Watchguard XTM 5 Series

fmertz · May 10, 2012, 7:32 PM

Here are the keyboard mappings for the LCD:
Unfortunately I think that's going to cause a conflict with the existing codes. :-\

Good find. After applying the mask, all these codes are in conflict with existing codes, and map differently. We need to find a (portable/easy) way to tell the boxes apart…

stephenw10 · May 16, 2012, 7:41 PM

There seemed to be quite a lot of potential in this box for unlocking additional features in the bios, boot from USB various power saving tweaks etc. Also the arm/disarm led is not correctly set to red at boot. I suspect that Watchguard must have fixed this with bios update them selves but I have no proof of that.
You can easily read and write the bios flash chip from pfSense with the flashrom package:

pkg_add -r ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-8.1-release/Latest/flashrom.tbz

Initially I read the bios image to a file so I could look at it with various tools. This was all mostly new to me, I have played around with award bios mods before but not AMI. Much reading later I realised the bios is locked down because the 'user access level' is set to 2, 'limited', in which the only thing that can be modified by the normal user is the time and date.
As a first test I changed the access level to 3, full, using amibcp. Although I had read that newer AMI bioses could be corrupted by amibcp this did not seem to be the case for this one modification. I got brave and flashed back the modified image, success! I now had access to all the available settings.

However many of the interesting settings are hidden in the standard bios so in order to enable USB boot I modified the bios image again to unhide most options. I chose to hide the LAN bypass menu since that relays are not included on the board. I reflashed the image, disaster! ??? It appears that, as reported on many other sites, amibcp does indeed often or almost always corrupt the bios. The first time I had just been lucky. Since the bios flash chip is soldered to the board there is no possibility for a 'hot flash' and I only have one of these anyway.

Looking on the positive side the board does have an SPI header next to bios chip for programming it and this seemed like an excellent opportunity to learn how to use it! ::)

Much reading later… I came across the website of this genius from the Czech republic. As well as providing a useful, and incredibly simple, circuit this man has provided code to the flashrom project to use it. Alternatively use his own code from DOS. Awesome job!
Now unfortunately you need a later version of flashrom than 8.1 provides but fortunately the most recent version from 8-stable installs and runs fine on an 8.1 box (for parallel port use anyway).

Lanner helpfully provide the pinout of the SPI header but you can easily find it with a multimeter anyway. Interestingly the WP (write protect) pin is not connected which I thought was going to be a show stopper
but it's not needed. Also useful is that the motherboard, when plugged in but not powered up, provides the required 3.3V to power the chip pull the HOLD pin high. So some soldering and five minutes crossing my fingers later I'm back in business. :)

You don't want to be doing this but it's nice to know you can if you have to! :)

Steve

Brak · May 27, 2012, 8:04 PM

How's the progress on these units? If you need help getting the LCD working, I have a hacky script that should work. And do you think any more will be hitting the second-hand market anytime soon? They seem okay on specs, but I guess Watchguard will EOL them anyways at some point.

stephenw10 · May 27, 2012, 9:18 PM

The LCD is configured exactly the same as the previous models so existing drivers work fine.
The EOL on these is not going to be for a long time (sometime after 2016) so right now you just have to get lucky. ;)

I have been playing around with a Core2Duo E4500. First of all it works in there no problems, it's detected by the bios and by pfSense. It's a nice upgrade from single core Celeron to Dual core C2D and it's not expensive. The platform should support many other processors. The peak power consumption goes up, 41W in the bios and around 47W while booting, but the idle consumption is identical at 30W so the fans remain slow unless it's pushed.
There is potential to actually reduce this by using Speedstep which is in the C2D but not the Celeron. However the required components are not all there. I think I'm about 90% of the way to making it work but something is eluding me.
So far I have:
Extracted and modified the DSDT table from the bios (including fixing a few errors on the way) to include code to pass the P-state information to the est(4) driver via ACPI.
Found and disabled the code that sets the EIST lock bit in the bios. This required extracting the relevant bios module and disassembling it.
Set the EIST enable bit. Both these are MSRs in the CPU.

So far the est driver attaches to the 2 cpus at boot and provides the various frequency/voltage combinations to powerd. Everything appears to be working great except that the power consumtion remains steadily at 30W. I don't think it's actually changing anything. :-\

I'm learning a lot though! :)

Steve

Brak · May 28, 2012, 3:07 AM

Oh, so the SDECLCD firebox driver works pretty much out of the box with these units? That makes life pretty easy. It looked different in your pics, but I would assume Watchguard made them make it the same for ease of use.

stephenw10 · May 28, 2012, 11:04 AM

Exactly. Only the the X-Core had an actual SDEC LCD all the other models have LCDs made by someone else but with custom part numbers. I assumed Watchguard didn't want to have to include code for many types of LCD in their OS.

