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=== Peter intro ===
=== Peter intro ===
what is coreboot - history - motivation
* what is coreboot - history - motivation
payloads and compression
* payloads and compression
other software in same or related fields
* v2/v3
sibling projects: seabios serialice coreinfo bayou libpayload buildrom mkelfImage nvramtool superiotool inteltool msrtool flashrom
* cbfs
* other software in same and related fields
* sibling projects and utilities: seabios serialice coreinfo bayou libpayload buildrom mkelfImage nvramtool superiotool inteltool msrtool flashrom
* security issues


=== Peter technical details ===
=== Peter technical details ===
modern pc architecture
* modern pc architecture
ram init
* CPU i/o (ports/memory)
cache-as-ram
* registers in hardware, "ISA" and PCI
gcc vs. romcc
* NVRAM
mention system management mode
* interrupts
mention embedded controllers and capabilities and tasks
* PIC APIC PIRQ/MP tables [[Media:ApicSystem.svg]]
* ram init
* cache-as-ram
* gcc vs. romcc
* real mode, protected mode, system management mode
* mention embedded controllers and capabilities and tasks


=== Rudolf acpi ===
=== Rudolf acpi ===
* what for is ACPI
* what for is ACPI
* Sleep states in more detail - S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
* CPU power modes C1/C2/C3
* hardware side - PM regs
* hardware side - PM regs
* CPU power modes C1/C2/C3
* software architecture of ACPI
* software architecture of ACPI
* Tables in more detail
* Tables in more detail
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* Coreboot specific stuff - perhaps the ACPIgen
* Coreboot specific stuff - perhaps the ACPIgen
* and SSDT generation
* and SSDT generation
 
* suspend/resume from HW point of view - memory controller stuff too
* SW flow through coreboot + ram preservation issues


=== Rudolf board porting ===
=== Rudolf board porting ===
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* GPIO setup
* GPIO setup
* watchdogs - yes ite has default on :)
* watchdogs - yes ite has default on :)
* IRQ routing
* IRQ routing in ACPI? maybe some ideas...
* ACPI specific stuff for each board
* ACPI specific stuff for each board
* porting on supported chipset - describe the early setup for mainboard + directory content for the board
* porting on supported chipset - describe the early setup for mainboard + directory content for the board

Latest revision as of 05:06, 18 January 2010

Peter intro

  • what is coreboot - history - motivation
  • payloads and compression
  • v2/v3
  • cbfs
  • other software in same and related fields
  • sibling projects and utilities: seabios serialice coreinfo bayou libpayload buildrom mkelfImage nvramtool superiotool inteltool msrtool flashrom
  • security issues

Peter technical details

  • modern pc architecture
  • CPU i/o (ports/memory)
  • registers in hardware, "ISA" and PCI
  • NVRAM
  • interrupts
  • PIC APIC PIRQ/MP tables Media:ApicSystem.svg
  • ram init
  • cache-as-ram
  • gcc vs. romcc
  • real mode, protected mode, system management mode
  • mention embedded controllers and capabilities and tasks

Rudolf acpi

  • what for is ACPI
  • Sleep states in more detail - S1 S2 S3 S4 S5
  • CPU power modes C1/C2/C3
  • hardware side - PM regs
  • software architecture of ACPI
  • Tables in more detail
  • Some tour through it acpiextract iasl
  • Coreboot specific stuff - perhaps the ACPIgen
  • and SSDT generation
  • suspend/resume from HW point of view - memory controller stuff too
  • SW flow through coreboot + ram preservation issues

Rudolf board porting

  • Get to know your HW (lspci, superiotool)
  • serial setup + troubles wrong OSC speeds
  • GPIO setup
  • watchdogs - yes ite has default on :)
  • IRQ routing in ACPI? maybe some ideas...
  • ACPI specific stuff for each board
  • porting on supported chipset - describe the early setup for mainboard + directory content for the board
  • some ideas for porting on new unsupported chipset

Carl-Daniel flashrom

Luc board enable reverse engineering