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authorMichael Büchler <michael.buechler@posteo.net>2020-09-06 19:59:18 +0200
committerFelix Held <felix-coreboot@felixheld.de>2021-12-23 14:41:03 +0000
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mb/asrock: Add ASRock H77 Pro4-M mainboard
This adds a new port for the ASRock H77 Pro4-M motherboard. It is microATX-sized with an LGA1155 socket and four DIMM sockets for DDR3 SDRAM. The port was initially done with autoport. It is quite similar to the ASRock B75 Pro3-M which is already supported by coreboot. Working: - Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs (tested: i5-2500, Pentium G2120) - Native RAM initialization with four DIMMs of two different types - PS/2 combined port (mouse or keyboard) - Integrated GPU by libgfxinit on all monitor ports (DVI-D, HDMI, D-Sub) - PCIe graphics in the PEG slot - All three additional PCIe slots - All rear and internal USB2 ports - All rear and internal USB3 ports with reasonable transfer rates - All six SATA ports from the PCH (two 6 Gb/s, four 3 Gb/s) - All two SATA ports from the ASM1061 PCIe-to-SATA bridge (6 Gb/s) - Rear eSATA connector (multiplexed with one ASM1061 port) - Console output on the serial port of the Super I/O - SeaBIOS 1.15.0 to boot slackware64 - SeaBIOS 1.15.0 to boot Windows 10 (needs VGA BIOS) - Internal flashing with flashrom-1.2 (needs `--ifd -i bios --noverify-all`) - External flashing with flashrom-1.2 and a Raspberry Pi 1 - S3 suspend/resume from either Linux or Windows 10 Not working: - Booting from the two SATA ports provided by the ASM1061 - Automatic fan control with the NCT6776D Super I/O Untested: - VBT (it is included, though) - Infrared header Change-Id: Ic2c51bf7babd9dfcbaf69a5019b2a034762052f2 Signed-off-by: Michael Büchler <michael.buechler@posteo.net> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/45317 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
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+# ASRock H77 Pro4-M
+
+The ASRock H77 Pro4-M is a microATX-sized desktop board for Intel Sandy
+Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs.
+
+## Technology
+
+```eval_rst
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Northbridge | :doc:`../../northbridge/intel/sandybridge/index` |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Southbridge | Intel H77 (bd82x6x) |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| CPU socket | LGA 1155 |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| RAM | 4 x DDR3-1600 |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Super I/O | Nuvoton NCT6776 |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Audio | Realtek ALC892 |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Network | Realtek RTL8111E |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Serial | Internal header (RS-232) |
++------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+```
+
+## Status
+
+Tests were done with SeaBIOS 1.14.0 and slackware64-live from 2019-07-12
+(linux-4.19.50).
+
+### Working
+
+- Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs (tested: i5-2500, Pentium G2120)
+- Native RAM initialization with four DIMMs
+- PS/2 combined port (mouse or keyboard)
+- Integrated GPU by libgfxinit on all monitor ports (DVI-D, HDMI, D-Sub)
+- PCIe graphics in the PEG slot
+- All three additional PCIe slots
+- All rear and internal USB2 ports
+- All rear and internal USB3 ports
+- All six SATA ports from the PCH (two 6 Gb/s, four 3 Gb/s)
+- All two SATA ports from the ASM1061 PCIe-to-SATA bridge (6 Gb/s)
+- Rear eSATA connector (multiplexed with one ASM1061 port)
+- Gigabit Ethernet
+- Console output on the serial port
+- SeaBIOS 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 to boot Windows 10 (needs VGA BIOS) and Linux via
+extlinux
+- Internal flashing with flashrom-1.2, see
+[Internal Programming](#internal-programming)
+- External flashing with flashrom-1.2 and a Raspberry Pi 1
+- S3 suspend/resume from either Linux or Windows 10
+- Poweroff
+
+### Not working
+
+- Booting from the two SATA ports provided by the ASM1061
+- Automatic fan control with the NCT6776D Super I/O
+
+### Untested
+
+- EHCI debug
+- S/PDIF audio
+- Other audio jacks than the green one, and the front panel header
+- Parallel port
+- Infrared/CIR
+- Wakeup from anything but the power button
+
+## Flashing coreboot
+
+```eval_rst
++---------------------+------------+
+| Type | Value |
++=====================+============+
+| Socketed flash | yes |
++---------------------+------------+
+| Model | W25Q64.V |
++---------------------+------------+
+| Size | 8 MiB |
++---------------------+------------+
+| Package | DIP-8 |
++---------------------+------------+
+| Write protection | no |
++---------------------+------------+
+| Dual BIOS feature | no |
++---------------------+------------+
+| Internal flashing | yes |
++---------------------+------------+
+```
+
+The flash is divided into the following regions, as obtained with
+`ifdtool -f rom.layout backup.rom`:
+```
+00000000:00000fff fd
+00200000:007fffff bios
+00001000:001fffff me
+```
+
+### Internal programming
+
+The main SPI flash can be accessed using flashrom. By default, only
+the BIOS region of the flash is writable. If you wish to change any
+other region (Management Engine or flash descriptor), then an external
+programmer is required.
