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Subject: [coreboot] autoport of p8h61-m-lx2 boots + has anyone managed to install Windows on a sandy/Ivy (or
From: Dave Widyaatmadja via coreboot <coreboot () coreboot ! org>
Date: 2021-04-15 2:30:17
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Hello, the folllowing is probably not the best-worded E-mail ever (especially as \
someone completely new here even though a laptop I use has been running Coreboot for \
some time), but I hope it can still be understood anyway and without coming off in a \
negative way.
Tl;DR:
1. Possible new Asus p8h61-m-lx2 port
2. Coreboot + PCI-E dGPU + Windows install how (if someone here has expertise in \
setting up something like that)?
3. where/how to get i3-2100 vbios?
1. I was tempted by a relatively well-priced p8h61-m-lx2 with the hope of \
compatibility with the p8h61-m-lx preset, but I couldn't get the p8h61-m-lx2 to work \
with the p8h61-m-lx's preset, and while I haven't tried the one made for the \
p8h61-m-lx3 I have run Autoport on the p8h61-m-lx2 and (p.s. I don't really know what \
I'm doing) after some copying and pasting from the p8h61-m-lx folder and commenting \
out some of the lines Autoport generated it seems to boot. I think it may be a good \
idea to upload those Autoport results, but how exactly would I do that? (uploading \
the entire Coreboot directory complete with the GCC I believe would've been built \
inside of it along with various binary blobs would probably not be very wise?) I \
suspect just uploading the src/mainboard/system_manufacturer directory that was \
generated may be enough (or maybe do a new git clone of coreboot's repository \
manually 'patching' that with the generated folder plus some renaming and some edits \
to the relevant Kconfig files and uploading the 'patched' version somewhere?) but \
perhaps I missed something else Autoport spat out.
Working: ps/2 keyboard (in Seabios at least), i3-2100 iGPU with libgfxinit, PCI-E \
dGPU (booted with nomodeset but my video card doesn't seem to play well with Linux \
with the default settings regardless of BIOS) either with Graphics initialisation set \
to none or to the Card's vbios, Ethernet, Sound output to headphones, (probably all) \
USB ports, USB headers (only tested one at a time but all seem to work), PCI-E USB \
3.0 card (only tested in Seabios).
Problem: I only had one Sata storage drive connected and it seems only the one SATA \
port to which it was connected when I ran Autoport worked once Coreboot was installed \
(ran Autoport at least twice and different ports when Autoport ran seem to have \
resulted in different operational ports under Coreboot).
Untested: Suspend, etc
2. Does anyone have experience of Installing Windows on a desktop Sandy/Ivy Bridge \
(or perhaps Haswell, using a patch that was never merged notwithstanding) system with \
coreboot on it (set to use a dGPU's vbios, I don't think Windows' installer can be \
accessed when booting with libgfxinit)? I'm thinking about trying to install Windows \
on the system with coreboot present but as coreboot's documentation warned I was met \
with a BSOD. The closest I seem to have come to a solution is booting that system \
(with coreboot set to load a vbios blob) into a distro and then using SSDTtime to \
extract what I believe can be referred to as the ACPI's .aml file, decompiling that \
with iasl, and then have the result of that replace the dsdt.asl present in the \
motherboard's directory, and then rebuild coreboot and flash the resulting BIOS.
The problem then for me was that while the computer somehow made it to the windows \
installer without a bluescreen, I couldn't get any input from the keyboard or mouse \
to work.
I'm honestly about out of ideas and ready to give up on that exercise, but I suppose \
asking here one last time if someone actually has done something like that \
successfully before actually giving up can't hurt.
3. One idea I haven't properly tested on the p8h61-m-lx2: does someone know where a \
vbios for the i3-2100 can be obtained? One thing I haven't really tried is installing \
Windows with the iGPU's vbios (a laptop from that era being able to run windows 10 \
for me when compiled with the vbios was the reason I thought the entire idea of \
coreboot + dGPU + Windows should be possible). I've got an i3-2100, how can I get the \
correct vbios file for it (assuming it would work as well as on the laptop?). I've \
tried the vbios files from I believe "Driver Revision: \
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22520/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-Driver-for-Windows-7-Windows-Vista-64-Bit-zip-?wapkw=15.22.58.64.2993 \
but none seem to work at all. While the web page implies that it only works with \
earlier iGPUs the readmes in the actual archive did make a reference to 2nd-gen \
processors, which kind of gave me hope.
Assuming I do manage to make it work with an iGPU vbios, would planning to have \
Windows be able to use a dGPU be overoptimistic?
Thanks in advance for the response.
