 │ │ Depends on: VENDOR_ASUS [=n] && BOARD_ASUS_AM1I_A [=n] │ │ Selects: SPI_FLASH_HAS_VOLATILE_GROUP [=n] Best regards, Mike Banon On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 7:46 PM Felix Held <felix-coreb...@felixheld.de> wrote: > > Hi! > > >> " To check if IMC is active check if PCI 0:14.3 0x40 bit7 set. " what > >> command do I need to use to check this? sudo setpci -s 14.3 40.b > >> Despite command name, it will print the value. > > and got 0x04 value. So bit7 is not set --> means IMC is disabled... > > Please tell, what could be a theoretical benefit for someone building > > their coreboot for G505S with IMC blob included? > > I only know one board where the IMC is used for fan control > (gizmosphere/gizmo2). All other boards I've looked at used the superIO > chip for fan control. Haven't looked into the details, but I'd say that > for those other boards you likely won't lose any functionality without > the IMC blob. > > Regards > Felix > _______________________________________________ > coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org _______________________________________________ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org
