[MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX 0.93 64-Bit & network lost

[Douglas Kryder]

ok, forget the last post i misread your post.

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Douglas Kryder <dkryder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Michael, then the .fd firmware for the turbot is the correct file?
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Krau, Michael P <michael.p.krau at intel.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello Doug,
>>
>>
>>
>> The link you provided below is for the older original MinnowBoard (not
>> the MAX).   The original MinnowBoard was a different device, using a
>> different processor and a completely different design.  The Original was
>> not a bad product, but the lessons learned in developing the original were
>> applied to make the MAX a better product.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> However, those firmware images would not work on the MAX.
>>
>>
>>
>> Glad to be of help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Krau
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bou
>> nces at lists.elinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Douglas Kryder
>> *Sent:* Friday, September 09, 2016 12:34 PM
>>
>> *To:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion <
>> elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX 0.93 64-Bit & network lost
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> thanks for that link. i think now i was getting the wrong package
>> although i am sure that it was from a link on a wiki. the package i was
>> getting was
>> MinnowBoard UEFI Firmware from this page,
>>
>> https://firmware.intel.com/content/minnowboard-uefi-firmware-download
>>
>>
>>
>> i think i was confused by the package titles, also not for sure if the
>> one i got was correct. anyway, your link
>>
>> provides the .bin. i'm all set. thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Krau, Michael P <
>> michael.p.krau at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> The .fd extension stands for Firmware Device, while .bin is a binary
>> image.   To be honest, both files are binary format, and can be loaded
>> directly into the flash part.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, when I pulled down the release x64 versions of the MinnowBoard
>> MAX 0.91, 0.92, and 0.93 (along with a few other debug or 32 bit versions)
>> I received the release notes, the update utility, and the image as a .bin
>> file.  I pulled them down form the official download site at:
>> https://firmware.intel.com/projects/minnowboard-max
>>
>>
>>
>> You may want to pull the packages again.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Krau
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bou
>> nces at lists.elinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Douglas Kryder
>> *Sent:* Friday, September 09, 2016 11:27 AM
>> *To:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion <
>> elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [MinnowBoard] MinnowBoard MAX 0.93 64-Bit & network lost
>>
>>
>>
>> hello all, i have been following this thread from start and would like to
>> test the firmware myself. i have some questions about flashing that i'm
>> hoping someone can answer. both my turbot boards currently have .090
>> firmware. in the past i have used a piece of hardware called SPI Hook by
>> tincantools and the software "flashrom" to flash my boards. i know the
>> flash utlity is available but i just enjoyed using the mentioned combo. up
>> to and including firmware 0.90 the file provided had extension .bin. since
>> 0.90 all the compressed packages use file with extension .fd my questions
>> are 1. is the .fd file flashable with flashrom like .bin file are.?   2.
>> i've read i can open .fd file in hex editor and save as .bin and flash
>> that, is this possible to do without damage to board?   thanks for any
>> help. also if anyone has other suggestions on flashing the current file
>> from intel using flashrom i would like to hear.. thanks again. if it turns
>> out there is no path to using flashrom with the .fd files i plan to use
>> provided utility to flash and then join these tests. thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 10:39 AM, David Scully <
>> dscully at sbimagingsystems.com> wrote:
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> "Either happens only 1 out of every n (n possibly being variable as well)
>> runs, or happens in a wildly variable time frame (takes as little as 2
>> seconds and as long as 12 hours) to failure, regardless of environmental
>> issues."
>>
>> That's consistent with what I'm seeing. Sometimes its near immediately,
>> other times I have to run it for ~30 minutes.
>>
>> "But also note #1, enabling the PCIe port 1, could this contribute to PCIe
>> disconnects in the custom hardware?"
>>
>> Even on 0.92 firmware, I enable this port because our board uses it for
>> the
>> main Ethernet NIC.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> I tested 0.92 firmware with Spread Spectrum On and was unable to lose PCIe
>> connection on the i211 on Port 1 (Port 2 in the FW).
>>
>> I was hoping to test 0.93 firmware where spread spectrum is off but the
>> option appears to have vanished. I'm wondering if there were more changes
>> in
>> that two month window to the PCIe system that might have motivated turning
>> it on permanently in 0.93. There aren't many commits to bisect on the edk2
>> minnowboard-max-udk2015 branch, but I have no idea how much the binary
>> objects have changed.
>>
>> I might try to build a version that reverts this commit, so I'm able to
>> disable spread spectrum on 0.93 firmware:
>> https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-platforms/commit/110b549d8
>> 70c5851991b3479785a828b3287f2a6
>>
>> Our board leaves PCIe 0 disconnected while 1, 2, and 3 are connected to
>> separate i211 NICs. I did discover today that it appears that on 0.93 I'm
>> not seeing any PCIe disconnects on port 2 (Port 3 in FW). It looks like
>> it's
>> pointing to some potential signal integrity issues on our board that are
>> exacerbated by the PCI change in the firmware.
>>
>> This might not be important, but one thing I noticed in the setup screen
>> is
>> that it doesn't show a IFWI Version or BIOS Version on my board, while it
>> does appear on a Minnowboard Max. Our BOM_OP[X] pins (for HW ID) are
>> strapped to mimic the Turbot X205.
>>
>>
>>
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