Steve

fmertz · May 28, 2012, 2:44 PM

@stephenw10:

I have been playing around with a Core2Duo E4500.

Wikipedia mentions that series has 64bit support.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_2_microprocessors#.22Allendale.22.2C_.22Conroe.22_.2865_nm.29

We need to put a 64 bit lcdproc/sdeclcd package on the radar…

stephenw10 · May 28, 2012, 2:54 PM

Indeed, though I'm running it 32bit. It would be interesting to see whether there's much advantage to running 64bit. There are plenty of reports that it makes almost no difference.
I haven't tried your new driver yet but thanks for doing it :). Still trying to make EIST function correctly. It doesn't help that the SuperIO is not compatible with mbmon so I can't read the core voltage directly.

Steve

Brak · May 31, 2012, 5:22 PM

I'd love to get the lcdproc-dev and SDECLCD driver working on 64bit. Does that require a whole driver rewrite or a recompile? I'm not even sure if lcdproc-dev is amd64 capable…

stephenw10 · May 31, 2012, 5:57 PM

I think I'm losing my mind over EIST. ::)
I have eventually come to the conclusion that EIST is in fact working with my modified bios and loading a custom DSDT.

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(1): sysctl dev.cpu
dev.cpu.0.%desc: ACPI CPU
dev.cpu.0.%driver: cpu
dev.cpu.0.%location: handle=\_PR_.CPU0
dev.cpu.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
dev.cpu.0.%parent: acpi0
dev.cpu.0.temperature: 25.0C
dev.cpu.0.cx_supported: C1/1 C2/96
dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest: C1
dev.cpu.0.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 5000us
dev.cpu.0.freq: 1200
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2200/65000 2000/55000 1800/50000 1600/45000 1400/40000 1200/30000
dev.cpu.1.%desc: ACPI CPU
dev.cpu.1.%driver: cpu
dev.cpu.1.%location: handle=\_PR_.CPU1
dev.cpu.1.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0
dev.cpu.1.%parent: acpi0
dev.cpu.1.temperature: 25.0C
dev.cpu.1.cx_supported: C1/1 C2/96
dev.cpu.1.cx_lowest: C1
dev.cpu.1.cx_usage: 100.00% 0.00% last 5000us

If I read the MSRs directly from the CPU using cpucontrol I can see that the multiplier and VID are set as requested by the DSDT.

[2.0.1-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(3): cpucontrol -m 198 /dev/cpuctl0
MSR 0x198: 0x0b280b28 0x0600061d

As well as that I can see the core voltage is reduced by reading the SuperIO chip registers directly.

At 1200 V-Core is at register 20\. 

idx 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07  08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17  18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f  20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27  28 29 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30  31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38  39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40  41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48  49 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f
val 01 78 01 ff 04 37 00 01  78 01 50 01 3c 3c 01 05  01 ff 20 00 00 01 01 3c  43 00 ff ff 24 32 00 e3  64 c8 25 ba d0 80 00 26  1f ff f0 00 de 5f 9d b4  04 0a 54 7c 5a 08 26 28  a4 15 3d 20 12 00 00 03  9c 00 fe ff 00 00 af 2d  03 01 84 18 95 80 5c
def RR ff RR ff 00 00 00 00  01 01 01 01 3c 3c 0a 0a  RR ff 00 00 00 01 01 3c  43 RR ff ff RR RR NA NA  NA NA NA NA NA RR RR NA  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA NA NA RR RR RR RR  NA NA NA NA NA RR RR 03  00 00 fe ff RR RR 5f NA  03 RR 44 18 15 80 5c

At 2200

idx 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07  08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17  18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f  20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27  28 29 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30  31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38  39 3a 3b 3c 3d 3e 3f 40  41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48  49 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f
val 01 78 01 ff 04 37 00 01  78 01 50 01 3c 3c 01 05  01 ff 20 00 00 01 01 3c  43 00 ff ff 24 32 00 e1  64 c8 26 ba d0 80 00 26  1f ff f0 00 de 5f 9d b4  04 0a 54 7c 5a 08 26 28  a4 15 3d 20 12 00 00 03  00 00 fe ff 00 00 af 2d  03 01 84 18 95 06 a3
def RR ff RR ff 00 00 00 00  01 01 01 01 3c 3c 0a 0a  RR ff 00 00 00 01 01 3c  43 RR ff ff RR RR NA NA  NA NA NA NA NA RR RR NA  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA NA NA RR RR RR RR  NA NA NA NA NA RR RR 03  00 00 fe ff RR RR 5f NA  03 RR 44 18 15 80 5c

VID is 0x1D is 29  Voltage is VIDx12.5 + 825 = 1187.5

Vcore reading is 0x64 is 100: 100x4.8 + 690 = 1170     Seems pretty close!

