On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 6:51 PM Matt B <matthewwbradl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> The AM1I-A [1] is supported by Coreboot, while the AM1M-A [2] is not. The
> latter seems to be a larger version of the first, with more expansion options.
>
> For the smaller 'I' not much is stated in the manual [3] except to check the
> "qualified vendor list" on ASUS' site. It does list sizes for unbuffered,
> non-ecc memory though. I've also read from people testing it that the board
> doesn't post with ECC installed under the proprietary bios.
>
> According to the manual [4], the larger board ('M') supports unbuffered ECC
> (and only ECC?) and from what I've read ECC error injection works as expected
> in memtest86.
>
> What is the probability that ECC will work with the 'I' under Coreboot? (I
> would expect not much if it's not wired for it, but I don't know how similar
> these boards are)
You would want to comment out the following at least:
src/mainboard/asus/am1i-a/buildOpts.c:#define
BLDOPT_REMOVE_ECC_SUPPORT TRUE
For 240-pin DDR3 DIMMs, ECC an non-ECC pinouts should be the same; I
see no harm in testing am1i-a with coreboot with ECC DIMMs.
HTH
Kyösti
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