hp elite 8200 sff port plus announcement
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title: HP Elite 8200 SFF and 6200 Pro Business
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Introduction
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============
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Libreboot has support for this, in the Git repository and release versions
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after (but *not* including) the Libreboot 20230413 release.
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Brief board info
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HP Elite 8200 SFF is a small-form-factory desktop of Intel Sandybridge platform
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which you can read more about here:
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<https://support.hp.com/gb-en/product/hp-compaq-8200-elite-small-form-factor-pc/5037931>
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Installation of Libreboot
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-------------------------
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You can actually just compile the Libreboot ROM for this, and flash the
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entire ROM, then flash it. The *coreboot* project proper, has information
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about this:
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<https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/hp/compaq_8200_sff.html>
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Refer to the coreboot guide for flashing instructions, and you can build the
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images for it in Libreboot like so:
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./build boot roms hp8200sff_8mb
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More information about building ROM images can be found in
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the [build guide](../build/).
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This is a *Sandybridge* board which means that a neutered ME image is required
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if you wish to flash the ME region. Libreboot's build system automatically
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downloads, neuters (using `me_cleaner`) and inserts this if compiling from
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source.
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If you're using *Libreboot release* ROM images, the ME image has been scrubbed
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and you must re-insert it. Use the information on this guide to know how
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to do that:
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[Insert binary blobs on Intel Sandybridge/Ivybridge/Haswell
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platforms](../install/ivy_has_common.md)
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You may also wish to change the *default MAC address* if you're planning to
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use the onboard Intel Gigabit Ethernet. You can do this using the information
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in the same guide linked above, or read the nvmutil manual:
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[Modify MAC addresses with nvmutil](../install/nvmutil.md).
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HP 6200 Pro Business PC
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-----------------------
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According to this page from the vendor, HP BIOS updates are the same on both
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the 8200 SFF Elite *and* 6200 Pro Business desktop PCs; therefore, we believe
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that the Libreboot port for 8200 SFF will *also* work on 6200 Pro Business PCs.
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That page is here:
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<https://support.hp.com/fi-fi/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/hp-compaq-8200-elite-small-form-factor-pc/5037931/swItemId/vc-229778-2>
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The port for this board is courtesy of *Riku Viitanen* (`Riku_V` on Libreboot
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IRC), who tested and confirmed the following functionality:
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* PS/2 and USB keyboards
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* Boot from USB and DVD
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* Gigabit ethernet
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* VGA and DisplayPort (Intel graphics), with libgfxinit (native video init)
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* 4x8 GB RAM
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* Headphone output, PC speaker
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* S3 suspend, wake on USB keyboard
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* lm\_sensors outputs CPU core temperatures only
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At the time of porting, the following is untested in Libreboot:
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* PCIe cards (believed to be working, based on coreboot git messages)
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* PCI cards (believed to be working, based on coreboot git messages)
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* Serial port and parallel port (internal header on the board) and PS/2 mouse-
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NOTE: Serial port believed to work, according to initial coreboot commit from
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revision `6308e0e92f624cb18a875ed04e41e1d15fc91054` in 2018
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* Wake on LAN
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* Internal flashing from OEM BIOS - TODO: Riku spoke to someone on IRC who said
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it might be possible, so this should be investigated. - NOTE: coreboot git
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logs also suggest that this is possible.
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According to the initial coreboot port from 2018, the following also works:
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* SATA slots
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* EHCI debug (not enabled by Libreboot configs)
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* USB ports
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* Native (libre) raminit with up to four DIMM modules (also tested by Riku and
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confirmed working, with 32GB RAM instealled as 4x8GB)
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TPM
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---
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According to git logs, TPM should work, and a commit from 2018 at revision
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ID `39d0e2a2cf45e28cdddd0fe0c88f94ce527ab1ef` in coreboot makes the TPM visible
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to operating systems.
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PSU Fan control
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---------------
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See coreboot commit `9bd601584350f51f112b15a7369f9aa82f1d0919` - labelled
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by commit message `superio/nuvoton/npcd378: Add PSU fan control`.
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Per this commit, SuperIO-based fan control is supported on HP Elite 8200 SFF.
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TODO for testing the above is here:\
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<https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/issues/9>
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This is controlled via `nvramtool` to modify the value in sram. See:
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* `psu_fan_lvl=3` <-- default setting in coreboot, and Libreboot.
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Other values possible: from reading the source code, it is implied that the
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number can be between 0 and 7. If the value is set higher than 7, it will
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default back to 3.