However it is almost impossible to see any effect because the CPU supports C1/E state which is already as low power if not lower. In fact I believe that EIST will only operate in C0 anyway. It will probably reduce the total power consumption when the box is under a moderate load since it can only enter C1 when the CPU is idle for a time.
Unfortunately the minimum core voltage either for C1/E or the lowest EIST P-state is VID=1D (decimal 29) which is 1.19V. I'm not sure if that's just because my CPU is bad quality or that's a MB limitation. The full speed core voltage is 1.325V but the spec is down to 0.85V :-\ (or 0.962 depending where you look)
It doesn't seem to support SLFM (Dymnamic FSB) either, or at least I can't seem to trigger it, which would otherwise enable a lower core voltage.
You might think that reducing the CPU frequency would have a measurable effect on the power draw. :-
Disappointing in some ways since using EIST on the Core-E box reduced the power consumption and CPU temps quite a bit.

I've been staring at register values in hex for so long now I'm starting to dream about it! ;)

If you want to know about EIST and such just read this:
http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=610
It has almost all the information I found on many other sites in one article. :)

Steve

fmertz · May 31, 2012, 8:07 PM

@Brak:

I'd love to get the lcdproc-dev and SDECLCD driver working on 64bit. Does that require a whole driver rewrite or a recompile? I'm not even sure if lcdproc-dev is amd64 capable…

amd64 is one of the supported architectures for lcdproc as a project, so I would not expect problems there. The sdec driver, though, has never been compiled, much less run, in that arch. If/when someone manages to run a 64bit OS on this box, I'll be happy to provide a binary for testing. Just need to download/install a 64bit FreeBSD virtual machine, and recompile.

Brak · Jun 1, 2012, 12:29 PM

@fmertz:

@Brak:

I'd love to get the lcdproc-dev and SDECLCD driver working on 64bit. Does that require a whole driver rewrite or a recompile? I'm not even sure if lcdproc-dev is amd64 capable…

amd64 is one of the supported architectures for lcdproc as a project, so I would not expect problems there. The sdec driver, though, has never been compiled, much less run, in that arch. If/when someone manages to run a 64bit OS on this box, I'll be happy to provide a binary for testing. Just need to download/install a 64bit FreeBSD virtual machine, and recompile.

I have hardware from Watchguards OEM (Lanner calls it thier LCM) that uses the same screen and is 64bit. I'd be more than willing to try out any binaries you need tested. Only differences is that the screen on my units are 20x2 and not 16x2. I'm sure that really isn't an issue tho. Currently the 32bit SDECLCD works fine, except the screens don't seem to use the full 20x2, although the "Next|Prev" popups show in the extra characters so they work.

Let me know what you need done/tested. I assume what works for me will work perfectly on stephen's unit.

fmertz · Jun 1, 2012, 9:13 PM

@Brak:

Let me know what you need done/tested.

If you have a 64bit version of FreeBSD running, make sure you have a 64bit version of the lcdproc package. The catch is that with a 32 bit compatibility layer, 32bit packages run fine on 64bit systems. You can find out with the file command on the LCDd executable: "file LCDd"

Once this is running, you can get the 64bit driver from here (rename it to sdeclcd.so):

https://github.com/downloads/fmertz/sdeclcd/sdeclcd64.so

This file is the sdeclcd driver code as accepted upstream, compiled under FreeBSD 8.3 AMD64. No LED, or XTM code in this just yet.

Keep us posted.

stephenw10 · Oct 27, 2012, 3:38 PM

While re-reading this I realised I never posted the bios version in my box.
The original bios shows in the POST as:

MB-7580 Ver.WC0 02/03/2010

When it boots it shows on the LCD:

WG BIOS V1.2

This version of the bios code does not set the arm/disarm LED to red during boot as it should. It requires some additional values to be added to the bootblock SIO table which I have not found a way to do (that doesn't corrupt the bios).

If you have a more recent version please let me know.

Steve

stephenw10 · Apr 26, 2013, 3:43 PM

As requested here's the output of some commands. This is from 2.1Beta on my XTM5.

