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<body>
- <header>
- <h1 id="pagetop">Development notes</h1>
- <aside>These are development notes, for future use. For old (obselete) notes, see <a href="old.html">old.html</a>.</aside>
- </header>
-
- <p>
- Or go <a href="../index.html">back to main document index</a>.
- </p>
+ <div class="section">
-<hr/>
+ <h1 id="pagetop">Development notes</h1>
+ <p>
+ These are development notes, for future use. For old (obselete) notes, see <a href="old.html">old.html</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Or go <a href="../index.html">back to main document index</a>.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
- <h2>Contents</h2>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#standard_test">Standard test</a></li>
- <li><a href="#t60_cpu_microcode">T60 cpu microcode</a></li>
- <li><a href="#i945_vram_size">i945 VRAM size</a></li>
- <li><a href="#lcd_i945_incompatibility">LCD panels on i945 - fix incompatible panels</a></li>
- <li><a href="#i945_vbt">i945 X60/T60 VBT implementation (experimental: testing)</a></li>
- <li><a href="#intelvbttool_results">IntelVbtTool results</a></li>
- <li><a href="#fallback_patches">Fallback patches for i945</a></li>
- </ul>
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1>Table of contents</h1>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#standard_test">Standard test</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#t60_cpu_microcode">T60 cpu microcode</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#i945_vram_size">i945 VRAM size</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#lcd_i945_incompatibility">LCD panels on i945 - fix incompatible panels</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#i945_vbt">i945 X60/T60 VBT implementation (experimental: testing)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#intelvbttool_results">IntelVbtTool results</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#fallback_patches">Fallback patches for i945</a></li>
+ </ul>
+
+ </div>
-<hr/>
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="standard_test">standard test</h1>
+ <p>
+ These logs are usually obtained when testing changes related to graphics on i945 (X60 and T60).
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Make a copy of these files:
+ <ul>
+ <li>/var/log/dmesg</li>
+ <li>/var/log/kern.log</li>
+ <li>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</li>
+ <li>/proc/ioports</li>
+ <li>/proc/iomem</li>
+ <li>/sys/class/drm/card0/error</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Record these outputs:
+ <ul>
+ <li>sudo intel_reg_dumper</li>
+ <li>uname -r</li>
+ <li>lspci -vvvvnnnnxxxx</li>
+ <li>sudo modprobe msr</li>
+ <li>sudo inteltool -a</li>
+ <li>sudo cbmem -c</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Try some 3D games with latest kernel.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
- <h1 id="standard_test">standard test</h1>
- <p>
- These logs are usually obtained when testing changes related to graphics on i945 (X60 and T60).
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- Make a copy of these files:
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="t60_cpu_microcode">T60 cpu microcode</h1>
+
+ <p>
+ TODO: T60: find (for rare buggy CPUs that are unstable without microcode updates) if there is a workaround (patched kernel, special parameter, etc) So far, only 1 processor has been found to have issues. See microcode errata sheets http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/SPECUPDT/31407918.pdf and http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/SPECUPDT/30922214.pdf and then look at the debugging results collected in <a href="../t7200q">t7200q</a> directory (q means quirk).
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Every other T7200 tested so far has worked without microcode updates.
+ </p>
+
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="i945_vram_size">i945 VRAM size</h1>
+
+ <p>
+ Apparently, only 8MB VRAM is available on i945 GPUs (though it could do 64MB):<br/>
+ phcoder: No. Hardware default is 8 MiB. When I wanted to make it configurable, I saw that docs mention only one other alternative: 1MiB. Later isn't event enough for 1024x768 at 24bpp without any acceleration or double buffering. It's possible that there are undocumented values. Which options do you have in vendor BIOS?
+ How to find out how much vram you have:<br/>
+ phcoder: TOM - BSM<br/>
+ phcoder: check what vendor BIOS offers as options<br/>
+ fchmmr: I thought it could do 64MB usually<br/>
+ phcoder: not accorging to doc.<br/>
+ phcoder: see mobile-945-express-chipset-datasheet page 93<br/>
+ phcoder: see also src/northbridge/intel/i945/{early_init,northbridge,gma}.c<br/>
+ fchmmr: "011 = DVMT (UMA) mode, 8 MB of memory pre-allocated for<br/>
+ fchmmr: frame buffer."<br/>
+ fchmmr: "Others - reserved"<br/>
+ phcoder: the easiest way is a loop at this position which tries different values and reads (and prints) BSM with them<br/>
+ stefanct: fchmmr: he suggest that you change the value and look how BSM reacts to that<br/>
+ stefanct: as he pointed out earlier vram size = TOM - BSM<br/>
+ stefanct: different values of GMS<br/>
+ stefanct: phcoder: hm... this could be a hint. look at the text description of TOLUD at page 103<br/>
+ stefanct: it mentions 64 MB in the text about BSM as well<br/>
+ stefanct: table 18...<br/>
+ phcoder: stefanct: I have a guess which value make is 64 but I will not tell to avoid skewing test results<br/>
+ stefanct: phcoder: sure... i assumed you were not sure if it supports it at all. testing it properly is of course a good idea :)<br/>
+ stefanct: test the various possible (but reserved) values of GMS and see what the resulting VRAM size is<br/>
+ fchmmr: so, TOM - BSM
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a>
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="lcd_i945_incompatibility">LCD panels on i945 - fix incompatible panels</h1>
+
+ <p>
+ Fix T60 issues (see incompatible panels listed at <a href="../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list">../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list</a>).
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Run that tool (resources/utilities/i945gpu/intel-regs.py) as root on machines with the offending panels in:
+ </p>
<ul>
- <li>/var/log/dmesg</li>
- <li>/var/log/kern.log</li>
- <li>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</li>
- <li>/proc/ioports</li>
- <li>/proc/iomem</li>
- <li>/sys/class/drm/card0/error</li>
+ <li>Coreboot (or libreboot, whatever) with VBIOS (disable native graphics also)</li>
+ <li>(Factory BIOS also?)</li>
</ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- Record these outputs:
+
+ <p>
+ This shows values in devicetree.cb and src/northbridge/intel/i945/gma.c, the idea is that you run it on factory bios or vbios
+ and that it will (might) show different values: then you try those in the native graphics (in libreboot).
