Re: [coreboot] anyone use coreboot on Lenovo T520?

[Nico Huber]

Hi Iru,

On 08.09.2016 13:25, Iru Cai wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 05:36:45PM +0200, Patrick Rudolph wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 21:15:05 +0800
>> Iru Cai  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Iru,
>> I've got a T520 with soldered pin header as in the referenced wiki page,
>> and I've got a T420 where I had to use 10cm long wires to place the pin
>> header near the RAM slots to make it accessible through the bottom flap.
>>
> 
> I never solder pins on T420, and have no such problem. Maybe there's
> something to do with my soldering skills.
> 
>> I've got no problems using both devices.
>>
>> Can you give more information where the system hangs ?
>> Does it hang in coreboot? Does it occur after hours running the system ?
> 
> The machine boots fine to Linux, but it can freeze after some time,
> and I can't predict when this will happen.

Did you check that the ME is still doing fine? A log with
CONFIG_DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL >= DEBUG should tell.

I'd also double check that the microcode update does it's job.

Regards,
Nico

> 
>>
>> Regards,
>> Patrick
>>
> 
> Regards,
> Iru
> 
>>> Hi community,
>>>
>>> I've had this problem for a long time, but I don't feel like to ask it
>>> until some one ask me about this problem.
>>>
>>> Lenovo T520 has a BIOS chip under the magnesium structure frame, and
>>> it may have a WSON package, so I solder a pin connector at the `J100'
>>> solder place. (https://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/t520#Flashing)
>>> However, I don't know whether it can cause problems. I flashed two
>>> pieces of T520 mainboard (without nVIDIA GPU) before, and after it had
>>> coreboot installed, the system could hang randomly, I don't know what
>>> had happened. I hadn't tested it with the pin connector soldered and
>>> factory firmwae.
>>>
>>> So I hope some one with this laptop can report some status in using.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Iru
>>
>>
>>


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Re: [coreboot] Welcome to the new coreboot.org!

[Matt DeVillier]

looks fantastic, great job by all involved!

On 9/7/2016 7:50 PM, Stefan Reinauer wrote:

Hi!

As some of you might already have noticed, our new web presence
has gone live on https://www.coreboot.org/ today!

I want to use this chance to send a big shout out to Philipp Deppenwiese
and Martin Roth, and all the others that have been involved in making
this moment happen, for their great work!

With the new web page, our presence has not only arrived in the 21st
century. We also have a better portal to catch the different groups
interested in coreboot, in the future: End users, software developers
and hardware manufacturers.

There will be changes, modifications and optimizations in the next
couple of days or weeks, but please feel free to send us feedback on
coreboot's new look and content.

Thanks,
Stefan




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Re: [coreboot] anyone use coreboot on Lenovo T520?

[Patrick Rudolph]

On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 19:25:15 +0800
Iru Cai  wrote:

> Hi Patrick,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 05:36:45PM +0200, Patrick Rudolph wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 21:15:05 +0800
> > Iru Cai  wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Iru,
> > I've got a T520 with soldered pin header as in the referenced wiki
> > page, and I've got a T420 where I had to use 10cm long wires to
> > place the pin header near the RAM slots to make it accessible
> > through the bottom flap. 
> 
> I never solder pins on T420, and have no such problem. Maybe there's
> something to do with my soldering skills.
> 
> > I've got no problems using both devices.
> > 
> > Can you give more information where the system hangs ?
> > Does it hang in coreboot? Does it occur after hours running the
> > system ?  
> 
> The machine boots fine to Linux, but it can freeze after some time,
> and I can't predict when this will happen.

You can try to limit DDR frequency using devicetree's max_mem_clock_mhz
setting. Vendor BIOS uses 666 here.

You can try to limit CPU pstate. It looks like the vendor BIOS doesn't
expose the highest pstate at all. I haven't looked at this, but I guess
it's to decrease power consumtion when running on battery.

I've never had any problem using coreboot on my T420.
You can find the commit here:
https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards#lenovo.2Ft420

> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Patrick
> >  
> 
> Regards,
> Iru
> 
> > > Hi community,
> > > 
> > > I've had this problem for a long time, but I don't feel like to
> > > ask it until some one ask me about this problem.
> > > 
> > > Lenovo T520 has a BIOS chip under the magnesium structure frame,
> > > and it may have a WSON package, so I solder a pin connector at
> > > the `J100' solder place.
> > > (https://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/t520#Flashing) However, I
> > > don't know whether it can cause problems. I flashed two pieces of
> > > T520 mainboard (without nVIDIA GPU) before, and after it had
> > > coreboot installed, the system could hang randomly, I don't know
> > > what had happened. I hadn't tested it with the pin connector
> > > soldered and factory firmwae.
> > > 
> > > So I hope some one with this laptop can report some status in
> > > using.
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Iru  
> >   


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Re: [coreboot] Welcome to the new coreboot.org!

[ron minnich]

That is terrific!