+
+The following command may be used to flash coreboot:
+
+```
+$ sudo flashrom --noverify-all --ifd -i bios -p internal -w coreboot.rom
+```
+
+The use of `--noverify-all` is required since the Management Engine
+region is not readable even by the host.
+
+```eval_rst
+In addition to the information here, please see the
+:doc:`../../flash_tutorial/index`.
+```
+
+## Hardware monitoring and fan control
+
+There are two fan headers for the CPU cooler, CPU_FAN1 and CPU_FAN2. They share
+a single fan tachometer input on the Super I/O while some dedicated logic
+selects which one is allowed to reach it. Two GPIO pins on the Super I/O are
+used to control that logic. The firmware has to set them; coreboot selects
+CPU_FAN1 by default, but the user can change that setting if it was built with
+CONFIG_USE_OPTION_TABLE:
+
+```
+$ sudo nvramtool -e cpu_fan_header
+[..]
+$ sudo nvramtool -w cpu_fan_header=CPU_FAN2
+$ sudo nvramtool -w cpu_fan_header=None
+$ sudo nvramtool -w cpu_fan_header=Both
+```
+
+The setting will take effect after a reboot. Selecting and connecting both fan
+headers is possible but the Super I/O will report wrong fan speeds.
+
+Currently there is no automatic, OS-independent fan control, but a software
+like `fancontrol` from the lm-sensors package can be used instead.
+
+## Serial port header
+
+Serial port 1, provided by the Super I/O, is exposed on a pin header. The
+RS-232 signals are assigned to the header so that its pin numbers map directly
+to the pin numbers of a DE-9 connector. If your serial port doesn't seem to
+work, check if your bracket expects a different assignment. Also don't try to
+connect it directly to a device that operates at TTL levels - it would need a
+level converter like a MAX232.
+
+Here is a top view of the serial port header found on this board:
+
+ +---+---+
+ N/C | | 9 | RI -> pin 9
+ +---+---+
+ Pin 8 <- CTS | 8 | 7 | RTS -> pin 7
+ +---+---+
+ Pin 6 <- DSR | 6 | 5 | GND -> pin 5
+ +---+---+
+ Pin 4 <- DTR | 4 | 3 | TxD -> pin 3
+ +---+---+
+ Pin 2 <- RxD | 2 | 1 | DCD -> pin 1
+ +---+---+
+
+## eSATA
+
+The eSATA port on the rear I/O panel and the internal connector SATA3_A1 share
+the same controller port on the ASM1061. Attaching an eSATA drive causes a
+multiplexer chip to disconnect the internal port from the SATA controller and
+connect the eSATA port instead. This can be seen on GP23 of the Super I/O
+GPIOs: it is '0' when something is connected to the eSATA port and '1'
+otherwise.
diff --git a/Documentation/mainboard/index.md b/Documentation/mainboard/index.md
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## ASRock
+- [H77 Pro4-M](asrock/h77pro4-m.md)
- [H81M-HDS](asrock/h81m-hds.md)
- [H110M-DVS](asrock/h110m-dvs.md)