[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(2): sysctl hw
hw.machine: i386
hw.model: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E4500  @ 2.20GHz
hw.ncpu: 2
hw.byteorder: 1234
hw.physmem: 1016168448
hw.usermem: 911572992
hw.pagesize: 4096
hw.floatingpoint: 1
hw.machine_arch: i386
hw.realmem: 1037697024
hw.amr.force_sg32: 0
hw.an.an_cache_iponly: 1
hw.an.an_cache_mcastonly: 0
hw.an.an_cache_mode: dbm
hw.an.an_dump: off
hw.ata.setmax: 0
hw.ata.wc: 0
hw.ata.atapi_dma: 0
hw.ata.ata_dma_check_80pin: 1
hw.ata.ata_dma: 0
hw.ath.bstuck: 4
hw.ath.txbuf: 200
hw.ath.rxbuf: 40
hw.ath.anical: 100
hw.ath.resetcal: 1200
hw.ath.shortcal: 100
hw.ath.longcal: 30
hw.bce.rx_ticks: 18
hw.bce.rx_ticks_int: 18
hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip: 6
hw.bce.rx_quick_cons_trip_int: 6
hw.bce.tx_ticks: 80
hw.bce.tx_ticks_int: 80
hw.bce.tx_quick_cons_trip: 20
hw.bce.tx_quick_cons_trip_int: 20
hw.bce.loose_rx_mtu: 0
hw.bce.hdr_split: 1
hw.bce.tx_pages: 2
hw.bce.rx_pages: 2
hw.bce.msi_enable: 1
hw.bce.tso_enable: 1
hw.bce.verbose: 1
hw.bge.allow_asf: 0
hw.bt848.slow_msp_audio: -1
hw.bt848.format: -1
hw.bt848.reverse_mute: -1
hw.bt848.tuner: -1
hw.bt848.card: -1
hw.bwn.wme: 1
hw.bwn.usedma: 1
hw.bwn.hwpctl: 0
hw.bwn.bluetooth: 1
hw.bwn.bfp: 0
hw.cardbus.cis_debug: 0
hw.cardbus.debug: 0
hw.cxgb.nfilters: -1
hw.cxgb.use_16k_clusters: -1
hw.cxgb.force_fw_update: 0
hw.cxgb.multiq: 1
hw.cxgb.ofld_disable: 0
hw.cxgb.msi_allowed: 2
hw.cxgb.tx_reclaim_threshold: 32
hw.cxgb.tx_coalesce_enable_stop: 256
hw.cxgb.tx_coalesce_enable_start: 512
hw.cxgb.tx_coalesce_force: 0
hw.cxgb.txq_mr_size: 1024
hw.em.eee_setting: 0
hw.em.rx_process_limit: 100
hw.em.enable_msix: 1
hw.em.sbp: 0
hw.em.smart_pwr_down: 0
hw.em.txd: 1024
hw.em.rxd: 1024
hw.em.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
hw.em.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
hw.em.rx_int_delay: 0
hw.em.tx_int_delay: 66
hw.igb.rx_process_limit: 100
hw.igb.num_queues: 0
hw.igb.header_split: 0
hw.igb.max_interrupt_rate: 8000
hw.igb.enable_msix: 1
hw.igb.enable_aim: 1
hw.igb.txd: 1024
hw.igb.rxd: 1024
hw.firewire.hold_count: 0
hw.firewire.try_bmr: 1
hw.firewire.fwmem.speed: 2
hw.firewire.fwmem.eui64_lo: 0
hw.firewire.fwmem.eui64_hi: 0
hw.firewire.phydma_enable: 1
hw.firewire.nocyclemaster: 0
hw.firewire.fwe.rx_queue_len: 128
hw.firewire.fwe.tx_speed: 2
hw.firewire.fwe.stream_ch: 1
hw.firewire.sbp.tags: 0
hw.firewire.sbp.use_doorbell: 0
hw.firewire.sbp.scan_delay: 500
hw.firewire.sbp.login_delay: 1000
hw.firewire.sbp.exclusive_login: 1
hw.firewire.sbp.max_speed: -1
hw.firewire.sbp.auto_login: 1
hw.hifn.maxbatch: 1
hw.hifn.debug: 0
hw.malo.txbuf: 256
hw.malo.rxquota: 256
hw.malo.rxbuf: 256
hw.malo.txcoalesce: 8
hw.malo.pci.msi_disable: 0
hw.mfi.detect_jbod_change: 1
hw.mfi.max_cmds: 128
hw.mfi.event_class: 0
hw.mfi.event_locale: 65535
hw.mfi.msi: 1
hw.mwl.rxdmalow: 3
hw.mwl.rxquota: 640
hw.mwl.txcoalesce: 8
hw.mwl.txbuf: 256
hw.mwl.rxbuf: 640
hw.mwl.rxdesc: 256
hw.pccard.cis_debug: 0
hw.pccard.debug: 0
hw.cbb.debug: 0
hw.cbb.start_32_io: 4096
hw.cbb.start_16_io: 256
hw.cbb.start_memory: 2281701376
hw.pcic.pd6722_vsense: 1
hw.pcic.intr_mask: 57016
hw.pci.usb_early_takeover: 1
hw.pci.honor_msi_blacklist: 1
hw.pci.enable_msix: 1
hw.pci.enable_msi: 1
hw.pci.do_power_resume: 1
hw.pci.do_power_nodriver: 0
hw.pci.enable_io_modes: 1
hw.pci.default_vgapci_unit: -1
hw.pci.host_mem_start: 2147483648
hw.pci.mcfg: 1
hw.pci.irq_override_mask: 57080
hw.safe.rngmaxalarm: 8
hw.safe.rngbufsize: 16
hw.safe.rnginterval: 1
hw.usb.no_shutdown_wait: 0
hw.usb.no_boot_wait: 0
hw.usb.debug: 0
hw.usb.usb_lang_mask: 255
hw.usb.usb_lang_id: 9
hw.usb.template: 0
hw.usb.power_timeout: 30
hw.usb.no_pf: 1
hw.usb.no_cs_fail: 0
hw.usb.uath.regdomain: 0
hw.usb.uath.countrycode: 0
hw.usb.urtw.preamble_mode: 2
hw.usb.ucom.cons_baud: 9600
hw.usb.ucom.cons_subunit: 0
hw.usb.ucom.cons_unit: -1
hw.wi.debug: 0
hw.wi.txerate: 0
hw.intr_storm_threshold: 1000
hw.pagesizes: 4096 0
hw.availpages: 248088
hw.bus.devctl_queue: 1000
hw.bus.devctl_disable: 0
hw.nve_pollinterval: 0
hw.busdma.total_bpages: 513
hw.busdma.zone0.total_bpages: 513
hw.busdma.zone0.free_bpages: 513
hw.busdma.zone0.reserved_bpages: 0
hw.busdma.zone0.active_bpages: 0
hw.busdma.zone0.total_bounced: 63
hw.busdma.zone0.total_deferred: 0
hw.busdma.zone0.lowaddr: 0xffffffff
hw.busdma.zone0.alignment: 4096
hw.clockrate: 2194
hw.via_feature_xcrypt: 0
hw.via_feature_rng: 0
hw.instruction_sse: 1
hw.apic.enable_extint: 0
hw.mca.erratum383: 0
hw.mca.amd10h_L1TP: 1
hw.mca.enabled: 1
hw.mca.count: 0
hw.mca.interval: 3600
hw.mca.force_scan: 0
hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S3 S4 S5
hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5
hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1
hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE
hw.acpi.standby_state: S1
hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3
hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1
hw.acpi.s4bios: 0
hw.acpi.verbose: 0
hw.acpi.disable_on_reboot: 0
hw.acpi.handle_reboot: 0
hw.acpi.reset_video: 0
hw.acpi.cpu.cx_lowest: C1

