I'm really thinking about give coreboot a try... (or at least to give some information to reverse engineer my motherboards bios) but is there a possibility to try if coreboot will work before flashing it? I suppose qemu will not emulate my real hardware for testing.
Motherboard: ASUS P4V800D-X
Flashrom said something like that:
# flashrom -V
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "VIA VT8237", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... 828M loops per second, 100 myus = 242 us. OK.
...
Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 KB: Chip lacks correct probe timing information, using default 10mS/40uS. probe_jedec: id1 0x9d, id2 0x6e
Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
...
and superiotool:
# superiotool -deV
superiotool r3844
...
Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x2e...
Found Winbond W83627EHF/EF/EHG/EG (id=0x88, rev=0x54) at 0x2e
Register dump:
idx 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
val 88 54 ff 00 40 00 00 ff 50 04 01 00 f3 21 00 ff
def 88 MM ff 00 MM 00 MM RR 50 04 00 RR 00 21 00 00
LDN 0x00 (Floppy)
idx 30 60 61 70 74 f0 f1 f2 f4 f5
val 01 03 f0 06 02 0e 00 ff 00 00
def 01 03 f0 06 02 8e 00 ff 00 00
LDN 0x01 (Parallel port)
idx 30 60 61 70 74 f0
val 00 03 78 00 04 3c
def 01 03 78 07 04 3f
LDN 0x02 (COM1)
idx 30 60 61 70 f0
val 00 03 f8 04 00
def 01 03 f8 04 00
LDN 0x03 (COM2)
idx 30 60 61 70 f0 f1
val 01 02 f8 03 00 40
def 01 02 f8 03 00 00
LDN 0x05 (Keyboard)
idx 30 60 61 62 63 70 72 f0
val 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 83
def 01 00 60 00 64 01 0c 83
LDN 0x06 (Serial flash interface)
idx 30 62 63
val 00 ff ff
def 00 00 00
LDN 0x07 (GPIO 1, GPIO 6, game port, MIDI port)
idx 30 60 61 62 63 70 f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7
val 00 02 01 03 30 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00
def 00 02 01 03 30 09 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00
LDN 0x08 (WDTO#, PLED)
idx 30 f5 f6 f7
val 00 ff 00 ff
def 00 00 00 00
LDN 0x09 (GPIO 2, GPIO 3, GPIO 4, GPIO 5, SUSLED)
idx 30 e0 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7
val 01 ff ff ff bb 5c 00 ff ff ff 09 ff ff ff ff
def 00 ff 00 00 ff 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00
LDN 0x0a (ACPI)
idx 30 70 e0 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 e7 e8 f2 f3 f4 f6 f7
val 01 00 01 00 ff 24 00 02 00 10 09 7d 00 00 00 00
def 00 00 01 00 ff 08 00 RR 00 00 RR 7c 00 00 00 00
LDN 0x0b (Hardware monitor)
idx 30 60 61 70 f0 f1
val 01 02 90 00 11 33
def 00 00 00 00 c1 00
Hardware monitor (0x0295)
...
lspci -vvnnnxxx
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Motherboard: ASUS P4V800D-X
Flashrom said something like that:
# flashrom -V
flashrom v0.9.1-r706
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "VIA VT8237", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... 828M loops per second, 100 myus = 242 us. OK.
...
Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 KB: Chip lacks correct probe timing information, using default 10mS/40uS. probe_jedec: id1 0x9d, id2 0x6e
Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 KB, LPC,FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
...
and superiotool:
# superiotool -deV
superiotool r3844
...
Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x2e...
Found Winbond W83627EHF/EF/EHG/EG (id=0x88, rev=0x54) at 0x2e
Register dump:
idx 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f
val 88 54 ff 00 40 00 00 ff 50 04 01 00 f3 21 00 ff
def 88 MM ff 00 MM 00 MM RR 50 04 00 RR 00 21 00 00
LDN 0x00 (Floppy)
idx 30 60 61 70 74 f0 f1 f2 f4 f5
val 01 03 f0 06 02 0e 00 ff 00 00
def 01 03 f0 06 02 8e 00 ff 00 00
LDN 0x01 (Parallel port)
idx 30 60 61 70 74 f0
val 00 03 78 00 04 3c
def 01 03 78 07 04 3f
LDN 0x02 (COM1)
idx 30 60 61 70 f0
val 00 03 f8 04 00
def 01 03 f8 04 00
LDN 0x03 (COM2)
idx 30 60 61 70 f0 f1
val 01 02 f8 03 00 40
def 01 02 f8 03 00 00
LDN 0x05 (Keyboard)
idx 30 60 61 62 63 70 72 f0
val 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 83
def 01 00 60 00 64 01 0c 83
LDN 0x06 (Serial flash interface)
idx 30 62 63
val 00 ff ff
def 00 00 00
LDN 0x07 (GPIO 1, GPIO 6, game port, MIDI port)
idx 30 60 61 62 63 70 f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7
val 00 02 01 03 30 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 00
def 00 02 01 03 30 09 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00
LDN 0x08 (WDTO#, PLED)
idx 30 f5 f6 f7
val 00 ff 00 ff
def 00 00 00 00
LDN 0x09 (GPIO 2, GPIO 3, GPIO 4, GPIO 5, SUSLED)
idx 30 e0 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7
val 01 ff ff ff bb 5c 00 ff ff ff 09 ff ff ff ff
def 00 ff 00 00 ff 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00
LDN 0x0a (ACPI)
idx 30 70 e0 e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 e7 e8 f2 f3 f4 f6 f7
val 01 00 01 00 ff 24 00 02 00 10 09 7d 00 00 00 00
def 00 00 01 00 ff 08 00 RR 00 00 RR 7c 00 00 00 00
LDN 0x0b (Hardware monitor)
idx 30 60 61 70 f0 f1
val 01 02 90 00 11 33
def 00 00 00 00 c1 00
Hardware monitor (0x0295)
...
lspci -vvnnnxxx
BIOS download and specifications
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