[Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0

[Michael Howard]

On 12/03/2016 15:14, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> 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).
Yes, ip=dhcp is also good. Actually there are 5 nics :)
Not sure why the installer only sees 3, unless the the third one it sees 
is the BMC interface, which you wouldn't normally expect.

-- 
Mike Howard