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Other values/registers might also need to be added to the script for these tests.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ check if intel_bios_reader from intel-gpu-tools reports the same value (BIOS has a hardcoded value) for PWM modulation frequency.
+ This file can read the VBIOS (64K dump).
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Check other tools in intel-gpu-tools aswell, compare outputs. Possibly add more information to intel-regs.py output (submit changes to mtjm).
+ Do oprom trace / replay (<a href="http://www.coreboot.org/User:GNUtoo#How_to_get_rid_of_the_vbios_of_the_x60_.5BNew_Version.5D">http://www.coreboot.org/User:GNUtoo#How_to_get_rid_of_the_vbios_of_the_x60_.5BNew_Version.5D</a>)
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Study how EDID works and how gma.c handles it.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Original getregs.py script can be found at <a href="http://hg.mtjm.eu/scripts/file/tip/intel-regs.py">http://hg.mtjm.eu/scripts/file/tip/intel-regs.py</a>
+ written by Michał Masłowski.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ About fixing remaining LCD panels on 5345:<br/>
+ 'polarity' is mentioned in coreboot log (cbmem -c). compare output (with working and non-working panel). (and see the other notes in docs/future/index.html)<br/>
+ phcoder says: hint for T60: it might be that failing panels are 8bpc<br/>
+ fchmmr: what does 8bpc mean? And what do you think the other (non-failing) panel are?<br/>
+ phcoder: 6bpc. bits per colour. May also be reffered as 18-bit vs 24-bit panels<br/>
+ phcoder: just collect EDIDs from failing and working panels<br/>
+ <b>phcoder gave me this for collecting EDID data:
+ <a href="http://www.o2genum.com/2013/08/lp156wh2-tlaa-lcd-panel-edid.html">http://www.o2genum.com/2013/08/lp156wh2-tlaa-lcd-panel-edid.html</a></b>
+ </p>
+
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="i945_vbt">i945 gfx: X60/T60 VBT implementation (experimental: testing)</h1>
+
+ <p>
+ intel_bios_dumper in intel-gpu-tools seems interesting.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>Use 'drm.debug=0x06' kernel parameter when booting in grub!</b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Before each test run, boot a live USB and delete the old logs in /var/log (kernel log, xorg log, dmesg and so on).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Load (from the ROM) the runningvga.bin for each LCD panel on each machine; do not execute it, only load it! (coreboot will have to be modified).
+ Rename the ROM appropriately, based on the machine name and the panel name. coreboot_nativegfx_5868_plusrunningvga_t60_14_LTD141ECMB.rom,
+ for instance. Keep a copy for later use.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>You are supposed to:</p>
<ul>
- <li>sudo intel_reg_dumper</li>
- <li>uname -r</li>
- <li>lspci -vvvvnnnnxxxx</li>
- <li>sudo modprobe msr</li>
- <li>sudo inteltool -a</li>
- <li>sudo cbmem -c</li>
+ <li>enable native graphics in menuconfig</li>
+ <li>include the self-modified VGA ROM (load, but not execute) - for reverse engineering the correct VBT tables.</li>
</ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- Try some 3D games with latest kernel.
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <h1 id="t60_cpu_microcode">T60 cpu microcode</h1>
-
- <p>
- TODO: T60: find (for rare buggy CPUs that are unstable without microcode updates) if there is a workaround (patched kernel, special parameter, etc) So far, only 1 processor has been found to have issues. See microcode errata sheets http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/SPECUPDT/31407918.pdf and http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/SPECUPDT/30922214.pdf and then look at the debugging results collected in <a href="../t7200q">t7200q</a> directory (q means quirk).
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Every other T7200 tested so far has worked without microcode updates.
- </p>
-
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <h1 id="i945_vram_size">i945 VRAM size</h1>
- <p>
- Apparently, only 8MB VRAM is available on i945 GPUs (though it could do 64MB):<br/>
- phcoder: No. Hardware default is 8 MiB. When I wanted to make it configurable, I saw that docs mention only one other alternative: 1MiB. Later isn't event enough for 1024x768 at 24bpp without any acceleration or double buffering. It's possible that there are undocumented values. Which options do you have in vendor BIOS?
- How to find out how much vram you have:<br/>
- phcoder: TOM - BSM<br/>
- phcoder: check what vendor BIOS offers as options<br/>
- fchmmr: I thought it could do 64MB usually<br/>
- phcoder: not accorging to doc.<br/>
- phcoder: see mobile-945-express-chipset-datasheet page 93<br/>
- phcoder: see also src/northbridge/intel/i945/{early_init,northbridge,gma}.c<br/>
- fchmmr: "011 = DVMT (UMA) mode, 8 MB of memory pre-allocated for<br/>
- fchmmr: frame buffer."<br/>
- fchmmr: "Others - reserved"<br/>
- phcoder: the easiest way is a loop at this position which tries different values and reads (and prints) BSM with them<br/>
- stefanct: fchmmr: he suggest that you change the value and look how BSM reacts to that<br/>
- stefanct: as he pointed out earlier vram size = TOM - BSM<br/>
- stefanct: different values of GMS<br/>
- stefanct: phcoder: hm... this could be a hint. look at the text description of TOLUD at page 103<br/>
- stefanct: it mentions 64 MB in the text about BSM as well<br/>
- stefanct: table 18...<br/>
- phcoder: stefanct: I have a guess which value make is 64 but I will not tell to avoid skewing test results<br/>
- stefanct: phcoder: sure... i assumed you were not sure if it supports it at all. testing it properly is of course a good idea :)<br/>
- stefanct: test the various possible (but reserved) values of GMS and see what the resulting VRAM size is<br/>
- fchmmr: so, TOM - BSM
- </p>
- <p>
- <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a>
- </p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <h1 id="lcd_i945_incompatibility">LCD panels on i945 - fix incompatible panels</h1>
-
- <p>
- Fix T60 issues (see incompatible panels listed at <a href="../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list">../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list</a>).
