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authorNico Huber <nico.huber@secunet.com>2013-06-19 16:16:05 +0200
committerRonald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>2013-06-24 17:42:48 +0200
commita15cd66b9ecba4033ec4ccf767847876236af70b (patch)
tree5ab19ec8e3355f87595f9ce3843643cca3b27133 /src/southbridge
parent6aeb4a269c2ded6e6f72bf87da12b9295ef903f7 (diff)
downloadcoreboot-a15cd66b9ecba4033ec4ccf767847876236af70b.tar.xz
sandybridge: Make build possible without descriptor.bin
On newer Intel systems, the flash ROM is shared between the host processor (BIOS), it's Management Engine (ME) and an integrated ethernet controller (GbE). The layout of the flash ROM (and other information) is kept in the so called Intel Firmware Descriptor (IFD). If we only want to build coreboot to update the BIOS section, all we need is the flash layout. This patch adds the option to specify the flash layout in the mainboard's Kconfig, and thus, to build without the real IFD. However, with such a build, one has to make sure that the IFD section on the flash ROM won't be written over (nor any other section that hasn't been included by coreboot). A patch to write selected sections of a flash ROM with IFD has been sent to the flashrom mailing list [1]. [1] http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2013-June/011083.html Change-Id: Ia23e439a00a197fb54852263f8e206f16c3e8851 Signed-off-by: Nico Huber <nico.huber@secunet.com> Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/3524 Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/southbridge')
-rw-r--r--src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Kconfig51
-rw-r--r--src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Makefile.inc24
2 files changed, 68 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Kconfig b/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Kconfig
index 08a60f91f2..61ef7eb76f 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Kconfig
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Kconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,52 @@ config HPET_MIN_TICKS
hex
default 0x80
+config HAVE_IFD_BIN
+ bool
+ default y
+
+config BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD
+ bool "Build with a fake IFD"
+ default y if !HAVE_IFD_BIN
+ help
+ If you don't have an Intel Firmware Descriptor (ifd.bin) for your
+ board, you can select this option and coreboot will build without it.
+ Though, the resulting coreboot.rom will not contain all parts required
+ to get coreboot running on your board. You can however write only the
+ BIOS section to your board's flash ROM and keep the other sections
+ untouched. Unfortunately the current version of flashrom doesn't
+ support this yet. But there is a patch pending [1].
+
+ WARNING: Never write a complete coreboot.rom to your flash ROM if it
+ was built with a fake IFD. It just won't work.
+
+ [1] http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2013-June/011083.html
+
+config IFD_BIOS_SECTION
+ depends on BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD
+ string
+ default ""
+
+config IFD_ME_SECTION
+ depends on BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD
+ string
+ default ""
+
+config IFD_GBE_SECTION
+ depends on BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD
+ string
+ default ""
+
+config IFD_PLATFORM_SECTION
+ depends on BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD
+ string
+ default ""
+
+config IFD_BIN_PATH
+ string "Path to intel firmware descriptor"
+ depends on !BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD
+ default "3rdparty/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/descriptor.bin"
+
config HAVE_GBE_BIN
bool "Add gigabit ethernet firmware"
default n
@@ -76,12 +122,9 @@ config ME_BIN_PATH
string "Path to management engine firmware"
default "3rdparty/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/me.bin"
-config IFD_BIN_PATH
- string "Path to intel firmware descriptor"
- default "3rdparty/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/descriptor.bin"
-
config LOCK_MANAGEMENT_ENGINE
bool "Lock Management Engine section"
+ depends on !BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD
default n
help
The Intel Management Engine supports preventing write accesses
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Makefile.inc b/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Makefile.inc
index e277450a45..257bff5394 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/bd82x6x/Makefile.inc
@@ -52,9 +52,27 @@ smm-$(CONFIG_USBDEBUG) += usb_debug.c
romstage-y += reset.c
romstage-y += early_spi.c
-bd82x6x_add_me: $(obj)/coreboot.pre $(IFDTOOL)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD),y)
+IFD_BIN_PATH := $(objgenerated)/ifdfake.bin
+IFD_SECTIONS := $(addprefix -b ,$(CONFIG_IFD_BIOS_SECTION:"%"=%)) \
+ $(addprefix -m ,$(CONFIG_IFD_ME_SECTION:"%"=%)) \
+ $(addprefix -g ,$(CONFIG_IFD_GBE_SECTION:"%"=%)) \
+ $(addprefix -p ,$(CONFIG_IFD_PLATFORM_SECTION:"%"=%))
+else
+IFD_BIN_PATH := $(CONFIG_IFD_BIN_PATH)
+endif
+
+bd82x6x_add_me: $(obj)/coreboot.pre $(IFDTOOL) $(IFDFAKE)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD),y)
+ printf "\n** WARNING **\n"
+ printf "Coreboot will be built with a fake Intel Firmware Descriptor (IFD).\n"
+ printf "Never write a complete coreboot.rom with a fake IFD to your board's\n"
+ printf "flash ROM! Make sure that you only write valid flash regions.\n\n"
+ printf " IFDFAKE Building a fake Intel Firmware Descriptor\n"
+ $(IFDFAKE) $(IFD_SECTIONS) $(IFD_BIN_PATH)
+endif
printf " DD Adding Intel Firmware Descriptor\n"
- dd if=$(CONFIG_IFD_BIN_PATH) \
+ dd if=$(IFD_BIN_PATH) \
of=$(obj)/coreboot.pre conv=notrunc >/dev/null 2>&1
printf " IFDTOOL me.bin -> coreboot.pre\n"
$(objutil)/ifdtool/ifdtool \
@@ -72,7 +90,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_LOCK_MANAGEMENT_ENGINE),y)
printf " IFDTOOL Locking Management Engine\n"
$(objutil)/ifdtool/ifdtool -l $(obj)/coreboot.pre
mv $(obj)/coreboot.pre.new $(obj)/coreboot.pre
-else
+else ifneq ($(CONFIG_BUILD_WITH_FAKE_IFD),y)
printf " IFDTOOL Unlocking Management Engine\n"
$(objutil)/ifdtool/ifdtool -u $(obj)/coreboot.pre
mv $(obj)/coreboot.pre.new $(obj)/coreboot.pre