[Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0

Sat Mar 12 12:37:30 UTC 2016
Michael Howard <mike at dewberryfields.co.uk>

On 12/03/2016 09:54, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> So I just got my MP30-AR0 fitted into a case, and I have a few 
> observations and questions.
>
> 1) The machine seems to not POST with lopsided memory configurations. 
> For example, I have 6x8GB RDIMMs, and it POSTs with 4 DIMMs in the 
> blue slots, but doesn't POST with the extra 2 DIMMs added to the black 
> slots on banks 0 and 1. Is this expected?
>
There are four channels, each of two slots, populated slot0/slot1, 
unless you use just a single dimm :) However, the scant manual suggests 
only 1,2,4 and 8 slot configurations.
> 2) u-boot doesn't appear to be responding to keystrokes to interrupt 
> the boot sequence via network KVM console. Am I missing a trick here? 
> How do I interrupt the boot without using a directly connected USB 
> keyboard?
>
I can't get the network KVM (via BMC) to accept anything.

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Mike Howard