[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense.localdomain]/root(11): flashrom -V
flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p6 (i386), built with libpci 3.1.9, GCC 4.2.1 20070719  [FreeBSD], little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 4 usecs, 2194M loops per second, 10 myus = 14 us, 100 myus = 104 us, 1000 myus = 1006 us, 10000 myus = 10008 us, 16 myus = 20 us, OK.
Initializing internal programmer
No coreboot table found.
DMI string system-manufacturer: "To Be Filled By O.E.M."
DMI string system-product-name: "To Be Filled By O.E.M."
DMI string system-version: "To Be Filled By O.E.M."
DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "To be filled by O.E.M."
DMI string baseboard-product-name: "To be filled by O.E.M."
DMI string baseboard-version: "To be filled by O.E.M."
DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R" with PCI ID 8086:27b8\. Enabling flash write...
0xfff80000/0xffb80000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xfff00000/0xffb00000 FWH IDSEL: 0x0
0xffe80000/0xffa80000 FWH IDSEL: 0x1
0xffe00000/0xffa00000 FWH IDSEL: 0x1
0xffd80000/0xff980000 FWH IDSEL: 0x2
0xffd00000/0xff900000 FWH IDSEL: 0x2
0xffc80000/0xff880000 FWH IDSEL: 0x3
0xffc00000/0xff800000 FWH IDSEL: 0x3
0xff700000/0xff300000 FWH IDSEL: 0x4
0xff600000/0xff200000 FWH IDSEL: 0x5
0xff500000/0xff100000 FWH IDSEL: 0x6
0xff400000/0xff000000 FWH IDSEL: 0x7
0xfff80000/0xffb80000 FWH decode enabled
0xfff00000/0xffb00000 FWH decode enabled
0xffe80000/0xffa80000 FWH decode disabled
0xffe00000/0xffa00000 FWH decode disabled
0xffd80000/0xff980000 FWH decode disabled
0xffd00000/0xff900000 FWH decode disabled
0xffc80000/0xff880000 FWH decode disabled
0xffc00000/0xff800000 FWH decode disabled
0xff700000/0xff300000 FWH decode disabled
0xff600000/0xff200000 FWH decode disabled
0xff500000/0xff100000 FWH decode disabled
0xff400000/0xff000000 FWH decode disabled
Maximum FWH chip size: 0x100000 bytes
BIOS Lock Enable: disabled, BIOS Write Enable: disabled, BIOS_CNTL is 0x0
Root Complex Register Block address = 0xfed1c000
GCS = 0x460: BIOS Interface Lock-Down: disabled, Boot BIOS Straps: 0x1 (SPI)
Top Swap : not enabled
SPIBAR = 0xfed1c000 + 0x3020
0x00: 0x0004     (SPIS)
0x02: 0x4140     (SPIC)
0x04: 0x00000000 (SPIA)
0x08: 0x1014ffff (SPID0)
0x0c: 0xffffffff (SPID0+4)
0x10: 0xffffffff (SPID1)
0x14: 0xffffffff (SPID1+4)
0x18: 0x00000000 (SPID2)
0x1c: 0x00000000 (SPID2+4)
0x20: 0x00000000 (SPID3)
0x24: 0x00000000 (SPID3+4)
0x28: 0x00000000 (SPID4)
0x2c: 0x00000000 (SPID4+4)
0x30: 0x00000000 (SPID5)
0x34: 0x00000000 (SPID5+4)
0x38: 0x00000000 (SPID6)
0x3c: 0x00000000 (SPID6+4)
0x40: 0x00000000 (SPID7)
0x44: 0x00000000 (SPID7+4)
0x50: 0x00000000 (BBAR)
0x54: 0x0006     (PREOP)
0x56: 0x543b     (OPTYPE)
0x58: 0x05d80302 (OPMENU)
0x5c: 0x0006019f (OPMENU+4)
0x60: 0x00000000 (PBR0)
0x64: 0x00000000 (PBR1)
0x68: 0x00000000 (PBR2)
Programming OPCODES...
program_opcodes: preop=5006 optype=463b opmenu=05d80302c79f0190
done
SPI Read Configuration: prefetching disabled, caching enabled, OK.
The following protocols are supported: SPI.
Probing for AMIC A25L05PT, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L05PU, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L10PT, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L10PU, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L20PT, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L20PU, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L40PT, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L40PU, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L80P, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L16PT, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L16PU, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L512, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L010, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L020, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L040, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L080, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L016, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25L032, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for AMIC A25LQ032, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF021, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF041A, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF081, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF081A, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF161, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF321, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF321A, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DF641(A), 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25DQ161, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25F512B, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25FS010, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT25FS040, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT26DF041, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT26DF081A, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT26DF161, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT26DF161A, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT26F004, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45CS1282, 16896 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB011D, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB021D, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB041D, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB081D, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB161D, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB321C, 4224 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB321D, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel AT45DB642D, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for EMST F25L008A, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B05, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B05T, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B10, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B10T, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B20, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B20T, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B40, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B40T, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B80, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B80T, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B16T, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B32, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B32T, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B64, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25B64T, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25F05, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25F10, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25F20, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25F40, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25F80, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25F16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25F32, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25Q40, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25Q80(A), 