[Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0

[Gordan Bobic]

On 12/03/16 14:53, Michael Howard wrote:
> On 12/03/2016 14:32, Gordan Bobic wrote:
>> On 22/02/16 05:02, Phong Vo wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The mp30ar0 U-boot has some special memory mapping to accommodate 32-bit
>>> DMA.
>>> Please download the tar ball again - I've updated the tianocore UHP for
>>> this.
>>>
>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20403943/mp30ar0_tianocore_binaries.ta
>>>
>>> r.xz
>>>
>>> Updated instruction for U-boot chain loading:
>>> MP30AR0# setenv num_cores 1
>>> MP30AR0# setenv DDRBASE2G 1
>>> MP30AR0# save; reset
>>>
>>> MP30AR0# setenv load_tianocore 'tftp 0x82000000
>>> ${user_dir}/mp30ar0_tianocore_ubt.fd; tftp 0x1d000000
>>> ${user_dir}/mp30ar0_tianocore_sec_ubt.fd'
>>> MP30AR0# setenv run_tianocore 'go 0x1d000000'
>>> MP30AR0# run load_tianocore run_tianocore
>>
>> OK, I got this far now, with some minor changes (loading Tianocore off
>> USB until I can complete the install  and put the files on the UEFI
>> FAT disk partition. My modified incantations are:
>>
>> MP30AR0# setenv num_cores 1
>> MP30AR0# setenv DDRBASE2G 1
>>
>> MP30AR0# setenv load_tianocore '
>> fatload usb 0:1 0x82000000 mp30ar0_tianocore_ubt.fd;
>> fatload usb 0:1 0x1d000000 mp30ar0_tianocore_sec_ubt.fd;'
>>
>> MP30AR0# setenv run_tianocore 'go 0x1d000000'
>> MP30AR0# save; reset
>>
>> then after it reboots:
>>
>> MP30AR0# usb reset
>> MP30AR0# run load_tianocore run_tianocore
>>
>> reading mp30ar0_tianocore_ubt.fd
>> 1835008 bytes read in 569 ms (3.1 MiB/s)
>> reading mp30ar0_tianocore_sec_ubt.fd
>> 262144 bytes read in 218 ms (1.1 MiB/s)
>> ## Starting application at 0x1D000000 ...
>>
>>
>> X-Gene Mp30ar0 Board
>> Boot firmware (version 1.20.03-uhp built at 11:18:31 on Feb 22 2016)
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3020003 I0
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3020002 I0
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3020003 I0
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3020002 I0
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3020003 I0
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3020002 I0
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3020003 I0
>> PROGRESS CODE: V3021001 I0
>>
>> ***
>> (Note: Boot stops there for long enough to be concerning. Give it a
>> minute and it will eventually get further.)
>> ***
>>
>> Eventually that will get you to the bit blow as Phong mentioned
>> previously:
>>
>>> Welcome banner should show something similar to below
>>>
>>> TianoCore 1.20.03-uhp UEFI 2.4.0 Feb 22 2016 11:17:26  <===
>>> CPU: APM ARM 64-bit Potenza Rev B0 2400MHz PCP 2400MHz
>>>       32 KB ICACHE, 32 KB DCACHE
>>>       SOC 2000MHz IOBAXI 400MHz AXI 250MHz AHB 200MHz GFC 125MHz
>>> Board: X-Gene Mp30ar0 Board
>>> Slimpro FW:
>>>          Ver: 2.4 (build 01.20.04.00 2016/02/18)
>>>          TPC: disable
>>>          AVS: support
>>>          SOC: 950 mV
>>> The default boot selection will start in   5 seconds
>> [1] Shell
>> [2] Boot Manager
>> [3] Reboot
>> [4] Shutdown
>>
>> Make sure the install DVD is inserted, pick 1, and type in:
>>
>> FS1:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTAA64.EFI
>>
>> The installer will do the rest, with the exception of figuring out the
>> NIC MAC addresses. 3 NICs show up as having ethernet address of
>> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, even though they are set correctly in u-boot.
>>
> At the Shell prompt, set MAC0 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx & set MAC1
> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>
> but this was insufficient for the Centos installer to get an ip even
> after a reboot. What I did was change the kernel command line at the
> grub menu to include ip, netmask and to request vnc.

Yes, I went back through the thread and re-read about that bit. What 
worked for me is adding "ip=dhcp" to the kernel boot parameters. There 
are actually 4 NICs on this board, so I just added all 4 (MAC0-MAC3).

Gordan