- </p>
+ <p>
+ With each boot, make notes about what you see and get logs using the <a href="#standard_test">standard test</a>.
+ You will need the files from <a href="#intelvbttool_results">#intelvbttool_results</a> for each machine.
+ </p>
- <p>
- Run that tool (resources/utilities/i945gpu/intel-regs.py) as root on machines with the offending panels in:
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>Coreboot (or libreboot, whatever) with VBIOS (disable native graphics also)</li>
- <li>(Factory BIOS also?)</li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- This shows values in devicetree.cb and src/northbridge/intel/i945/gma.c, the idea is that you run it on factory bios or vbios
- and that it will (might) show different values: then you try those in the native graphics (in libreboot).
- </p>
+ Results (# means untested):
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <b>X60/X60s:</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>TMD-Toshiba LTD121ECHB: #</li>
+ <li>CMO N121X5-L06: #</li>
+ <li>Samsung LTN121XJ-L07: #</li>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HT121X01-101: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>X60T XGA:</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HV121X03-100: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>X60T SXGA+:</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HV121P01-100: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>T60 14&quot; XGA:</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Samsung LTN141XA-L01: #</li>
+ <li>CMO N141XC: #</li>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HT14X14: #</li>
+ <li>TMD-Toshiba LTD141ECMB: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>T60 14&quot; SXGA+</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>TMD-Toshiba LTD141EN9B: #</li>
+ <li>Samsung LTN141P4-L02: #</li>
+ <li>Boe-Hydis HT14P12: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>T60 15&quot; XGA</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Samsung LTN150XG-L08: #</li>
+ <li>LG-Philips LP150X09: #</li>
+ <li>13N7068 (IDtech): #</li>
+ <li>13N7069 (CMO): #</li>
+
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>T60 15&quot; SXGA+</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>LG-Philips LP150E05-A2K1: #</li>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HV150P01-100: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>T60 15&quot; UXGA</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HV150UX1-100: #</li>
+ <li>IDTech N150U3-L01: #</li>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HV150UX1-102: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>T50 15&quot; QXGA</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>IDtech IAQX10N: #</li>
+ <li>IDtech IAQX10S: #</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
- <p>
- Other values/registers might also need to be added to the script for these tests.
- </p>
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
+
+ </div>
- <p>
- check if intel_bios_reader from intel-gpu-tools reports the same value (BIOS has a hardcoded value) for PWM modulation frequency.
- This file can read the VBIOS (64K dump).
- </p>
+ <div class="section">
- <p>
- Check other tools in intel-gpu-tools aswell, compare outputs. Possibly add more information to intel-regs.py output (submit changes to mtjm).
- Do oprom trace / replay (<a href="http://www.coreboot.org/User:GNUtoo#How_to_get_rid_of_the_vbios_of_the_x60_.5BNew_Version.5D">http://www.coreboot.org/User:GNUtoo#How_to_get_rid_of_the_vbios_of_the_x60_.5BNew_Version.5D</a>)
- </p>
+ <h1 id="intelvbttool_results">intelvbttool test results (VGA ROM dumps)</h1>
+ <p>
+ The VBIOS on i945 (intel gpu) platforms is self-modifying; that is,
+ its contents change when you run it. intelvbttool takes a dump of
+ the currently running vbios, and parses it.
+ </p>
- <p>
- Study how EDID works and how gma.c handles it.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Original getregs.py script can be found at <a href="http://hg.mtjm.eu/scripts/file/tip/intel-regs.py">http://hg.mtjm.eu/scripts/file/tip/intel-regs.py</a>
- written by Michał Masłowski.
- </p>
+ <p>
+ The idea is that we can extract the VBT tables using this knowledge, on the X60, X60 Tablet and T60 (Intel GPU).
+ </p>
- <p>
- About fixing remaining LCD panels on 5345:<br/>
- 'polarity' is mentioned in coreboot log (cbmem -c). compare output (with working and non-working panel). (and see the other notes in docs/future/index.html)<br/>
- phcoder says: hint for T60: it might be that failing panels are 8bpc<br/>
- fchmmr: what does 8bpc mean? And what do you think the other (non-failing) panel are?<br/>
- phcoder: 6bpc. bits per colour. May also be reffered as 18-bit vs 24-bit panels<br/>
- phcoder: just collect EDIDs from failing and working panels<br/>
- <b>phcoder gave me this for collecting EDID data:
- <a href="http://www.o2genum.com/2013/08/lp156wh2-tlaa-lcd-panel-edid.html">http://www.o2genum.com/2013/08/lp156wh2-tlaa-lcd-panel-edid.html</a></b>
- </p>
+ <p>
+ Here is an example of how VBT was implemented on the ThinkPad X230:
+ <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5396">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5396</a>.
+ </p>
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
+ <p>
+ You'll need to build a T60 ROM with SeaBIOS and the VGA ROM (for Intel GPU). An X60 ROM is also needed (same configuration, using the VGA ROM for X60).
+ </p>
-<hr/>
+ <p>
+ T60 has DVI on its dock, make sure that the dock is attached when getting this output.
+ </p>
- <h1 id="i945_vbt">i945 gfx: X60/T60 VBT implementation (experimental: testing)</h1>
+ <p>
+ Get intelvbttool here: <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5842">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5842</a> (util/intelvbttool).
+ </p>
- <p>
- intel_bios_dumper in intel-gpu-tools seems interesting.
- </p>
- <p>
- <b>Use 'drm.debug=0x06' kernel parameter when booting in grub!</b>
- </p>
- <p>
- Before each test run, boot a live USB and delete the old logs in /var/log (kernel log, xorg log, dmesg and so on).
- </p>
- <p>
- Load (from the ROM) the runningvga.bin for each LCD panel on each machine; do not execute it, only load it! (coreboot will have to be modified).
- Rename the ROM appropriately, based on the machine name and the panel name. coreboot_nativegfx_5868_plusrunningvga_t60_14_LTD141ECMB.rom,
- for instance. Keep a copy for later use.