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25Q16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25Q32(A/B), 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25Q64, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25Q128, 16384 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon EN25QH16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L512, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L1005, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L2005, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L4005, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L8005, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L1605, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L1635D, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L1635E, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L3205, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L3235D, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L6405, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix MX25L12805, 16384 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Numonyx M25PE10, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Numonyx M25PE20, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Numonyx M25PE40, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Numonyx M25PE80, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Numonyx M25PE16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for PMC Pm25LV010, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for PMC Pm25LV016B, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for PMC Pm25LV020, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for PMC Pm25LV040, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for PMC Pm25LV080B, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for PMC Pm25LV512, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Sanyo LF25FW203A, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Spansion S25FL004A, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Spansion S25FL008A, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Spansion S25FL016A, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Spansion S25FL032A, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Spansion S25FL064A, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for SST SST25LF040A, 512 kB:
program_opcodes: preop=5006 optype=462b opmenu=05ab0302c79f0190
on-the-fly OPCODE (0xAB) re-programmed, op-pos=2
probe_spi_res2: id1 0x13, id2 0x13
Probing for SST SST25LF080A, 1024 kB: probe_spi_res2: id1 0x13, id2 0x13
Probing for SST SST25VF010, 128 kB: probe_spi_rems: id1 0xff, id2 0xff
Probing for SST SST25VF016B, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for SST SST25VF032B, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for SST SST25VF064C, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for SST SST25VF040, 512 kB: probe_spi_rems: id1 0xff, id2 0xff
Probing for SST SST25VF040B, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for SST SST25VF040B.REMS, 512 kB: probe_spi_rems: id1 0xff, id2 0xff
Probing for SST SST25VF080B, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P05-A, 64 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P05, 64 kB: Ignoring RES in favour of RDID.
Probing for ST M25P10-A, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P10, 128 kB: Ignoring RES in favour of RDID.
Probing for ST M25P20, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P40, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P40-old, 512 kB: Ignoring RES in favour of RDID.
Probing for ST M25P80, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Chip status register is 00
Chip status register: Status Register Write Disable (SRWD) is not set
Chip status register: Bit 6 is not set
Chip status register: Bit 5 / Block Protect 3 (BP3) is not set
Chip status register: Bit 4 / Block Protect 2 (BP2) is not set
Chip status register: Bit 3 / Block Protect 1 (BP1) is not set
Chip status register: Bit 2 / Block Protect 0 (BP0) is not set
Chip status register: Write Enable Latch (WEL) is not set
Chip status register: Write In Progress (WIP/BUSY) is not set
Found ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
Probing for ST M25P16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P32, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P64, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25P128, 16384 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25PX16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25PX32, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST M25PX64, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25Q80, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25Q16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25Q32, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25Q64, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25Q128, 16384 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25X10, 128 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25X20, 256 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25X40, 512 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25X80, 1024 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25X16, 2048 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25X32, 4096 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Winbond W25X64, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Unknown SFDP-capable chip, 0 kB:
program_opcodes: preop=5006 optype=462b opmenu=055a0302c79f0190
on-the-fly OPCODE (0x5A) re-programmed, op-pos=2
No SFDP signature found.
Probing for AMIC unknown AMIC SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Atmel unknown Atmel SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Eon unknown Eon SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Macronix unknown Macronix SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for PMC unknown PMC SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for SST unknown SST SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for ST unknown ST SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Sanyo unknown Sanyo SPI chip, 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (RDID), 0 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0x20, id2 0x2014
Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (REMS), 0 kB: probe_spi_rems: id1 0xff, id2 0xff
Found ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI).
No operations were specified.
Restoring MMIO space at 0x2822f070
Restoring MMIO space at 0x2822f07c
Restoring MMIO space at 0x2822f078
Restoring MMIO space at 0x2822f076
Restoring MMIO space at 0x2822f074
Restoring PCI config space for 00:1f:0 reg 0xdc