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style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: \
10pt;"><div>Hello, the folllowing is probably not the best-worded E-mail ever \
(especially as someone completely new here even though a laptop I use has been \
running Coreboot for some time), but I hope it can still be understood anyway and \
without coming off in a negative \
way.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Tl;DR:<br></div><div>1. Possible new Asus \
p8h61-m-lx2 port<br></div><div>2. Coreboot + PCI-E dGPU + Windows install how (if \
someone here has expertise in setting up something like that)?<br></div><div>3. \
where/how to get i3-2100 vbios?<br></div><div><br>1. I was tempted by a relatively \
well-priced p8h61-m-lx2 with the hope of compatibility with the p8h61-m-lx \
preset, but I couldn't get the p8h61-m-lx2 to work with the p8h61-m-lx's preset, and \
while I haven't tried the one made for the p8h61-m-lx3 I have run Autoport on the \
p8h61-m-lx2 and (p.s. I don't really know what I'm doing) after some copying and \
pasting from the p8h61-m-lx folder and commenting out some of the lines Autoport \
generated it seems to boot. I think it may be a good idea to upload those Autoport \
results, but how exactly would I do that? (uploading the entire Coreboot directory \
complete with the GCC I believe would've been built inside of it along with various \
binary blobs would probably not be very wise?) I suspect just uploading the \
src/mainboard/system_manufacturer directory that was generated may be enough (or \
maybe do a new git clone of coreboot's repository manually 'patching' that with the \
generated folder plus some renaming and some edits to the relevant Kconfig files and \
uploading the 'patched' version somewhere?) but perhaps I missed something else \
Autoport spat out.</div><div><br></div><div>Working: ps/2 keyboard (in Seabios at \
least), i3-2100 iGPU with libgfxinit, PCI-E dGPU (booted with nomodeset but my video \
card doesn't seem to play well with Linux with the default settings regardless of \
BIOS) either with Graphics initialisation set to none or to the Card's vbios, \
Ethernet, Sound output to headphones, (probably all) USB ports, USB headers (only \
tested one at a time but all seem to work), PCI-E USB 3.0 card (only tested in \
Seabios).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Problem: I only had one Sata storage drive \
connected and it seems only the one SATA port to which it was connected when I ran \
Autoport worked once Coreboot was installed (ran Autoport at least twice and \
different ports when Autoport ran seem to have resulted in different operational \
ports under Coreboot).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Untested: Suspend, \
etc<br></div><div><br></div><div>2. Does anyone have experience of Installing Windows \
on a desktop Sandy/Ivy Bridge (or perhaps Haswell, using a patch that was never \
merged notwithstanding) system with coreboot on it (set to use a dGPU's vbios, I \
don't think Windows' installer can be accessed when booting with libgfxinit)? I'm \
thinking about trying to install Windows on the system with coreboot present but as \
coreboot's documentation warned I was met with a BSOD. The closest I seem to have \
come to a solution is booting that system (with coreboot set to load a vbios blob) \
into a distro and then using SSDTtime to extract what I believe can be referred to as \
the ACPI's .aml file, decompiling that with iasl, and then have the result of that \
replace the dsdt.asl present in the motherboard's directory, and then rebuild \
coreboot and flash the resulting BIOS.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The problem then \
for me was that while the computer somehow made it to the windows installer without a \
bluescreen, I couldn't get any input from the keyboard or mouse to \
work.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm honestly about out of ideas and ready to give \
up on that exercise, but I suppose asking here one last time if someone actually has \
done something like that successfully before actually giving up can't \
hurt.<br></div><div><br></div><div>3. One idea I haven't properly tested on the \
p8h61-m-lx2: does someone know where a vbios for the i3-2100 can be obtained? One \
thing I haven't really tried is installing Windows with the iGPU's vbios (a laptop \
from that era being able to run windows 10 for me when compiled with the vbios was \
the reason I thought the entire idea of coreboot + dGPU + Windows should be \
possible). I've got an i3-2100, how can I get the correct vbios file for it (assuming \
it would work as well as on the laptop?). I've tried the vbios files from I believe \
"Driver Revision: <a \
href="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22520/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-Driver-for-Windows-7-Windows-Vista-64-Bit-zip-?wapkw=15.22.58.64.2993" \
target="_blank">https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22520/Intel-Graphics-Media-A \
ccelerator-Driver-for-Windows-7-Windows-Vista-64-Bit-zip-?wapkw=15.22.58.64.2993</a> \
but none seem to work at all. While the web page implies that it only works with \
earlier iGPUs the readmes in the actual archive did make a reference to 2nd-gen \
processors, which kind of gave me hope.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Assuming I do \
manage to make it work with an iGPU vbios, would planning to have Windows be able to \
use a dGPU be overoptimistic?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for the \
response.<br></div></div><br></body></html>
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