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This HOWTO describes how to use coreboot on the MSI MS-6178 board.
Status
Device/functionality | Status | Comments | ||||||
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CPU | ||||||||
CPU works | OK | |||||||
L1 cache enabled | OK | CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K | ||||||
L2 cache enabled | WIP | |||||||
L3 cache enabled | N/A | |||||||
Multiple CPU support | N/A | |||||||
Multi-core support | N/A | |||||||
Hardware virtualization | N/A | |||||||
RAM | ||||||||
EDO | N/A | |||||||
SDRAM | WIP | Single-sided DIMMs in slot 0 work fine. Other combinations may or may not work, this is WIP. | ||||||
SO-DIMM | N/A | |||||||
DDR | N/A | |||||||
DDR2 | N/A | |||||||
DDR3 | N/A | |||||||
Dual channel support | N/A | |||||||
ECC support | N/A | |||||||
On-board Hardware | ||||||||
On-board IDE 3.5" | OK | |||||||
On-board IDE 2.5" | N/A | |||||||
On-board SATA | N/A | |||||||
On-board SCSI | N/A | |||||||
On-board USB | OK | Tested: USB thumb drive, USB mouse. | ||||||
On-board VGA | OK | Needs a small patch for now. | ||||||
On-board Ethernet | N/A | |||||||
On-board Audio | OK | |||||||
On-board Modem | Untested | |||||||
On-board FireWire | N/A | |||||||
On-board Smartcard reader | N/A | |||||||
On-board CompactFlash | N/A | |||||||
On-board PCMCIA | N/A | |||||||
On-board Wifi | N/A | |||||||
On-board Bluetooth | N/A | |||||||
On-board SD card reader | N/A | |||||||
Add-on slots/cards | ||||||||
ISA add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
Audio/Modem-Riser (AMR/CNR) cards | Untested | |||||||
PCI add-on cards | OK | VGA PCI card works in each of the three PCI slots. | ||||||
Mini-PCI add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
Mini-PCI-Express add-on cards | Unknown | |||||||
PCI-X add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
AGP graphics cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x1 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x2 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x4 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x8 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x16 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x32 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
HTX add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
Legacy / Super I/O | ||||||||
Floppy | Untested | |||||||
Serial port 1 (COM1) | OK | |||||||
Serial port 2 (COM2) | Untested | |||||||
Parallel port | OK | Loading the ppdev/parport_pc Linux kernel modules works fine, other tests were not done. | ||||||
PS/2 keyboard | OK | |||||||
PS/2 mouse | OK | |||||||
Game port | OK | Works fine after modprobe analog and modprobe ns558. Tested using jscalibrator. | ||||||
Infrared | Untested | |||||||
PC speaker | OK | Works after modprobe pcspkr. | ||||||
DiskOnChip | N/A | |||||||
Input | ||||||||
Trackpoint | N/A | |||||||
Touchpad | N/A | |||||||
Fn Hotkeys | N/A | |||||||
Fingerprint Reader | N/A | |||||||
Laptop | ||||||||
Docking VGA | N/A | |||||||
Docking LAN | N/A | |||||||
Docking USB | N/A | |||||||
Docking Audio | N/A | |||||||
Docking Displayport | N/A | |||||||
Thinklight | N/A | |||||||
Webcam | N/A | |||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||||
Sensors / fan control | OK | Works fine using the w83627hf Linux kernel module. | ||||||
Hardware watchdog | OK | Doing modprobe w83627hf_wdt seems to work fine, further tests were not performed, yet. | ||||||
SMBus | N/A | |||||||
CAN bus | N/A | |||||||
CPU frequency scaling | Untested | |||||||
Other powersaving features | N/A | |||||||
ACPI | No | There is no ACPI implementation for this board, yet. | ||||||
Reboot | OK | |||||||
Poweroff | No | Probably needs ACPI in order to work. | ||||||
Suspend | Unknown | |||||||
Nonstandard LEDs | N/A | No LEDs mounted on the board, but there are various pin headers where you could add some. | ||||||
High precision event timers (HPET) | N/A | |||||||
Random number generator (RNG) | N/A | |||||||
Wake on modem ring | Untested | |||||||
Wake on LAN | Untested | |||||||
Wake on keyboard | Untested | |||||||
Wake on mouse | Untested | |||||||
TPM | Unknown | |||||||
Flashrom | No | Works neither on BIOS nor on coreboot so far. |
Building coreboot
First, copy your desired payload to /tmp/filo.elf, then extract the VGA BIOS from the original vendor BIOS and copy it to /tmp/i810.vga:
$ wget http://download1.msi.com/files/downloads/bos_exe/6178v21.zip $ unzip 6178v21.zip $ cd 6178v21 $ bios_extract W6178IMS.210 $ cp i810.vga /tmp
See the Build HOWTO for information on how to build coreboot for this board.
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