Now coreboot 4.21 boots flawlessly on AMD Lenovo G505S ! That's how we get coreboot 4.21 there ;-) a new "restore_agesa.sh" script compatible with coreboot master - https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/76832
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 12:23 AM Mike Banon <mikeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear friends, please take a look at this change: > > https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/76832 > > This script reverts the opensource AGESA AMD boards removal that happened > after 5e8e911b7caee021faff96c4e82a77a42544ea62 (0 point of history, or 0 PoH) > - by git-reverting: > 1) the "bad commits" (marked as "CBF" = coreboot build failure) > - that either remove or break a code needed for our boards > 2) the "unlucky commits" (marked as "GRF" = git revert failure) > - that are a roadblock for git-reverting the "bad commits" > > Right now at 3bd83b27afbc840f184b652a1dd8ed539623a258 (3765 PoH), it takes > 38 CBF git reverts - just 1% of 3765 commits since the OSS AGESA removal! - > - making this removal look questionable and the idea of restoration viable. > > Btw plenty of these git reverts could be avoided if the changes to the > "dropped code" are allowed: i.e. instead of git reverting the four > patches numbered 497-500 at the script above, one could simply add a > single " #define SPEEDSTEP_APIC_MAGIC 0xACAC " somewhere. Therefore > the real number of "bad commits" (which either remove our boards or > break the things for us) isn't that great and the opensource AGESA > boards really can be brought back to coreboot with a bunch of ifdef's > etc. Please let me know if you're interested in such a quest... > > SUCCESSFUL TESTS for the opensource AGESA boards which I own (Lenovo G505S - > - fam15 laptop, ASUS A88XM-E - fam15 desktop, ASUS AM1I-A - fam16 desktop) > : > 1) only build: > 69ffebf5ccf123bc0b3fb28b485985af0597761d (3698 PoH) for AM1I-A, > most likely boot works too but I didn't have the time to test > 2) build & boot: > 69ffebf5ccf123bc0b3fb28b485985af0597761d (3698 PoH) for G505S and A88XM-E > 11ba8ebbcc662ebd1dc8e14372a020eb32f26561 (3741 PoH) for G505S test only > -- > Best regards, Mike Banon > Open Source Community Manager of 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/ -- Best regards, Mike Banon Open Source Community Manager of 3mdeb - https://3mdeb.com/ _______________________________________________ coreboot mailing list -- coreboot@coreboot.org To unsubscribe send an email to coreboot-le...@coreboot.org
