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commit7b5a93153a17b728031e9a5351b6fb0176aa3a37[log] [tgz]
authorReka Norman <rekanorman@google.com>Tue Sep 13 14:06:52 2022 +1000
committerFelix Held <felix-coreboot@felixheld.de>Tue Dec 06 21:16:24 2022 +0000
treecd989ba3daacc7bee07638b4c81ace21b922d4e8
parentc4fbeacd01772ad297d5c508bc44e9fa3bc27fb6 [diff]
drivers/intel/fsp2_0: Update MRC cache in ramstage

Currently the MRC cache is updated in romstage, immediately after
returning from FSP-M. Since cbmem is not cached in romstage, the update
is slow (~6 ms on nissa). Specifically, the new MRC data returned by the
FSP is stored in the FSP reserved memory in cbmem, so hashing the new
data is slow.

Move the MRC cache update to ramstage, where cbmem is cached. On nissa,
this saves ~5 ms of boot time.

Before:
552:finished loading ChromeOS VPD (RW)                631,667 (16)
  3:after RAM initialization                          637,703 (6,036)
  4:end of romstage                                   650,307 (12,603)

After:
552:finished loading ChromeOS VPD (RW)                631,832 (15)
  3:after RAM initialization                          633,002 (1,169)
  4:end of romstage                                   645,582 (12,580)

In ramstage, save_mrc_data() takes ~138 us.

BUG=b:242667207
TEST=MRC caching still works as expected on nivviks - after clearing the
MRC cache, memory is retrained on the next boot, but cached data is used
on subsequent boots.

Change-Id: Ie6aa2dee83a3ab8913830746593935d36a034b8d
Signed-off-by: Reka Norman <rekanorman@chromium.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/67669
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org>
4 files changed
tree: cd989ba3daacc7bee07638b4c81ace21b922d4e8
  1. 3rdparty/
  2. configs/
  3. Documentation/
  4. LICENSES/
  5. payloads/
  6. spd/
  7. src/
  8. tests/
  9. util/
  10. .checkpatch.conf
  11. .clang-format
  12. .editorconfig
  13. .gitignore
  14. .gitmodules
  15. .gitreview
  16. .mailmap
  17. AUTHORS
  18. COPYING
  19. gnat.adc
  20. MAINTAINERS
  21. Makefile
  22. Makefile.inc
  23. README.md
  24. toolchain.inc
README.md

coreboot README

coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.

With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.

coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.

Payloads

After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.

See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.

Supported Hardware

coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

Build Requirements

  • make
  • gcc / g++ Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse - by generating broken object code. Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the ANY_TOOLCHAIN Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case).
  • iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
  • pkg-config
  • libssl-dev (openssl)

Optional:

  • gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
  • ncurses (for make menuconfig and make nconfig)
  • flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)

Building coreboot

Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.

Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware

If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.

Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.

Website and Mailing List

Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:

https://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist

Copyright and License

The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.

coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.

This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.