- </p>
+ <p>
+ Now dump a copy of the running VGA BIOS:
+ <b>$ sudo dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k of=runningvga.bin skip=12 count=1</b><br/>
+ Then do (and record the output):<br/>
+ <b>$ ./intelvbttool runningvga.bin &gt; intelvbttool_out</b>
+ </p>
- <p>You are supposed to:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>enable native graphics in menuconfig</li>
- <li>include the self-modified VGA ROM (load, but not execute) - for reverse engineering the correct VBT tables.</li>
- </ul>
+ <p>
+ Backup both files (runningvga.bin and intelvbttool_out), renaming them to match the machine and LCD panel used.
+ <a href="../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname">../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname</a> will show you how to get the name (model) of the LCD panel used.
+ </p>
- <p>
- With each boot, make notes about what you see and get logs using the <a href="#standard_test">standard test</a>.
- You will need the files from <a href="#intelvbttool_results">#intelvbttool_results</a> for each machine.
- </p>
+ <h2>Test results (# means untested and all had docks, unless noted).</h2>
- Results (# means untested):
<ul>
<li>
<b>X60/X60s:</b>
@@ -216,23 +350,23 @@
<li>TMD-Toshiba LTD121ECHB: #</li>
<li>CMO N121X5-L06: #</li>
<li>Samsung LTN121XJ-L07: #</li>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HT121X01-101: #</li>
+ <li>BOE-Hydis HT121X01-101: #</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>X60T XGA:</b>
+ <b>X60T XGA (1024x768):</b>
<ul>
<li>BOE-Hydis HV121X03-100: #</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>X60T SXGA+:</b>
+ <b>X60T SXGA+ (1400x1050):</b>
<ul>
<li>BOE-Hydis HV121P01-100: #</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>T60 14&quot; XGA:</b>
+ <b>T60 14&quot; XGA (1024x768):</b>
<ul>
<li>Samsung LTN141XA-L01: #</li>
<li>CMO N141XC: #</li>
@@ -241,7 +375,7 @@
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>T60 14&quot; SXGA+</b>
+ <b>T60 14&quot; SXGA+ (1400x1050):</b>
<ul>
<li>TMD-Toshiba LTD141EN9B: #</li>
<li>Samsung LTN141P4-L02: #</li>
@@ -249,24 +383,23 @@
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>T60 15&quot; XGA</b>
+ <b>T60 15&quot; XGA (1024x768):</b>
<ul>
<li>Samsung LTN150XG-L08: #</li>
<li>LG-Philips LP150X09: #</li>
<li>13N7068 (IDtech): #</li>
<li>13N7069 (CMO): #</li>
-
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>T60 15&quot; SXGA+</b>
+ <b>T60 15&quot; SXGA+ (1400x1050):</b>
<ul>
<li>LG-Philips LP150E05-A2K1: #</li>
<li>BOE-Hydis HV150P01-100: #</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>T60 15&quot; UXGA</b>
+ <b>T60 15&quot; UXGA (1600x1200):</b>
<ul>
<li>BOE-Hydis HV150UX1-100: #</li>
<li>IDTech N150U3-L01: #</li>
@@ -274,7 +407,7 @@
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>T50 15&quot; QXGA</b>
+ <b>T60 15&quot; QXGA (2048x1536):</b>
<ul>
<li>IDtech IAQX10N: #</li>
<li>IDtech IAQX10S: #</li>
@@ -282,175 +415,69 @@
</li>
</ul>
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <h1 id="intelvbttool_results">intelvbttool test results (VGA ROM dumps)</h1>
- <p>
- The VBIOS on i945 (intel gpu) platforms is self-modifying; that is,
- its contents change when you run it. intelvbttool takes a dump of
- the currently running vbios, and parses it.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- The idea is that we can extract the VBT tables using this knowledge, on the X60, X60 Tablet and T60 (Intel GPU).
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Here is an example of how VBT was implemented on the ThinkPad X230:
- <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5396">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5396</a>.
- </p>
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="fallback_patches">Fallback patches</h1>
- <p>
- You'll need to build a T60 ROM with SeaBIOS and the VGA ROM (for Intel GPU). An X60 ROM is also needed (same configuration, using the VGA ROM for X60).
- </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Todo: test gnutoo's fallback patches: <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism">http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism</a>
+ (some parts use systemd. adapt for upstart, which is what trisquel uses)<br/>
+ see <a href="gnutoo_fallback_patch">this IRC log</a> (warning, not cleaned up)
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
- <p>
- T60 has DVI on its dock, make sure that the dock is attached when getting this output.
- </p>
+ <h1 id="other">Other - unlisted (low priority)</h1>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ PTE errors still exist on i945 with 6718 (which is merged). <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/</a>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/dmesg">dmesg</a></li>
+ <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/kern.log">kern.log</a></li>
+ <li>This doesn't seem to cause any issues for general use.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Implement INT 10H support in i945 native graphics. (this will be a lot of work. SeaBIOS has code for some geode boards, to get a general idea).
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ T60 15&quot; QXGA (2048x1536): fixed issue where GRUB wouldn't show any graphics. (Not many people have this panel)
+ <ul>
+ <li>It might be the same issue I ran into with Paul on the X60 (not enough memory being allocated) since the same code works on T60 SXGA+ and UXGA, where GRUB actually display graphics.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
+
+ </div>
- <p>
- Get intelvbttool here: <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5842">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5842</a> (util/intelvbttool).
- </p>
+ <div class="section">
<p>
- Now dump a copy of the running VGA BIOS:
- <b>$ sudo dd if=/dev/mem bs=64k of=runningvga.bin skip=12 count=1</b><br/>
- Then do (and record the output):<br/>
- <b>$ ./intelvbttool runningvga.bin &gt; intelvbttool_out</b>
+ Copyright &copy; 2014, 2015 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
+ This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions.
+ A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a>.
</p>
<p>
- Backup both files (runningvga.bin and intelvbttool_out), renaming them to match the machine and LCD panel used.
- <a href="../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname">../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname</a> will show you how to get the name (model) of the LCD panel used.