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Libreboot locks CMOS/NVRAM settings, but you can change the default setting in
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the *ROM* by using the `-C` option in nvramtool. You can find this under the
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directory `coreboot/default/util/nvramtool` when downloading coreboot inside
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of lbmk by running the command:
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./download coreboot default
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Go in there and type `make` to build nvramtool. Simply run nvramtool without
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arguments, and it will show a list of options.
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@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ libreboot currently supports the following systems in this release:
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- [Acer G43T-AM3](acer_g43t-am3.md)
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- [Intel D510MO and D410PT motherboards](d510mo.md)
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- [Apple iMac 5,2](imac52.md)
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- [HP Elite 8200 SFF](hp8200sff.md) (HP 6200 Pro Business probably works too)
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### Laptops (Intel, x86)
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BLOBS MISSING IN RELEASE ROMs
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E.g. ThinkPad X220, X230, T440p, W541.
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E.g. ThinkPad X220, X230, T440p, W541. - also desktop boards such as HP
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Elite 8200 SFF.
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The lbmk build system automatically fetches required blobs for these
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boards, when building, and sets them up properly, e.g. `me_cleaner`
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[Refer to the hardware compatibility page](../hardware/)
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MAC address on Sandybridge/Ivybridge/Haswell (e.g. X230, X220, T440p, W541)
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Sandy/Ivybridge/Haswell MAC address (e.g. X230, X220, T440p, W541, hp8200sff)
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You can change the MAC address in flash, on these machines. See:
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easily. See the generic flashing guide:\
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[Externally rewrite 25xx NOR flash via SPI protocol](spi.md)
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TARGET: HP Elite 8200 SFF
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See: [HP Elite 8200 SFF hardware information](../hardware/hp8200sff.md)
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TARGET: Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L mainboard
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hp8200sff.md
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libreboot20230413.md
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mirrors.md
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codeberg.md
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% HP Elite 8200 SFF support added to Libreboot (plus more desktops coming soon)
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% Leah Rowe
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% 15 April 2023
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Introduction
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============
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Today, Libreboot gains its *first* desktop machine for nearly 2 years. The
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last one added was Acer G43T-AM3.
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You can learn more about this on the [HP Elite 8200 SFF Libreboot installation
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and hardware information page](../docs/hardware/hp8200sff.md).
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The patch for Libreboot was done, courtesy of Riku Viitanen, IRC nick `Riku_V`
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on Libreboot IRC. It's quite a nice Intel Sandybridge platform, with all libre
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initialisation on the coreboot side, and Libreboot's build system automatically
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runs `me_cleaner` while building for this board.
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This board is significant because it's relatively simple to flash, cheap, and
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readily available on merchant sites such as eBay. Desktop support has
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traditionally been much weaker in Libreboot, and this is something that
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should (can, and will) change.
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HP EliteBook 2560p (laptop)
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Riku is also interested in adding HP EliteBook 2560p support in Libreboot.
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Coreboot has support for that board. For *that* board, I committed this
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patch in a branch of Libreboot, to make handling EC firmware easier for Riku:
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?h=blobutil_kbc1126_ec&id=b9ee4e79c33365ede01fb7d2a0d5c8f3c1a1928c>
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I initially wrote the logic in that patch as part of another experimental
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branch of Libreboot, adding HP Elitebook 8560w (does not boot yet).
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If my EC download script works for Riku, and 2560p support confirmed working
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when Riku tests it, then both of them shall by merged into Libreboot's master
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branch. The EC firmware is not on a separate IC, for that machine; instead,
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it must be handled during the coreboot build process, for insertion into the
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main boot flash. This is actually *better*, for similar reasons as explained
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in the Libreboot [blobs reduction policy](policy.md), because it makes the EC
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firmware easier to replace with libre code (based on reverse engineering,
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perhaps).
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Dell Optiplex 7020/9020 probably soon (testing needed)
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I've purchased Dell Optiplex 7020 and 9020 workstations (Haswell gen), which is
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available for coreboot with this gerrit patch:
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<https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/55232/>
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Libreboot will eventually support *all* coreboot targets.
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Want to help add boards yourself?
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---------------------------------
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Libreboot has the following documentation available:
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* [lbmk maintenance manual](../docs/maintain/) (build system documentation)
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* [porting guide](../docs/maintain/porting.md) (largely Intel-centric, at
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the time of writing this post)
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Riku's work was inspired by reading these. The guides themselves are also in
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need of constant maintenance and improvement, relative to the changes in
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Libreboot.
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