Michael, then the .fd firmware for the turbot is the correct file? On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Krau, Michael P <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Doug, > > > > The link you provided below is for the older original MinnowBoard (not the > MAX). The original MinnowBoard was a different device, using a different > processor and a completely different design. The Original was not a bad > product, but the lessons learned in developing the original were applied to > make the MAX a better product. > > > > > > However, those firmware images would not work on the MAX. > > > > Glad to be of help. > > > > > > Michael Krau > > > > *From:* elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:elinux-minnowboard- > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Douglas Kryder > *Sent:* Friday, September 09, 2016 12:34 PM > > *To:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX 0.93 64-Bit & network lost > > > > Michael, > > thanks for that link. i think now i was getting the wrong package although > i am sure that it was from a link on a wiki. the package i was getting was > MinnowBoard UEFI Firmware from this page, > > https://firmware.intel.com/content/minnowboard-uefi-firmware-download > > > > i think i was confused by the package titles, also not for sure if the one > i got was correct. anyway, your link > > provides the .bin. i'm all set. thanks! > > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Krau, Michael P <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The .fd extension stands for Firmware Device, while .bin is a binary > image. To be honest, both files are binary format, and can be loaded > directly into the flash part. > > > > However, when I pulled down the release x64 versions of the MinnowBoard > MAX 0.91, 0.92, and 0.93 (along with a few other debug or 32 bit versions) > I received the release notes, the update utility, and the image as a .bin > file. I pulled them down form the official download site at: > https://firmware.intel.com/projects/minnowboard-max > > > > You may want to pull the packages again. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Michael Krau > > > > *From:* elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:elinux-minnowboard- > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Douglas Kryder > *Sent:* Friday, September 09, 2016 11:27 AM > *To:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX 0.93 64-Bit & network lost > > > > hello all, i have been following this thread from start and would like to > test the firmware myself. i have some questions about flashing that i'm > hoping someone can answer. both my turbot boards currently have .090 > firmware. in the past i have used a piece of hardware called SPI Hook by > tincantools and the software "flashrom" to flash my boards. i know the > flash utlity is available but i just enjoyed using the mentioned combo. up > to and including firmware 0.90 the file provided had extension .bin. since > 0.90 all the compressed packages use file with extension .fd my questions > are 1. is the .fd file flashable with flashrom like .bin file are.? 2. > i've read i can open .fd file in hex editor and save as .bin and flash > that, is this possible to do without damage to board? thanks for any > help. also if anyone has other suggestions on flashing the current file > from intel using flashrom i would like to hear.. thanks again. if it turns > out there is no path to using flashrom with the .fd files i plan to use > provided utility to flash and then join these tests. thank you. > > > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:39 AM, David Scully < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Michael, > > "Either happens only 1 out of every n (n possibly being variable as well) > runs, or happens in a wildly variable time frame (takes as little as 2 > seconds and as long as 12 hours) to failure, regardless of environmental > issues." > > That's consistent with what I'm seeing. Sometimes its near immediately, > other times I have to run it for ~30 minutes. > > "But also note #1, enabling the PCIe port 1, could this contribute to PCIe > disconnects in the custom hardware?" > > Even on 0.92 firmware, I enable this port because our board uses it for the > main Ethernet NIC. > > --- > > I tested 0.92 firmware with Spread Spectrum On and was unable to lose PCIe > connection on the i211 on Port 1 (Port 2 in the FW). > > I was hoping to test 0.93 firmware where spread spectrum is off but the > option appears to have vanished. I'm wondering if there were more changes > in > that two month window to the PCIe system that might have motivated turning > it on permanently in 0.93. There aren't many commits to bisect on the edk2 > minnowboard-max-udk2015 branch, but I have no idea how much the binary > objects have changed. > > I might try to build a version that reverts this commit, so I'm able to > disable spread spectrum on 0.93 firmware: > https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/commit/ > 110b549d870c5851991b3479785a828b3287f2a6 > > Our board leaves PCIe 0 disconnected while 1, 2, and 3 are connected to > separate i211 NICs. I did discover today that it appears that on 0.93 I'm > not seeing any PCIe disconnects on port 2 (Port 3 in FW). It looks like > it's > pointing to some potential signal integrity issues on our board that are > exacerbated by the PCI change in the firmware. > > This might not be important, but one thing I noticed in the setup screen is > that it doesn't show a IFWI Version or BIOS Version on my board, while it > does appear on a Minnowboard Max. Our BOM_OP[X] pins (for HW ID) are > strapped to mimic the Turbot X205. > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://minnowboard.57273.x6. > nabble.com/MinnowBoard-MinnowBoard-MAX-0-93-64-Bit- > network-lost-tp2387p2411.html > Sent from the MinnowBoard mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard > > > > > _______________________________________________ > elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard > > > > _______________________________________________ > elinux-MinnowBoard mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.elinux.org/mailman/listinfo/elinux-minnowboard > >
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