+ This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a> for more information.
</p>
-
- <h2>Test results (# means untested and all had docks, unless noted).</h2>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
- <b>X60/X60s:</b>
- <ul>
- <li>TMD-Toshiba LTD121ECHB: #</li>
- <li>CMO N121X5-L06: #</li>
- <li>Samsung LTN121XJ-L07: #</li>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HT121X01-101: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>X60T XGA (1024x768):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HV121X03-100: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>X60T SXGA+ (1400x1050):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HV121P01-100: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>T60 14&quot; XGA (1024x768):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>Samsung LTN141XA-L01: #</li>
- <li>CMO N141XC: #</li>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HT14X14: #</li>
- <li>TMD-Toshiba LTD141ECMB: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>T60 14&quot; SXGA+ (1400x1050):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>TMD-Toshiba LTD141EN9B: #</li>
- <li>Samsung LTN141P4-L02: #</li>
- <li>Boe-Hydis HT14P12: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>T60 15&quot; XGA (1024x768):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>Samsung LTN150XG-L08: #</li>
- <li>LG-Philips LP150X09: #</li>
- <li>13N7068 (IDtech): #</li>
- <li>13N7069 (CMO): #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>T60 15&quot; SXGA+ (1400x1050):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>LG-Philips LP150E05-A2K1: #</li>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HV150P01-100: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>T60 15&quot; UXGA (1600x1200):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HV150UX1-100: #</li>
- <li>IDTech N150U3-L01: #</li>
- <li>BOE-Hydis HV150UX1-102: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>T60 15&quot; QXGA (2048x1536):</b>
- <ul>
- <li>IDtech IAQX10N: #</li>
- <li>IDtech IAQX10S: #</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a></p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <h1 id="fallback_patches">Fallback patches</h1>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
- Todo: test gnutoo's fallback patches: <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism">http://www.coreboot.org/Fallback_mechanism</a>
- (some parts use systemd. adapt for upstart, which is what trisquel uses)<br/>
- see <a href="gnutoo_fallback_patch">this IRC log</a> (warning, not cleaned up)
- </li>
- </ul>
-<hr/>
-
- <h1 id="other">Other - unlisted (low priority)</h1>
-
- <ul>
- <li>
- PTE errors still exist on i945 with 6718 (which is merged). <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6718/</a>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/dmesg">dmesg</a></li>
- <li><a href="future/dumps/pte_x60_6718/kern.log">kern.log</a></li>
- <li>This doesn't seem to cause any issues for general use.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- Implement INT 10H support in i945 native graphics. (this will be a lot of work. SeaBIOS has code for some geode boards, to get a general idea).
- </li>
- <li>
- T60 15&quot; QXGA (2048x1536): fixed issue where GRUB wouldn't show any graphics. (Not many people have this panel)
- <ul>
- <li>It might be the same issue I ran into with Paul on the X60 (not enough memory being allocated) since the same code works on T60 SXGA+ and UXGA, where GRUB actually display graphics.</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <p>
- Copyright &copy; 2014 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
- This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions.
- A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a>.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a> for more information.
- </p>
+ </div>
</body>
</html>
diff --git a/docs/future/old.html b/docs/future/old.html
index eeaa96e..0f77a0a 100644
--- a/docs/future/old.html
+++ b/docs/future/old.html
@@ -16,256 +16,272 @@
<body>
- <header>
- <h1 id="pagetop">Development notes (old/obsolete notes)</h1>
- <aside>For current notes, see <a href="index.html">index.html</a>.</aside>
- </header>
-
- <p>
- These are old (obsolete) notes that mare kept because they might become useful again in the future.
- </p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <h2>Contents</h2>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="#x60_native_notes">X60 native graphics initialization (backlight controls)</a></li>
- <li><a href="#t60_native_notes">T60 native graphics initialization (backlight controls)</a></li>
- <li><a href="#5320_kernel312fix">i945: 3D fix (based on 5927) for kernel 3.12+ on 5320</a></li>
- <li><a href="#x60_cb5927_testing">i945/x60: coreboot 5927 testing (3D fix for kernel 3.12+ on replay code)</a></li>
- </ul>
+ <div class="section">
-<hr/>
+ <h1 id="pagetop">Development notes (old/obsolete notes)</h1>
+ <p>
+ For current notes, see <a href="index.html">index.html</a>.
+ </p>
- <h1 id="x60_native_notes">X60 native graphics initialization (with backlight controls)</h1>
+ <p>
+ These are old (obsolete) notes that mare kept because they might become useful again in the future.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
- <p>
- <b>
- This is now obsolete. A better way was found (included in libreboot): <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/</a>
- </b>
- </p>
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1>Table of contents</h1>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#x60_native_notes">X60 native graphics initialization (backlight controls)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#t60_native_notes">T60 native graphics initialization (backlight controls)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#5320_kernel312fix">i945: 3D fix (based on 5927) for kernel 3.12+ on 5320</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#x60_cb5927_testing">i945/x60: coreboot 5927 testing (3D fix for kernel 3.12+ on replay code)</a></li>
+ </ul>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="x60_native_notes">X60 native graphics initialization (with backlight controls)</h1>
- <p>
- <b><i>Also check <a href="#5320_kernel312fix">#5320_kernel312fix</a> (to fix 3D on kernel 3.12/higher)</i></b>
- </p>
- <p>
- <b>The fix below was done on 5320/6 (from review.coreboot.org) but should work just fine on later versions of 5320.</b>
- </p>
- <p>
- Native gpu init + backlight controls! (Fn keys). Also confirmed on X60 Tablet (1024x768) and X60 Tablet (1400x1050)
- </p>
- <p>
- <b>Add backlight controls:</b> in <i>src/mainboard/lenovo/x60/devicetree.cb</i>, change <b>gpu_backlight</b> to <b>0x879F879E</b>
- </p>
- <p>
- That's all! <b>This has also been backported into libreboot 5th release (line 1233 in src/mainboard/lenovo/x60/i915io.c)</b>. GNUtoo (Denis Carikli)
- told me about the register <b>BLC_PWM_CTL</b> and that you could set it to control backlight. I read that address using devmem2 while running the VBIOS:<br/>
- <b># devmem2 0xe4361254 w</b>
- </p>
- <p>
- The change is also included in libreboot 6.
