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[[Image:Asus a8n e.jpg|right|thumb|ASUS A8N-E, rev. 2.00]] | [[Image:Asus a8n e.jpg|right|thumb|ASUS A8N-E, rev. 2.00]] | ||
This HOWTO explains how to use | This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=171&l4=0&model=455&modelmenu=2 ASUS A8N-E]''' board. | ||
Works fine, only smaller issues remain to be fixed. A list of known issues is available at the end of this page. | |||
== Status == | == Status == | ||
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|CPU_status = OK | |CPU_status = OK | ||
|CPU_comments = Tested: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+. | |CPU_comments = Tested: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ and 3200+. | ||
|CPU_L1_status = OK | |CPU_L1_status = OK | ||
|CPU_L1_comments = CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) | |CPU_L1_comments = CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) | ||
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|RAM_SODIMM_status = N/A | |RAM_SODIMM_status = N/A | ||
|RAM_DDR_status = OK | |RAM_DDR_status = OK | ||
|RAM_DDR_comments = Tested with one DIMM in slot DIMM_B1 (see manual). | |RAM_DDR_comments = Tested with one DIMM in slot DIMM_B1 (see manual). Since [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/changeset/3614 r3614] it's also possible to use a single DIMM in slot DIMM_B2. | ||
|RAM_DDR2_status = N/A | |RAM_DDR2_status = N/A | ||
|RAM_DDR3_status = N/A | |RAM_DDR3_status = N/A | ||
|RAM_dualchannel_status = | |RAM_dualchannel_status = OK | ||
|RAM_ecc_status = | |RAM_ecc_status = OK | ||
|IDE_status = OK | |IDE_status = OK | ||
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|IDE_CF_status = OK | |IDE_CF_status = OK | ||
|IDE_CF_comments = Tested: Primary IDE (master and slave) and secondary IDE (master and slave). | |IDE_CF_comments = Tested: Primary IDE (master and slave) and secondary IDE (master and slave). | ||
|CDROM_DVD_status = | |CDROM_DVD_status = OK | ||
| | |CDROM_DVD_comments = Tested: Mounting a CD-ROM from the Linux command line. The '''eject''' command line tool also works fine. | ||
|SATA_status = OK | |||
|Onboard_SCSI_status = N/A | |||
|USB_status = OK | |USB_status = OK | ||
|USB_comments = Tested: USB keyboard (on each of the 10 possible USB ports). | |USB_comments = Tested: USB keyboard (on each of the 10 possible USB ports). | ||
|Onboard_VGA_status = N/A | |Onboard_VGA_status = N/A | ||
|Onboard_ethernet_status = OK | |Onboard_ethernet_status = OK | ||
|Onboard_audio_status = | |Onboard_audio_status = OK | ||
|Onboard_modem_status = N/A | |Onboard_modem_status = N/A | ||
|Onboard_firewire_status = N/A | |Onboard_firewire_status = N/A | ||
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|Onboard_CF_status = N/A | |Onboard_CF_status = N/A | ||
|Onboard_PCMCIA_status = N/A | |Onboard_PCMCIA_status = N/A | ||
|ISA_cards_status = N/A | |ISA_cards_status = N/A | ||
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|PCI_cards_status = OK | |PCI_cards_status = OK | ||
|PCI_cards_comments = Tested: PCI VGA card in all three PCI slots. | |PCI_cards_comments = Tested: PCI VGA card in all three PCI slots. | ||
|Mini_PCI_cards_status = N/A | |||
|PCIX_cards_status = N/A | |||
|AGP_cards_status = N/A | |AGP_cards_status = N/A | ||
|PCIE_x1_status = Untested | |PCIE_x1_status = Untested | ||
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|HTX_status = N/A | |HTX_status = N/A | ||
|Floppy_status = | |Floppy_status = OK | ||
|COM1_status = OK | |COM1_status = OK | ||
|COM2_status = N/A | |COM2_status = N/A | ||
|PP_status = OK | |PP_status = OK | ||
|PP_comments = Tested | |PP_comments = Tested with a printer | ||
|PS2_keyboard_status = | |PS2_keyboard_status = OK | ||
|PS2_mouse_status = OK | |||
|PS2_mouse_status = | |Game_port_status = N/A | ||
|Game_port_status = | |||
|IR_status = N/A | |IR_status = N/A | ||
|Speaker_status = OK | |Speaker_status = OK | ||
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|CAN_bus_status = N/A | |CAN_bus_status = N/A | ||
|CPUfreq_status = No | |CPUfreq_status = No | ||
| | |Suspend_status = No | ||
|Powersave_status = N/A | |Powersave_status = N/A | ||
|ACPI_status = | |ACPI_status = OK | ||
| | |SMBus_status = OK | ||
|Reboot_status = OK | |Reboot_status = OK | ||
|Poweroff_status = | |Poweroff_status = OK | ||
|LEDs_status = OK | |LEDs_status = OK | ||
|LEDs_comments = There's a green LED on the board which is enabled when the board is powered-on. Works out of the box, no special | |LEDs_comments = There's a green LED on the board which is enabled when the board is powered-on. Works out of the box, no special coreboot support required. | ||
|HPET_status = | |HPET_status = OK | ||
|RNG_status = N/A | |RNG_status = N/A | ||
|WakeOnModem_status = Untested | |WakeOnModem_status = Untested | ||
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|WakeOnMouse_status = Untested | |WakeOnMouse_status = Untested | ||
|Flashrom_status = OK | |Flashrom_status = OK | ||
|Flashrom_comments = Works fine when booted with BIOS and also with | |Flashrom_comments = Works fine when booted with BIOS and also with coreboot. | ||
}} | }} | ||
== | == Building coreboot == | ||
See the [[Build HOWTO]] for information on how to build coreboot for this board. | |||
== Known issues == | == Known issues == | ||
* The MAC address is stored in flash for almost all CK804/MCP55 boards. All of these boards flashed with coreboot probably have the same MAC address. See '''src/southbridge/nvidia/ck804/romstrap.inc''' and '''src/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/romstrap.inc''' for details. On some of these boards, the MAC address is stored in a separate EEPROM, but you can't count on that. | |||
* No S3 (Suspend-to-RAM) | |||
* The MAC address is stored in flash for almost all CK804/MCP55 boards. All of these boards flashed with | * No ASPM | ||
* No frequency scaling | |||
* Power button doesn't generate ACPI event | |||
If you can help out with this, please join the [[Mailinglist|mailing list]] and let us know! | If you can help out with this, please join the [[Mailinglist|mailing list]] and let us know! | ||
{{GPL}} | {{GPL}} |
Latest revision as of 17:28, 4 February 2014
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This HOWTO explains how to use coreboot on the ASUS A8N-E board.
