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authorChan Wei Sern <wei.sern.chan@intel.com>2014-05-21 12:27:24 +0800
committerTom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>2014-05-21 09:37:56 -0500
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romley: Update README with device note and MAINTAINER
Added supported BIOS version of Romley platform and added a list of supported I/O devices in README. Updated a workaround for broken ME firmware found in RoseCity board to solve reboot issue. Updated the MAINTAINER info. Signed-off-by: Chan Wei Sern <wei.sern.chan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
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@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Patches
58Please submit any patches against this BSP to the Yocto mailing list 58Please submit any patches against this BSP to the Yocto mailing list
59(yocto@yoctoproject.org) and cc: the maintainer: 59(yocto@yoctoproject.org) and cc: the maintainer:
60 60
61Maintainer: Haw Foo Chien <foo.chien.haw@intel.com> 61Maintainer: Chan Wei Sern <wei.sern.chan@intel.com>
62 62
63Please see the meta-intel/MAINTAINERS file for more details. 63Please see the meta-intel/MAINTAINERS file for more details.
64 64
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ Table of Contents
68 68
69 I. Building the meta-romley BSP layer 69 I. Building the meta-romley BSP layer
70 II. Booting the images in /binary 70 II. Booting the images in /binary
71III. Enabling Intel DPDK Technology 71III. Device Notes
72 a. Boot Loader
73 b. I/O drivers
74IV. Enabling Intel DPDK Technology
72 75
73I. Building the meta-romley BSP layer 76I. Building the meta-romley BSP layer
74======================================= 77=======================================
@@ -141,8 +144,45 @@ ifconfig the IP address and use that to ssh in. The root password is
141empty, so to log in type 'root' for the user name and hit 'Enter' at 144empty, so to log in type 'root' for the user name and hit 'Enter' at
142the Password prompt: and you should be in. 145the Password prompt: and you should be in.
143 146
147If you're using Rose City and does not have ME firmware and struggling with
148rebooting the machine. This is because broken ME firmware can contribute to long wait of
149reboot. We have to changing the kernel command line to blacklist MEI driver to be loaded:
144 150
145III. Enabling Intel DPDK Technology 1511. Open your syslinux in VI editor eg:
152 # vi /media/sda/syslinux.cfg
153
1542. Look for the line that has kernel command line which has certain similiarity
155 as below:
156
157 "APPEND initrd=/initrd LABEL=boot root=/dev/ram0 ....."
158
159 or
160
161 "APPEND initrd=/initrd LABEL=install root=/dev/ram0 ...."
162
1633. Add "mei_me.blacklist=yes"at the end of that line and it will be like below:
164 "APPEND inird=/initRD LABEL=boot root=/dev/ram0 .... mei_me.blacklist=yes"
165
1664. Save this syslinux.cfg
167
1685. Boot up the Romley with this new changed.
169
170
171III. Device Notes
172=================
173
174a. Boot Loader
175--------------
176- Support BIOS version at RoseCity board :RMLCRB.86J.R0.45.D018
177
178b. I/O drivers
179--------------
180-Support Matrox graphic card.
181-Support SATA, USB Host v2.0
182-Supported I/O devices (APIC, RTC, SPI, UART, I2C, LPS, SMBus i801,
183 WDT, and HPET)
184
185IV. Enabling Intel DPDK Technology
146=================================== 186===================================
147 187
148There are recipes available for the 'Intel Data Plane Development Kit 188There are recipes available for the 'Intel Data Plane Development Kit