- </p>
- <p>
- When doing this, it gave back that value. The same trick was used to get backlight controls for T60 (see <a href="#t60_native_notes">#t60_native_notes</a>).
- </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>
+ This is now obsolete. A better way was found (included in libreboot): <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/</a>
+ </b>
+ </p>
- <h2>Further notes</h2>
<p>
- Reading <b>0xe4361254</b> (address) in Lenovo BIOS always yields FFFFFFFF, even when writing to it (and writing to it doesn't affect brightness controls).
- 'mtjm' on IRC found that the buttons (Fn keys) control /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 which has no affect on 61254 (BLC_PWM_CTL). He says
- intel_backlight has different values and uses the register. devmem2 works, needs checking <b>lspci -vv</b> for where the memory is mapped,
- which is different than on coreboot; mtjm found that it was 0xec061254 on his machine (X60 Tablet), and the register value is different too.
- <b>This is relevant, because we still don't know how backlight controls are actually handled. We got it working by accident. We need to know more.</b>.
+ <b><i>Also check <a href="#5320_kernel312fix">#5320_kernel312fix</a> (to fix 3D on kernel 3.12/higher)</i></b>
</p>
<p>
- Intel-gpu-tools may prove useful for further debugging: <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools/">http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools/</a>
+ <b>The fix below was done on 5320/6 (from review.coreboot.org) but should work just fine on later versions of 5320.</b>
</p>
<p>
- mtjm says 0xe4300000 is an MMIO region of the gpu (lspci -vv shows it), 0x61254 (BLC_PWM_CTL) is a documented register. Searching the kernel driver for backlight
- shows that in intel_panel.c this register is used (there is an XXX comment about finding the right value, where recent kernels get it from.
+ Native gpu init + backlight controls! (Fn keys). Also confirmed on X60 Tablet (1024x768) and X60 Tablet (1400x1050)
</p>
<p>
- What we want to do is calculate a good value, instead of setting it in devicetree.cb. mtjm says about backlight physics:
- it has a light source , uses pulse width modulation (PWM) to turn it on/off, dimming is done by spending less time on.
- <b>Note: this may not be correct; he says his understanding is based on how the Lenote yeeloong works</b>.
+ <b>Add backlight controls:</b> in <i>src/mainboard/lenovo/x60/devicetree.cb</i>, change <b>gpu_backlight</b> to <b>0x879F879E</b>
</p>
<p>
- mtjm goes on to say, that the register specifies the frequency used for PWM in its depending on the GPU core frequency, so it
- might be possible to calculate it without hardcoded laptop-specific values. Therefore, I am supposed to find out the 'display core frequency'
- (mtjm says there might be a register for it; also, it might be in 5320 or the replay code) and the PWM modulation frequency.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlight#Flicker_due_to_backlight_dimming
+ That's all! <b>This has also been backported into libreboot 5th release (line 1233 in src/mainboard/lenovo/x60/i915io.c)</b>. GNUtoo (Denis Carikli)
+ told me about the register <b>BLC_PWM_CTL</b> and that you could set it to control backlight. I read that address using devmem2 while running the VBIOS:<br/>
+ <b># devmem2 0xe4361254 w</b>
</p>
<p>
- phcoder (Vladimir Serbinenko) who is author of 5320 (review.coreboot.org) talks about 'duty cycle limit' and 'flickering frequency'.
+ The change is also included in libreboot 6.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ When doing this, it gave back that value. The same trick was used to get backlight controls for T60 (see <a href="#t60_native_notes">#t60_native_notes</a>).
</p>
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
-
-<hr/>
+ <h2>Further notes</h2>
+ <p>
+ Reading <b>0xe4361254</b> (address) in Lenovo BIOS always yields FFFFFFFF, even when writing to it (and writing to it doesn't affect brightness controls).
+ 'mtjm' on IRC found that the buttons (Fn keys) control /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 which has no affect on 61254 (BLC_PWM_CTL). He says
+ intel_backlight has different values and uses the register. devmem2 works, needs checking <b>lspci -vv</b> for where the memory is mapped,
+ which is different than on coreboot; mtjm found that it was 0xec061254 on his machine (X60 Tablet), and the register value is different too.
+ <b>This is relevant, because we still don't know how backlight controls are actually handled. We got it working by accident. We need to know more.</b>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Intel-gpu-tools may prove useful for further debugging: <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools/">http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools/</a>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ mtjm says 0xe4300000 is an MMIO region of the gpu (lspci -vv shows it), 0x61254 (BLC_PWM_CTL) is a documented register. Searching the kernel driver for backlight
+ shows that in intel_panel.c this register is used (there is an XXX comment about finding the right value, where recent kernels get it from.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ What we want to do is calculate a good value, instead of setting it in devicetree.cb. mtjm says about backlight physics:
+ it has a light source , uses pulse width modulation (PWM) to turn it on/off, dimming is done by spending less time on.
+ <b>Note: this may not be correct; he says his understanding is based on how the Lenote yeeloong works</b>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ mtjm goes on to say, that the register specifies the frequency used for PWM in its depending on the GPU core frequency, so it
+ might be possible to calculate it without hardcoded laptop-specific values. Therefore, I am supposed to find out the 'display core frequency'
+ (mtjm says there might be a register for it; also, it might be in 5320 or the replay code) and the PWM modulation frequency.
+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlight#Flicker_due_to_backlight_dimming
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ phcoder (Vladimir Serbinenko) who is author of 5320 (review.coreboot.org) talks about 'duty cycle limit' and 'flickering frequency'.