Works fine, only smaller issues remain to be fixed. A list of known issues is available at the end of this page.
Status
Device/functionality | Status | Comments | ||||||
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CPU | ||||||||
CPU works | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Tested: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ and 3200+. | ||||||
L1 cache enabled | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) | ||||||
L2 cache enabled | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | CPU: L2 Cache: 512K (64 bytes/line) | ||||||
L3 cache enabled | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Multiple CPU support | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Multi-core support | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Untested | |||||||
Hardware virtualization | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
RAM | ||||||||
EDO | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
SDRAM | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
SO-DIMM | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
DDR | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Tested with one DIMM in slot DIMM_B1 (see manual). Since r3614 it's also possible to use a single DIMM in slot DIMM_B2. | ||||||
DDR2 | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
DDR3 | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Dual channel support | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
ECC support | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
On-board Hardware | ||||||||
On-board IDE 3.5" | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Tested: Primary IDE (master and slave) and secondary IDE (master and slave). | ||||||
On-board IDE 2.5" | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board SATA | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
On-board SCSI | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board USB | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Tested: USB keyboard (on each of the 10 possible USB ports). | ||||||
On-board VGA | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board Ethernet | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
On-board Audio | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
On-board Modem | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board FireWire | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board Smartcard reader | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board CompactFlash | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board PCMCIA | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board Wifi | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board Bluetooth | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
On-board SD card reader | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Add-on slots/cards | ||||||||
ISA add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Audio/Modem-Riser (AMR/CNR) cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
PCI add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Tested: PCI VGA card in all three PCI slots. | ||||||
Mini-PCI add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Mini-PCI-Express add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Unknown | |||||||
PCI-X add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
AGP graphics cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x1 add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Untested | |||||||
PCI Express x2 add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x4 add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Untested | |||||||
PCI Express x8 add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x16 add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Untested | |||||||
PCI Express x32 add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
HTX add-on cards | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Legacy / Super I/O | ||||||||
Floppy | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
Serial port 1 (COM1) | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
Serial port 2 (COM2) | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Parallel port | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Tested with a printer | ||||||
PS/2 keyboard | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
PS/2 mouse | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
Game port | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Infrared | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
PC speaker | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
DiskOnChip | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Input | ||||||||
Trackpoint | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Touchpad | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Fn Hotkeys | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Fingerprint Reader | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Laptop | ||||||||
Docking VGA | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Docking LAN | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Docking USB | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Docking Audio | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Docking Displayport | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Thinklight | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Webcam | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||||
Sensors / fan control | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Tested: sensors reports K8 core temp. (kernel module k8temp) and various other values from the IT8712F Super I/O (kernel module it87). | ||||||
Hardware watchdog | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
SMBus | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
CAN bus | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
CPU frequency scaling | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | No | |||||||
Other powersaving features | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
ACPI | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
Reboot | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
Poweroff | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
Suspend | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | No | |||||||
Nonstandard LEDs | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | There's a green LED on the board which is enabled when the board is powered-on. Works out of the box, no special coreboot support required. | ||||||
High precision event timers (HPET) | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | |||||||
Random number generator (RNG) | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | |||||||
Wake on modem ring | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Untested | |||||||
Wake on LAN | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | N/A | The on-board ethernet device doesn't seem to support WOL (also not mentioned in the manual). | ||||||
Wake on keyboard | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Untested | |||||||
Wake on mouse | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Untested | |||||||
TPM | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | Unknown | |||||||
Flashrom | OK=lime | TODO=red | No=red | WIP=orange | Untested=yellow | N/A=lightgray | yellow }}" | OK | Works fine when booted with BIOS and also with coreboot. |
Building coreboot
See the Build HOWTO for information on how to build coreboot for this board.
Known issues
- The MAC address is stored in flash for almost all CK804/MCP55 boards. All of these boards flashed with coreboot probably have the same MAC address. See src/southbridge/nvidia/ck804/romstrap.inc and src/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55/romstrap.inc for details. On some of these boards, the MAC address is stored in a separate EEPROM, but you can't count on that.
- No S3 (Suspend-to-RAM)
- No ASPM
- No frequency scaling
- Power button doesn't generate ACPI event
If you can help out with this, please join the mailing list and let us know!
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