Steve

dmesg.boot.txt
dmidecode_output.txt

menacingm · Apr 26, 2013, 6:33 PM

Hello all,

I'm a relative n00b to the forum but have been playing with PFSense for a little over a year. I was running a Firebox X700 with PFSense running perfectly mostly thanks to all the hard work of all you fine folks, StephenW in particular. I outgrew the X700 and decided it was time to step up my PFSense hardware. So after some good forum reading I decided an economical upgrade was the XTM 5 series and purchased an XTM 505 on eBay.

Install was pretty basic. I actually flashed 2 CF cards one with 2.0.3 i386 and one with 2.0.3 x64 so I can be a guinea pig with testing 64 bit drivers and code. Slid the card in the CF slot and it booted up relatively quickly. As StephenW mentions the default Firebox serial settings are 115200 8 n 1 which you'll need set if you want to get to the BIOS (although there isn't much point as it's mostly read only). After that PFSense defaults back to 9600 8 n 1 so you'll have to change your serial settings back to finish configuring PFSense. I had a strange issue with type not transferring properly where each time I typed at about every 5th-6th key I would press was incorrect. It wasn't so bad that I couldn't delete the incorrect characters and get the WAN and LAN ports configured and IP'd. Probably a fault DB9-RJ45 cable but it was a new leftover cable from a Cisco install. Only mention this to see if it's common with anyone else.