+ </p>
+
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="t60_native_notes">T60 native graphics initialization (with backlight controls)</h1>
- <h1 id="t60_native_notes">T60 native graphics initialization (with backlight controls)</h1>
+ <p>
+ <b>
+ This is now obsolete. A better way was found (included in libreboot): <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/</a>
+ </b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b><i>Also check <a href="#5320_kernel312fix">#5320_kernel312fix</a> (to fix 3D on kernel 3.12/higher)</i></b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>The fix below was done on an earlier version of 5345 changeset (review.coreboot.org), but should work on the current version. it is included in libreboot 6</b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>Add backlight controls:</b> in <i>src/mainboard/lenovo/t60/devicetree.cb</i>, change <b>gpu_backlight</b> to <b>0x58BF58BE</b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Hold on! Check <a href="../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname">../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname</a> to know what LCD panel you have. This is important for the next step!
+ </p>
- <p>
- <b>
- This is now obsolete. A better way was found (included in libreboot): <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/6731/</a>
- </b>
- </p>
- <p>
- <b><i>Also check <a href="#5320_kernel312fix">#5320_kernel312fix</a> (to fix 3D on kernel 3.12/higher)</i></b>
- </p>
- <p>
- <b>The fix below was done on an earlier version of 5345 changeset (review.coreboot.org), but should work on the current version. it is included in libreboot 6</b>
- </p>
- <p>
- <b>Add backlight controls:</b> in <i>src/mainboard/lenovo/t60/devicetree.cb</i>, change <b>gpu_backlight</b> to <b>0x58BF58BE</b>
- </p>
- <p>
- Hold on! Check <a href="../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname">../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname</a> to know what LCD panel you have. This is important for the next step!
- </p>
+ <h2>Supported panels</h2>
+ <p>
+ <a href="../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list">../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list</a>.
+ </p>
- <h2>Supported panels</h2>
<p>
- <a href="../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list">../hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list</a>.
+ See <a href="index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility">index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility</a>.
</p>
+
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+
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- <p>
- See <a href="index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility">index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility</a>.
- </p>
-
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-
-<hr/>
+ <div class="section">
- <h1 id="5320_kernel312fix">i945: 3D fix (based on 5927) for kernel 3.12+ on 5320</h1>
+ <h1 id="5320_kernel312fix">i945: 3D fix (based on 5927) for kernel 3.12+ on 5320</h1>
- <p>
- <b>
- This is now obsolete. Merged in coreboot: <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/</a>
- </b>
- </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>
+ This is now obsolete. Merged in coreboot: <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/</a>
+ </b>
+ </p>
- <p><b>This needs to be rewritten (or better organized, or deleted?)</b>. This is also now included in libreboot 6 (using the proper way, not the 7c0000 method which was a hack)</p>
+ <p><b>This needs to be rewritten (or better organized, or deleted?)</b>. This is also now included in libreboot 6 (using the proper way, not the 7c0000 method which was a hack)</p>
- <p>
- <b>This was done on 5320/6 so far. The fix below is for 5320/6 which is now obsolete. This needs to be re-done for the latest version
- of 5320. The fix below is (in practise) only for reference, therefore.</b>
- </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>This was done on 5320/6 so far. The fix below is for 5320/6 which is now obsolete. This needs to be re-done for the latest version
+ of 5320. The fix below is (in practise) only for reference, therefore.</b>
+ </p>
- <p>
- See <a href="#x60_cb5927_testing">#x60_cb5927_testing</a> for the original (and current) fix, for the replay code. Now we want
- to implement that on top of <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5320">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5320</a>
- which is the current code for native graphics initialization on i945.
- </p>
+ <p>
+ See <a href="#x60_cb5927_testing">#x60_cb5927_testing</a> for the original (and current) fix, for the replay code. Now we want
+ to implement that on top of <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5320">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5320</a>
+ which is the current code for native graphics initialization on i945.
+ </p>
- <p>
- src/northbridge/intel/i945/gma.c (using the 7c0000 hack) on 5320: <a href="dumps/5320_7c0000_gma.c">5320_7c0000_gma.c</a> (rename it to gma.c,
- replacing the current one).
- </p>
+ <p>
+ src/northbridge/intel/i945/gma.c (using the 7c0000 hack) on 5320: <a href="dumps/5320_7c0000_gma.c">5320_7c0000_gma.c</a> (rename it to gma.c,
+ replacing the current one).
+ </p>
- <p>
- The above is a hack (as is the original). A better (more correct) method is implemented in later versions of 5927, so
- that should also be adapted for 5320. For now, you can use the above fix.
- </p>
+ <p>
+ The above is a hack (as is the original). A better (more correct) method is implemented in later versions of 5927, so
+ that should also be adapted for 5320. For now, you can use the above fix.
+ </p>
- <p>
- The correct way to do it is to set gtt address to (end of stolen memory - gtt size), which is what later versions of 5927 do (successfully).
- </p>
+ <p>
+ The correct way to do it is to set gtt address to (end of stolen memory - gtt size), which is what later versions of 5927 do (successfully).
+ </p>
- <p>
- Here is some debugging output using intel_gpu_tools v1.2-1 (from trisquel repositories) using tool "intel_gtt":
- </p>
+ <p>
+ Here is some debugging output using intel_gpu_tools v1.2-1 (from trisquel repositories) using tool "intel_gtt":
+ </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- Trisquel 6. kernel 3.14.4:
- <ul>
- <li>with libreboot 5th release (using the 7c0000 gtt hack from 5927/3): <a href="http://paste.debian.net/104306">http://paste.debian.net/104306</a></li>
- <li>with coreboot+vgarom: <a href="http://paste.debian.net/104309">http://paste.debian.net/104309</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- Trisquel 6. kernel 3.2.0-60 (from Trisquel repositories):
- <ul>
- <li>with coreboot (no vbios or native init): <a href="http://paste.debian.net/104341">http://paste.debian.net/104341</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ Trisquel 6. kernel 3.14.4:
+ <ul>
+ <li>with libreboot 5th release (using the 7c0000 gtt hack from 5927/3): <a href="http://paste.debian.net/104306">http://paste.debian.net/104306</a></li>
+ <li>with coreboot+vgarom: <a href="http://paste.debian.net/104309">http://paste.debian.net/104309</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Trisquel 6. kernel 3.2.0-60 (from Trisquel repositories):
+ <ul>
+ <li>with coreboot (no vbios or native init): <a href="http://paste.debian.net/104341">http://paste.debian.net/104341</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h1 id="x60_cb5927_testing">i945/X60: Coreboot 5927 testing (3D fix for kernel 3.12+ on replay code)</h1>
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
+ <p>
+ <b>
+ This is now obsolete. Merged in coreboot: <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/</a>
+ </b>
+ </p>
-<hr/>
+ <p><b>The latest version as-is (5927/11) has not been tested by me yet. Always boot with 'drm.debug=0x06' kernel parameter when testing this.</b></p>
- <h1 id="x60_cb5927_testing">i945/X60: Coreboot 5927 testing (3D fix for kernel 3.12+ on replay code)</h1>
+ <p>
+ This is the fix for 3D on kernel 3.12 and higher on i945 (ThinkPad X60 in this case). This is for the replay code.
