I have uploaded 2 changes on top of Aaron's change. Can you please
give these three changes a try:
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41363
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41418
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41419

Thank you!

- Furquan

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 4:16 PM Aaron Durbin <adur...@google.com> wrote:
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>
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 3:46 PM Aaron Durbin <adur...@google.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 2:46 PM Mike Banon <mikeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Unfortunately it seems a lot of boards are affected by this. A88XM-E
>>> and Lenovo G505S (AMD fam15h) also got broken: they rarely succeed at
>>> booting - and, when they do, no boot devices are available (virtual
>>> floppies too, for some reason) - except coreinfo/tint secondary
>>> payloads which became prone to freezing. I attach the A88XM-E logs
>>> I've been able to obtain with USB FT232H:
>>>
>>> 1) ok_e6fb1344ed9188e19be4b54bdf1a76680b8c4523.txt - last coreboot
>>> repo's revision where all the stuff works
>>> 2) fail_1_3b02006afe8a85477dafa1bd149f1f0dba02afc7.txt - this commit
>>> got the boards broken for the first time
>>> 3) fail_2_6b95507ec5b087658178a325bdc68570bc48bb20.txt - this is a log
>>> for coreboot's master top
>>>
>>> For some reason logs for 2) and 3) always stop after "PCI: 00:12.2
>>> EHCI Debug Port hook triggered".
>>>
>>> I hope these commits could be reverted before we figure out what's
>>> going on with them. Good thing we've noticed it fast enough.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, Mike. The amd chipset code (all of it from what I can tell) is 
>> fundamentally broken and at odds with all of the resource allocation flow. 
>> They worked previously because dynamic resources were being assigned using 
>> an algorithm that just assumed there weren't collisions, and that was done 
>> w/o all the necessary info required for making the proper decisions 
>> regarding dynamic resource allocation.
>>
>> I landed the other chipsets' fixes, but the amd chipset code is going to 
>> take a lot more to fix. Would you be willing to test patches as they are 
>> crafted? Given the largeness of the problem as well as the gnarly code that 
>> is the amd chipset code it's going to take some time so I think we do need 
>> to revert the allocator changes until we can do some house keeping.
>>
>
> I just was brainstorming with Furquan. He did push the revert changes, but we 
> were scheming on a patch that I was hoping affected parties could try in 
> conjunction with https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41363. Basically 
> we'll allocate top down like the previous allocator did hoping for no 
> collisions. Let's try that, and see where we land. Regardless we need to fix 
> this amd chipset code as it's a major liability.
>>
>> -Aaron
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Mike Banon
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 8:47 PM Keith Hui <buu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi guys,
>>> >
>>> > 31ab7de51a is CB:41368, cherry picked into my local repo.
>>> >
>>> > Turns out I have to back out all four of Furquan's patches
>>> > (CB:39486~39489) for my board to boot normally again.
>>> >
>>> > Thoughts?
>>> >
>>> > I'll now get a log with everything in at SPEW.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 1:05 PM Aaron Durbin <adur...@google.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Keith, is it possible to have the console log level set to SPEW? I'm 
>>> > > not seeing the full logs to piece it all together.
>>> > >
>>> > > Allocating resources...
>>> > > Reading resources...
>>> > > Setting RAM size to 768 MB
>>> > > PNP: 03f0.8 missing read_resources
>>> > > Done reading resources.
>>> > > Resource allocator: DOMAIN: 0000 - Pass 1 (gathering requirements)
>>> > > Resource allocator: DOMAIN: 0000 - Pass 2 (allocating resources)
>>> > > Resource ranges:
>>> > > Base: 1000, Size: d000, Tag: 100
>>> > > Base: f000, Size: 1000, Tag: 100
>>> > > Resource ranges:
>>> > > Base: 0, Size: ff800000, Tag: 200
>>> > > Base: 100000000, Size: f00000000, Tag: 100200
>>> > > Resource ranges:
>>> > > Base: 10000000, Size: 8000000, Tag: 1200
>>> > > Resource ranges:
>>> > > Base: 18000000, Size: 1100000, Tag: 200
>>> > >
>>> > > This is the memory address space:
>>> > > Base: 0, Size: ff800000, Tag: 200
>>> > > Base: 100000000, Size: f00000000, Tag: 100200
>>> > >
>>> > > Those are valid ranges to choose dynamic resources from.
>>> > >
>>> > > PCI: 00:00.0 10 <- [0x0000000000 - 0x000fffffff] size 0x10000000 gran 
>>> > > 0x1c prefmem
>>> > >
>>> > > I see 'Setting RAM size to 768 MB' which means I would expect to see a 
>>> > > hole in the ranges representing 768MiB.
>>> > >
>>> > > that would be bad. I don't know what commit '31ab7de51a' is, but it 
>>> > > might not contain the CB:41368. Having SPEW logs would be helpful.
>>> > >
>>> > > Also, what mainboard Kconfig are you selecting for p3bf? 
>>> > > src/mainboard/asus/p2b ?
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:42 AM Keith Hui <buu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >>
>>> > >> (Temporarily leaving the list out)
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Hi Aaron,
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Here is a log with everything including CB:41368 included. I'll get
>>> > >> this log out to you first, while I try a build with all problem
>>> > >> commits left out.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> Thanks
>>> > >> Keith
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 12:53 AM Aaron Durbin <adur...@google.com> 
>>> > >> wrote:
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:51 PM Keith Hui <buu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >>
>>> > >> >> Hi guys,
>>> > >> >>
>>> > >> >> I tested these fixes on my board, and I have to say there's still
>>> > >> >> something wrong. They did address the hang or reset in SeaBIOS I 
>>> > >> >> first
>>> > >> >> described, but now either my ATA hard drive failed to boot (it tried
>>> > >> >> to hand off to GRUB on my drive, but didn't get there), or it can't
>>> > >> >> find the option ROM of my video card, meaning no display.
>>> > >> >>
>>> > >> >> Now I want to try the other way, testing a build with all changes
>>> > >> >> related to the problem backed out instead. So besides the one I 
>>> > >> >> first
>>> > >> >> identified, what other related patches should I try backing out?
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> > Just go to the parent of the identified patch.  As for the other 
>>> > >> > symptoms you are seeing, I'd love to see logs with the patches we 
>>> > >> > identified so we can root cause.
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> > Thanks.
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> > -Aaron
>>> > >> >
>>> > >> >>
>>> > >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:54 PM Furquan Shaikh
>>> > >> >> <furquan.m.sha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >> >
>>> > >> >> > Similar fix for i440x: 
>>> > >> >> > https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41368
>>> > >> >> >
>>> > >> >> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:29 AM Aaron Durbin 
>>> > >> >> > <adur...@google.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > > i440x chipset is doing things in the wrong way like 
>>> > >> >> > > sandybridge. I uploaded this fix for sandy: 
>>> > >> >> > > https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41364 We'll need to do 
>>> > >> >> > > the equivalent for i440x.
>>> > >> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:13 AM Aaron Durbin 
>>> > >> >> > > <adur...@google.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >> > >>
>>> > >> >> > >> OK. I'll take a look at your logs and see what's going on. The 
>>> > >> >> > >> patch link I sent was based off of someone else's mainboard 
>>> > >> >> > >> logs.
>>> > >> >> > >>
>>> > >> >> > >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:59 AM Keith Hui <buu...@gmail.com> 
>>> > >> >> > >> wrote:
>>> > >> >> > >>>
>>> > >> >> > >>> Hi Aaron,