For now I'm running 32 bit as I am using it as my primary router/firewall at home. So after hooking it up and logging in I was able to get the LCD working by installing LCDProc Dev and using the following settings:

Com Port: Parallel Port 1 (/dev/lpt0)
Display Size: 2 rows 20 columns
Driver: Watchguard Firebox with SDEC (x86 only)
Refresh Frequency: 5 seconds
Rest is default

As mentioned earlier the keys work but the mapping is off. Any ideas on how to remedy this? Would it be a simple modification to /usr/local/etc/LCDD.conf ?

Once I get the keymapping working and StephenW complete the WGXepc update for the XTM 5 series this thing will be perfectly adapted to PFSense; aside from the incompatible Cavium Nitrox CN1605.

menacingm · Apr 26, 2013, 6:39 PM

FMertz,

Looking at dmidecode, it appears StephenW's and my UUID: 00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009 match. Could this be used as a unique identifier?

Anyone else with an XTM 5 series care to comment/check on this?

stephenw10 · Apr 26, 2013, 6:50 PM

Like I say I think fmertz already implemented all of this. See:
http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,44034.msg276249.html#msg276249

Try that and see what happens.

Steve

Edit: Yep all looks to be there.

stephenw10 · May 14, 2013, 10:23 PM

I finally got around to updating WGXepc to include the code for the XTM5. It turned out to be rather more difficult than I'd imagined.
Anyway get it here or here(Oops the topic was locked!).

Whilst investigating the SuperIO chip I found it was controlling the fans so I added code for that too. By default the fans are connected to the system_fan output which is set to run in 'Thermal Cruise' mode. The target temperature register is set to 0x37, I've yet to work out what that translates to but it must be quite high since the fans always run slow. They ramp down to a minimum speed but that is conveniently controllable. I have included code to set that in WGXepc. :) Obviously be careful messing about with the cooling but it shouldn't be possible to cause any problems as the fans will just ramp up if it gets hot. Unfortunately there is a quirk with setting the minimum value to a speed that is greater than the current fan speed. The only way I could get this to take effect was to switch to manual mode and then back to Thermal Cruise which causes the fans to goto max and then ramp back down. Not the end of the world but slightly annoying (to me at least!). It may also be possible to set the target temperature. Th diagnostic LEDs are probably also connected via the SuperIO but I haven't thought of a good use for them yet. ;)

Steve

stephenw10 · May 19, 2013, 12:17 PM

Investigating the XTM8 box caused me to re-investigate the various bios editing tools available and I have now found that newer versions of amibcp are able to correctly edit the SuperIO tables without corrupting the bios in the process. So now we can have the bios correctly configure the SIO chip for gpio use and set the arm/disarm LED to red at boot, which seems like the way it should have been all along.

Flashing the bios is always a risk and I have bricked my own box doing it many times! However it was always due to a corrupt bios file rather than the flashing process itself and it is possible to recover from a bad flash (see earlier posts here). So the modified bios file is here. Flash at your own risk!

Modifications are:
Bios setup menus are unlocked and some aditional menus are unhidden.
LCD now reports 'pfSense V1.8' at boot time.
Speedstep is unlocked and enabled if you have a compatible CPU.
Arm/Disarm LED is now red from boot.

Probably the safest way to get this file, least chance of corruption, is to fetch it straight to the box.

[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(10): fetch https://sites.google.com/site/pfsensefirebox/home/xtm5_83.rom
xtm5_83.rom                                   100% of 1024 kB 1957 kBps

You can then also check its MD5 sum is correct:

[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(11): md5 xtm5_83.rom
MD5 (xtm5_83.rom) = e75bc93ca2db547a3facb8d611f0d441

Then write it with flashrom from there:

[2.1-BETA1][root@pfsense.localdomain]/tmp(13): flashrom -w xtm5_83.rom
flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p8 (i386), built with libpci 3.1.9, GCC 4.2.1 20070719  [FreeBSD], little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R". Enabling flash write... OK.
Found ST flash chip "M25P80" (1024 kB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling coreboot-related checks.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.

It may be necessary to reset the CMOS with the on board jumper to get access to the bios menus. My box has been unlocked for so long I can't remember if I had to and I have no easy way to test. ::)

Steve