+ Libreboot 5th release has a version of this backported already (based on 5927/3 using the '7c0000' hack).
+ </p>
- <p>
- <b>
- This is now obsolete. Merged in coreboot: <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/</a>
- </b>
- </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>
+ The replay code is obsolete (see 5320 changeset on review.coreboot.org for better version
+ which supports more machines/screens, and then 5345 for T60). Information here for reference since that is where the fix was first applied.
+ </b>
+ </p>
- <p><b>The latest version as-is (5927/11) has not been tested by me yet. Always boot with 'drm.debug=0x06' kernel parameter when testing this.</b></p>
+ <p>
+ Read the information on <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/</a>.
+ </p>
- <p>
- This is the fix for 3D on kernel 3.12 and higher on i945 (ThinkPad X60 in this case). This is for the replay code.
- Libreboot 5th release has a version of this backported already (based on 5927/3 using the '7c0000' hack).
- </p>
+ <p>
+ For historical purposes, here is a collection of IRC logs that once existed on this page, related to the issue:
+ <a href="dumps/kernel312_irc">kernel312_irc</a>.
+ </p>
- <p>
- <b>
- The replay code is obsolete (see 5320 changeset on review.coreboot.org for better version
- which supports more machines/screens, and then 5345 for T60). Information here for reference since that is where the fix was first applied.
- </b>
- </p>
+ <p>
+ PGETBL_CTL differs between VBIOS (-) and native graphics init (+).<br/>
- <p>
- Read the information on <a href="http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/">http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/5927/</a>.
- </p>
+ - PGETBL_CTL: 0x3ffc0001<br/>
+ + PGETBL_CTL: 0x3f800001
+ </p>
+ <p>GTT (graphics translation table) size is PGETBL_save, max 256 KiB. BSM (Base of Stolen Memory) is given by the bios.</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>5927/7: <a href="dumps/5927_7.tar.gz">5927_7.tar.gz</a> (GRUB graphics are correct now, and 3D still works)</li>
+ <li>5927/6: <a href="dumps/5927_6.tar.gz">5927_6.tar.gz</a> (GRUB graphics still corrupt, 3D/everything still works after GRUB)</li>
+ <li>5927/5: <a href="dumps/5927_5.tar.gz">5927_5.tar.gz</a> (GRUB graphics corrupt, 3D/everything still works after GRUB)</li>
+ <li>5927/3: <a href="dumps/5927_3.tar.gz">5927_3.tar.gz</a> (3D still works! kernel 3.14.4) - the '7c0000' hack</li>
+ <li>5927/2: <a href="dumps/5927_2.tar.gz">5927_2.tar.gz</a> (3D works! kernel 3.14.4) - the '7c0000' hack</li>
+ <li>
+ 5927/1 (didn't fix the 3D issue):
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="dumps/5927_cbmemc">cbmem -c</a></li>
+ <li><a href="dumps/5927_crashdump">/sys/class/drm/card0/error</a></li>
+ <li><a href="dumps/5927_config">.config</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
<p>
- For historical purposes, here is a collection of IRC logs that once existed on this page, related to the issue:
- <a href="dumps/kernel312_irc">kernel312_irc</a>.
+ Copyright &copy; 2014, 2015 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
+ This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions.
+ A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a>.
</p>
<p>
- PGETBL_CTL differs between VBIOS (-) and native graphics init (+).<br/>
-
- - PGETBL_CTL: 0x3ffc0001<br/>
- + PGETBL_CTL: 0x3f800001
+ This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a> for more information.
</p>
-
- <p>GTT (graphics translation table) size is PGETBL_save, max 256 KiB. BSM (Base of Stolen Memory) is given by the bios.</p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>5927/7: <a href="dumps/5927_7.tar.gz">5927_7.tar.gz</a> (GRUB graphics are correct now, and 3D still works)</li>
- <li>5927/6: <a href="dumps/5927_6.tar.gz">5927_6.tar.gz</a> (GRUB graphics still corrupt, 3D/everything still works after GRUB)</li>
- <li>5927/5: <a href="dumps/5927_5.tar.gz">5927_5.tar.gz</a> (GRUB graphics corrupt, 3D/everything still works after GRUB)</li>
- <li>5927/3: <a href="dumps/5927_3.tar.gz">5927_3.tar.gz</a> (3D still works! kernel 3.14.4) - the '7c0000' hack</li>
- <li>5927/2: <a href="dumps/5927_2.tar.gz">5927_2.tar.gz</a> (3D works! kernel 3.14.4) - the '7c0000' hack</li>
- <li>
- 5927/1 (didn't fix the 3D issue):
- <ul>
- <li><a href="dumps/5927_cbmemc">cbmem -c</a></li>
- <li><a href="dumps/5927_crashdump">/sys/class/drm/card0/error</a></li>
- <li><a href="dumps/5927_config">.config</a></li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <p>
- Copyright &copy; 2014 Francis Rowe &lt;info@gluglug.org.uk&gt;<br/>
- This document is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License and all future versions.
- A copy of the license can be found at <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a>.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See <a href="../license.txt">../license.txt</a> for more information.
- </p>
+
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