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:15 AM Martin Roth  wrote:

> "Better" is having the website checked into git, so any of us can update
> it!
>
> https://review.coreboot.org/#/q/project:homepage+status:open
> https://review.coreboot.org/#/admin/projects/homepage
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Zoran Stojsavljevic <
> zoran.stojsavlje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is always "better" per say, whatever does it mean!? ;-)
>>
>> Am I right (I am too old to play it on first, second... N-th quick
>> pick move), don't I? ;-)))
>>
>> Zoran
>>
>> On 9/8/16, ron minnich  wrote:
>> > It's wonderful.
>> >
>> > For fun, I found this, which is *not* the first one, but close.
>> >
>> >
>> https://web.archive.org/web/2819124055/http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios/index.html
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 5:51 PM Stefan Reinauer
>> > 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> As some of you might already have noticed, our new web presence
>> >> has gone live on https://www.coreboot.org/ today!
>> >>
>> >> I want to use this chance to send a big shout out to Philipp
>> Deppenwiese
>> >> and Martin Roth, and all the others that have been involved in making
>> >> this moment happen, for their great work!
>> >>
>> >> With the new web page, our presence has not only arrived in the 21st
>> >> century. We also have a better portal to catch the different groups
>> >> interested in coreboot, in the future: End users, software developers
>> >> and hardware manufacturers.
>> >>
>> >> There will be changes, modifications and optimizations in the next
>> >> couple of days or weeks, but please feel free to send us feedback on
>> >> coreboot's new look and content.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Stefan
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org
>> >> https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
>> >>
>> >
>>
>
>
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Re: [coreboot] Welcome to the new coreboot.org!

[Martin Roth]

"Better" is having the website checked into git, so any of us can update it!

https://review.coreboot.org/#/q/project:homepage+status:open
https://review.coreboot.org/#/admin/projects/homepage






On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Zoran Stojsavljevic <
zoran.stojsavlje...@gmail.com> wrote:

> There is always "better" per say, whatever does it mean!? ;-)
>
> Am I right (I am too old to play it on first, second... N-th quick
> pick move), don't I? ;-)))
>
> Zoran
>
> On 9/8/16, ron minnich  wrote:
> > It's wonderful.
> >
> > For fun, I found this, which is *not* the first one, but close.
> >
> > https://web.archive.org/web/2819124055/http://www.acl.
> lanl.gov/linuxbios/index.html
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 5:51 PM Stefan Reinauer
> > 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> As some of you might already have noticed, our new web presence
> >> has gone live on https://www.coreboot.org/ today!
> >>
> >> I want to use this chance to send a big shout out to Philipp Deppenwiese
> >> and Martin Roth, and all the others that have been involved in making
> >> this moment happen, for their great work!
> >>
> >> With the new web page, our presence has not only arrived in the 21st
> >> century. We also have a better portal to catch the different groups
> >> interested in coreboot, in the future: End users, software developers
> >> and hardware manufacturers.
> >>
> >> There will be changes, modifications and optimizations in the next
> >> couple of days or weeks, but please feel free to send us feedback on
> >> coreboot's new look and content.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Stefan
> >>
> >> --
> >> coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org
> >> https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
> >>
> >
>
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Re: [coreboot] Coreboot with ipxe for Pc Engines Alix2d13

[Reto Rayen]

Hello guys

Is any further Informationen needed? To solve this issue. Should i create a 
ticket for this?

Kind regards
Reto Rayen
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Re: [coreboot] Welcome to the new coreboot.org!

[Zoran Stojsavljevic]

There is always "better" per say, whatever does it mean!? ;-)

Am I right (I am too old to play it on first, second... N-th quick
pick move), don't I? ;-)))

Zoran

On 9/8/16, ron minnich  wrote:
> It's wonderful.
>
> For fun, I found this, which is *not* the first one, but close.
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/2819124055/http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios/index.html
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 5:51 PM Stefan Reinauer
> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> As some of you might already have noticed, our new web presence
>> has gone live on https://www.coreboot.org/ today!
>>
>> I want to use this chance to send a big shout out to Philipp Deppenwiese
>> and Martin Roth, and all the others that have been involved in making
>> this moment happen, for their great work!
>>
>> With the new web page, our presence has not only arrived in the 21st
>> century. We also have a better portal to catch the different groups
>> interested in coreboot, in the future: End users, software developers
>> and hardware manufacturers.
>>
>> There will be changes, modifications and optimizations in the next
>> couple of days or weeks, but please feel free to send us feedback on
>> coreboot's new look and content.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stefan
>>
>> --
>> coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org
>> https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
>>
>

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Re: [coreboot] Welcome to the new coreboot.org!

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 08.09.2016 02:50, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> As some of you might already have noticed, our new web presence
> has gone live on https://www.coreboot.org/ today!
>
> I want to use this chance to send a big shout out to Philipp Deppenwiese
> and Martin Roth, and all the others that have been involved in making
> this moment happen, for their great work!

This is really awesome!

Thank you!

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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Re: [coreboot] anyone use coreboot on Lenovo T520?

[Iru Cai]

Hi Patrick,

On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 05:36:45PM +0200, Patrick Rudolph wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 21:15:05 +0800
> Iru Cai  wrote:
> 
> Hi Iru,
> I've got a T520 with soldered pin header as in the referenced wiki page,
> and I've got a T420 where I had to use 10cm long wires to place the pin
> header near the RAM slots to make it accessible through the bottom flap.
>

I never solder pins on T420, and have no such problem. Maybe there's
something to do with my soldering skills.

> I've got no problems using both devices.
> 
> Can you give more information where the system hangs ?
> Does it hang in coreboot? Does it occur after hours running the system ?

The machine boots fine to Linux, but it can freeze after some time,
and I can't predict when this will happen.

> 
> Regards,
> Patrick
>

Regards,
Iru

> > Hi community,
> > 
> > I've had this problem for a long time, but I don't feel like to ask it
> > until some one ask me about this problem.
> > 
> > Lenovo T520 has a BIOS chip under the magnesium structure frame, and
> > it may have a WSON package, so I solder a pin connector at the `J100'
> > solder place. (https://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/t520#Flashing)
> > However, I don't know whether it can cause problems. I flashed two
> > pieces of T520 mainboard (without nVIDIA GPU) before, and after it had
> > coreboot installed, the system could hang randomly, I don't know what
> > had happened. I hadn't tested it with the pin connector soldered and
> > factory firmwae.
> > 
> > So I hope some one with this laptop can report some status in using.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Iru
> 


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