Sorry, I've been overeager with that report. GPU initializes and is good for 
desktop use, but the performance in games is abysmal


6 Jul 2020, 20:56 by [email protected]:

> It took a while, but I've flashed coreboot from newest master on F2-A85m+RX 
> 570 and it works. Great stuff, thank you for your work: )
>
>
> 13 Jan 2020, 17:28 by [email protected]:
>
>>> Jan 12, 2020, 14:43 by [email protected]:
>>>
>>> Solution for your coreboot + discrete GPU problems like
>>>
>>> amdgpu kernel bo map failed [...] error -22
>>> amdgpu_vram_scratch_init failed [...] error -22
>>> fatal error in GPU initialization
>>>
>>> It turned out that a fix like
>>> https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/38215 ( /* Set to 0xD0
>>> instead of 0xE0 to avoid the PCI resource allocation problems. */
>>> InitPost->MemConfig.BottomIo = 0xD0; // at the beginning of
>>> board_BeforeInitPost function at board's OemCustomize.c ) that worked
>>> for HD6670, is not enough for a huge RX590 - which is huge in all
>>> relations, but most importantly the memory ranges!
>>>
>>> To get RX590 working with ASUS A88XM-E, I had to decrease a BottomIo
>>> even further - to 0xC0 - and also to reduce the
>>> BLDCFG_UMA_ALLOCATION_SIZE at board's buildOpts.c from 0x2000 (512MB)
>>> to 0x1000 (256MB), - to get this extra "0xD0-0xC0"=0x10000000 room.
>>> And then it worked perfectly, at least with DRI_PRIME=1 ./Supertuxkart
>>> GPU offloading: ultra settings on integrated - 4 or 5 fps, with
>>> offloading - 60 fps. I'm sure this fix will work for your other RX 5**
>>> as well, but don't know if I should be trying to commit it to master,
>>> since it lowers the integrated GPU's shared memory.
>>>
>>> RX590 is the most powerful AMD GPU which does not contain a Platform
>>> Security Processor aka PSP (yes, they've started adding this crap to
>>> the GPUs as well, and newer Vega / RX 5*** are all contaminated - see
>>> for yourself at freedesktop drm/amdgpu sources) . That's why it was
>>> really important to get RX590 working. So happy it was possible,
>>> thanks to you all ;-)
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 2:21 AM Grzegorz Bogdał 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Great job!: ) So, A10-6800k/FX-8xxx combined with RX 590 is probably the 
>>> strongest x86 desktop without PSP/ME that we'll get in this reality?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, if you meant x86 desktop "supported by coreboot master" -
>> regarding the CPUs ;-) Otherwise there is a supported-by-coreboot-4.11
>> M5A88-V motherboard with AM3+ (maybe can put FX-9590 there, if
>> coreboot supports and without frying it?) and KGPE-D16 with its' two
>> Opterons 6386 SE for a large desktop. Also, PDF [link 1] at page 12
>> says Carrizo is the "1st ARM Trustzone Capable Performance APU", that
>> means Kaveri and its' refresh Godavari (i.e. A10-7890K) doesn't have a
>> PSP. A88XM-E motherboard is FM2+ socket, so theoretically it could
>> support Godavari A10-7890K. However Balazs wrote that AGESA of Kaveri
>> is a blob (not good!) and there's uncertainty if could get it working
>> without getting this APU for trying.
>>
>> As you see, there are CPUs more powerful than A10-6800K which don't
>> have a PSP crap but their coreboot master support is questionable. And
>> don't want to be without coreboot, since UEFI could have many holes
>> and stuff like Computrace which doesn't need to rely on ME/PSP to
>> function. So yes, A10-6800K seems to be the best at the moment. I got
>> A10-6700 only because its' quite hard to find a new A10-6800K for a
>> reasonable price and I read about bad overclockers who played too much
>> with core voltages and cores deteriorate, becoming unstable even at
>> stock speeds (so one needs to underclock then). A10-6700 is the most
>> powerful with a locked multiplier, so less attractive to overclockers
>> and may be safer to buy used.
>>
>> GPUs: yes, RX590 is the most powerful GPU without PSP ! (not
>> considering NVidia at all because of their proprietary driver tricks
>> and hostility towards the opensource) . Although there is RX600 series
>> [link 2], they are hard to buy and lower performance. Unlike the
>> majority of people (who don't care about performance), I actually
>> hoped there would be another refresh of Polaris architecture - simply
>> because no PSP, but doesn't seem there would be more Polaris high end
>> GPUs at the moment.
>>
>> As for the most powerful RX590, I suggest those which have 8400MHz
>> memory by default - i.e. Sapphire Nitro+ parts. For myself I got a
>> cute [link 3] SKU 11289-07-20G aka "Sapphire Nitro+ RX 590 8GB AMD
>> 50th Anniversary Gold Edition" (golden shroud) for about 250 USD.
>> Aside from being an AMD fanboy collector's item, it's nearly identical
>> to 11289-01-20G aka "Special Edition" (blue shroud) - however, there
>> were multiple hardware revisions of a Special Edition card (could be
>> distinguished by looking at their advanced P/N product number also
>> printed), while this Gold Edition came much later and with it I think
>> you're guaranteed to get the latest hardware revision. Now they are
>> sold out at many countries, but if you're lucky you could find some -
>> although maybe for the really inflated prices like [link 4] - that's
>> ~320, about 30% more than I paid.
>>
>> If you know another RX590 which is more powerful out of the box,
>> please tell - maybe I'd get a second one! In example, here's a pretty
>> [link 5] PowerColor Red Devil RX 590 8GB, with a neat pentagram on
>> its' back plate ;-) But its' memory is 8000MHz by default.
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://github.com/mikebdp2/coreboot-related/blob/master/PHILIPPINES_PS-DBM%20Event%20July%2015%2C%202016.pdf
>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_600_series
>> [3] https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/consumer/nitro-rx-590-8g-g5_gold_edition
>> [4] 133178207205 -
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAPPHIRE-AMD-RADEON-RX-590-NITRO-AMD50-GOLD-EDITION-8-GO-GDDR5-11289-07-20G/133178207205
>> [5] https://www.powercolor.com/product?id=1542008942
>>
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