From d9809e946b36782440cd729a4610744b7b6795fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Saul Wold Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 08:24:24 -0700 Subject: README.hardware: Update Genericx86 section This section was truly dated, update with newer hardware that is being tested. Update section on creating USB stick images using wic and alternate EFI_PROVIDER information about systemd-boot. (From meta-yocto rev: 4a8f28e2c18211a2cd1b380b0b2c8d175fe1e51a) Signed-off-by: Saul Wold Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- README.hardware | 82 ++++++++++++--------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.hardware') diff --git a/README.hardware b/README.hardware index 9c74c5d3c3..6383bd71d3 100644 --- a/README.hardware +++ b/README.hardware @@ -77,31 +77,22 @@ variable value corresponding to the device is given in brackets. =============================== -Intel x86 based PCs and devices (genericx86) -========================================== +Intel x86 based PCs and devices (genericx86*) +============================================= -The genericx86 MACHINE is tested on the following platforms: +The genericx86 and genericx86-64 MACHINE are tested on the following platforms: Intel Xeon/Core i-Series: - + Intel Romley Server: Sandy Bridge Xeon processor, C600 PCH (Patsburg), (Canoe Pass CRB) - + Intel Romley Server: Ivy Bridge Xeon processor, C600 PCH (Patsburg), (Intel SDP S2R3) - + Intel Crystal Forest Server: Sandy Bridge Xeon processor, DH89xx PCH (Cave Creek), (Stargo CRB) - + Intel Chief River Mobile: Ivy Bridge Mobile processor, QM77 PCH (Panther Point-M), (Emerald Lake II CRB, Sabino Canyon CRB) - + Intel Huron River Mobile: Sandy Bridge processor, QM67 PCH (Cougar Point), (Emerald Lake CRB, EVOC EC7-1817LNAR board) - + Intel Calpella Platform: Core i7 processor, QM57 PCH (Ibex Peak-M), (Red Fort CRB, Emerson MATXM CORE-411-B) - + Intel Nehalem/Westmere-EP Server: Xeon 56xx/55xx processors, 5520 chipset, ICH10R IOH (82801), (Hanlan Creek CRB) - + Intel Nehalem Workstation: Xeon 56xx/55xx processors, System SC5650SCWS (Greencity CRB) - + Intel Picket Post Server: Xeon 56xx/55xx processors (Jasper Forest), 3420 chipset (Ibex Peak), (Osage CRB) - + Intel Storage Platform: Sandy Bridge Xeon processor, C600 PCH (Patsburg), (Oak Creek Canyon CRB) - + Intel Shark Bay Client Platform: Haswell processor, LynxPoint PCH, (Walnut Canyon CRB, Lava Canyon CRB, Basking Ridge CRB, Flathead Creek CRB) - + Intel Shark Bay Ultrabook Platform: Haswell ULT processor, Lynx Point-LP PCH, (WhiteTip Mountain 1 CRB) + + Intel NUC5 Series - ix-52xx Series SOC (Broadwell) + + Intel NUC6 Series - ix-62xx Series SOC (Skylake) + + Intel Shumway Xeon Server Intel Atom platforms: - + Intel embedded Menlow: Intel Atom Z510/530 CPU, System Controller Hub US15W (Portwell NANO-8044) - + Intel Luna Pier: Intel Atom N4xx/D5xx series CPU (aka: Pineview-D & -M), 82801HM I/O Hub (ICH8M), (Advantech AIMB-212, Moon Creek CRB) - + Intel Queens Bay platform: Intel Atom E6xx CPU (aka: Tunnel Creek), Topcliff EG20T I/O Hub (Emerson NITX-315, Crown Bay CRB, Minnow Board) - + Intel Fish River Island platform: Intel Atom E6xx CPU (aka: Tunnel Creek), Topcliff EG20T I/O Hub (Kontron KM2M806) - + Intel Cedar Trail platform: Intel Atom N2000 & D2000 series CPU (aka: Cedarview), NM10 Express Chipset (Norco kit BIS-6630, Cedar Rock CRB) + + MinnowBoard MAX - E3825 SOC (Bay Trail) + + MinnowBoard MAX - Turbot (ADI Engineering) - E3826 SOC (Bay Trail) + - These boards can be either 32bot or 64bit modes depending on firmware + - See minnowboard.org for details + + Intel Braswell SOC and is likely to work on many unlisted Atom/Core/Xeon based devices. The MACHINE type supports ethernet, wifi, sound, and Intel/vesa graphics by default in @@ -136,53 +127,14 @@ USB Device: device, but the idea is to force BIOS to read the Cylinder/Head/Sector geometry from the device. - 2. Without such an option, the BIOS generally boots the device in USB-ZIP - mode. To write an image to a USB device that will be bootable in - USB-ZIP mode, carry out the following actions: + 2. Use a ".wic" image with an EFI partition - a. Determine the geometry of your USB device using fdisk: + a) With a default grub-efi bootloader: + # dd if=core-image-minimal-genericx86-64.wic of=/dev/sdb - # fdisk /dev/sdb - Command (m for help): p - - Disk /dev/sdb: 4011 MB, 4011491328 bytes - 124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1019 cylinders, total 7834944 sectors - ... - - Command (m for help): q - - b. Configure the USB device for USB-ZIP mode: - - # mkdiskimage -4 /dev/sdb 1019 124 62 - - Where 1019, 124 and 62 are the cylinder, head and sectors/track counts - as reported by fdisk (substitute the values reported for your device). - When the operation has finished and the access LED (if any) on the - device stops flashing, remove and reinsert the device to allow the - kernel to detect the new partition layout. - - c. Copy the contents of the image to the USB-ZIP mode device: - - # mkdir /tmp/image - # mkdir /tmp/usbkey - # mount -o loop core-image-minimal-genericx86.hddimg /tmp/image - # mount /dev/sdb4 /tmp/usbkey - # cp -rf /tmp/image/* /tmp/usbkey - - d. Install the syslinux boot loader: - - # syslinux /dev/sdb4 - - e. Unmount everything: - - # umount /tmp/image - # umount /tmp/usbkey - - Install the boot device in the target board and configure the BIOS to boot - from it. - - For more details on the USB-ZIP scenario, see the syslinux documentation: - http://git.kernel.org/?p=boot/syslinux/syslinux.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/usbkey.txt;hb=HEAD + b) Use systemd-boot instead + - Build an image with EFI_PROVIDER="systemd-boot" then use the above + dd command to write the image to a USB stick. Texas Instruments Beaglebone (beaglebone) -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf