ok, forget the last post i misread your post. On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Douglas Kryder <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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-bou >> [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-bou >> [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/110b549d8 >> 70c5851991b3479785a828b3287f2a6 >> >> 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.na >> bble.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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