>>> > >> >> > >>>
>>> > >> >> > >>> It didn't help. There still a way out of whack entry in the 
>>> > >> >> > >>> coreboot
>>> > >> >> > >>> table and e820 entry ending at 000003ffffffffff, which I 
>>> > >> >> > >>> think have
>>> > >> >> > >>> more to do than the 41363's scope.
>>> > >> >> > >>>
>>> > >> >> > >>> Keith
>>> > >> >> > >>>
>>> > >> >> > >>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:24 PM Aaron Durbin 
>>> > >> >> > >>> <adur...@google.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >> > >>> >
>>> > >> >> > >>> > I think the following patch will fix things up: 
>>> > >> >> > >>> > https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41363 Please let 
>>> > >> >> > >>> > me know.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >
>>> > >> >> > >>> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 8:43 AM Keith Hui 
>>> > >> >> > >>> > <buu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >> > >>> >>
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> Thanks Furquan.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >>
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> Here are 3 logs. Log 1 is at the commit just before the 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> problem. Log 2
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> is at the problem commit. Log 3 is at the current master, 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> if that's
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> what you meant by ToT.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >>
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> I'm using SeaBIOS 1.13.0, compiled once using the attached 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> .config
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> before taking these logs. All 3 runs are taken using the 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> same SeaBIOS
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> binary.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >>
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> Then I recompiled SeaBIOS with CONFIG_RELOCATE_INIT off, 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> replaced the
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> payload used in run 3, and took an extra run. In this case 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> the board
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> reset on its own at "Scanning option roms", looping 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> infinitely.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >>
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> Hope this helps
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> Keith
>>> > >> >> > >>> >>
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 7:38 AM Furquan Shaikh
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> <furquan.m.sha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > Thanks for the report Keith!
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:42 AM Paul Menzel 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > <pmen...@molgen.mpg.de> wrote:
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > Dear Keith,
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > Am 13.05.20 um 05:21 schrieb Keith Hui:
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > I am still refining the P2B family of boards, now 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > including the
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > infamous P3B-F with an unusual appetite for hacks to 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > make work.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > That said, I'm now finding that, on P3B-F, SeaBIOS 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > hangs when it tries
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > to relocate itself as part of its usual chores. 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > Having just learned
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > git bisect, I decided to try it out.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > It was commit 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > 3b02006afe8a85477dafa1bd149f1f0dba02afc7 [1] that 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > broke
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > my SeaBIOS. It doesn't affect my newer toy the 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > P8Z77-M as much as
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > P3B-F, but I still want to blame that, and probably 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > the very next
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > commit as well, as they both deal with some very 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > modern aspects of PCI
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > that well predates the 440BX.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > Is there anything we can do to fix 3b02006afe?
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > I commented in the change-set [1] to make the author 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > and reviewers aware
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > of this issue and referenced your list message, and 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > ask to comment here.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > Could you please provide the debug log of coreboot and 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > SeaBIOS?
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > As Paul mentioned, can you please provide the debug logs 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > for coreboot
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > and SeaBIOS both with ToT coreboot and with HEAD set 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > before the change
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > 3b02006afe where it does not hang? Thanks!
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > Meanwhile I ported the P3B-F board enable to 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > flashrom [2], which got a
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > heavy workout during this bisect, through vendor 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > firmware and both
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > good and bad builds of coreboot. In all cases I can 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > flash internal, no
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > longer having to haul out my P2B-LS just to use it 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > as a flasher.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > Enjoy this long overdue board enable. If it gets 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > submitted, I'll
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > retract the ramstage hack[3] doing the same as 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > redundant.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > Very nice! It’s always amazing, how after so many 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > years, when the vendor
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > already stopped supporting the device, the community 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > still supports the
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > device and improves the firmware showing that Free 
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > Software is the more
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > sustainable way.
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > Kind regards,
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > Paul
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > >
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > [1] https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/39486
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > [2] https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/41354
>>> > >> >> > >>> >> > > > [3] https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41224
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