Ampere Tianocore 2.10.100

What's in this Release

Notes

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.09 and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.10e
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation
• Compatible with the tip of Tianocore/edk2 master branch

What's new

• Upgrade edk2 core to the edk2-stable202402 tag
• The EnrollAmpereSecureKeyApp (eask) which supports enrolling Ampere DBU/DBB secure keys is now released under binary in the release page.

Bug Fixes

• PlatformBootManagerDxe: Fix heap memory corruption

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)
• The order of boot options might be randomly changed after multiple reboot

Ampere Tianocore v2.09.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.09 and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.10d
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation
• Requires latest Ampere's EDK2 (please pull from tip)

What's new

• Update ACPI DSDT table to conform with the new DSU PMU specification
• Add SMBIOS Blob Transfer support
• Integrate X86 Emulator support

Bug Fixes

• Correct NVMe M2 slot information in SMBIOS Type 9
• Correct information in SMBIOS Table Type 4
• Fix always require PEC byte of SMBus Block Read command
• Add retry logic when PCIe card is present
• Add delay after assert PCIe reset
• Fix PCIe link training sequence
• Improve ipmiutil command
• PcieDeviceConfigDxe: Fix missing returned status check
• Fix SMBUS not generating STOP condition
• Fix OS kernel crash if not call SetVirtualAddressMap()

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)
• The order of boot options might be randomly changed after multiple reboot

Ampere Tianocore v2.08.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.09 and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.10/2.10a
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation
• Requires latest Ampere's EDK2 (please pull from tip)

What's new

• Move clear-cmos support to PEI phase
• Support IpmiCommandLibExt in PEI phase
• Enable SERR for PCI devices by default
• USB CDC Ethernet
  • Re-enable USB CDC Ethernet with SMBIOS Type 42 support
  • Remove network boot options over USB CDC Ethernet
  • Create filter for MNP polling
• Change SMBIOS Type 4 and 7 to use ArmPkg/Smbios
• Add System Level Cache (SLC) to SMBIOS Type 7
• Add PlatformBmcReadyLibNull library
• Improve description of PCIe device configuration
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed spelling error of Processor Version
  • Fixed Default Processor Asset Tag information
  • Fixed Get/Set variable service parameter checking
  • Fixed wrong SMBIOS Type 42 information after AC power cycle
  • Corrected status of L1/L2 cache for 1P system

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)

Ampere Tianocore v2.07.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.09 and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.10
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation
• Requires latest Ampere's EDK2 (please pull from tip)

What's new

• Upgrade edk2 core to the edk2-stable202205 tag
• Advertise SLC as L3$ information in SMBIOS for 1P-Monolithic system
• Add Altra PCIe Hot-plug configuration to EDK2 Platform Porting Guide document
• Separate PcieHotplugLib into platform-specific hotplug portmap and GPIO reset map
• Add ipmiutil tool for IPMI raw command in UEFI Shell
• Support IpmiSsif at Peim phase
• Add IPMI bootdev floppy support to boot from USB flash drive
• Report SMCC SOC_ID for Altra Processor ID in SMBIOS Type 4
• Restructure Failsafe feature to:
  • Disable failsafe at UEFI side without impact to the feature at SCP and ATF
  • Produce Watchdog timer protocol
• Fix wrong size in NVRAM Storage Header

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)

Ampere Tianocore v2.06.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.09 and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.10
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation
• Requires latest Ampere's EDK2 (please pull from tip)

What's new

• Add SLC node to ACPI PPTT table for 1P-Monolithic system. SLC can be configured either as L3 or SLC.
• Disable USB CDC Ethernet and its dependency due to instability and for future consideration for implementing new driver
• Disable SMBIOS Type 42 support
• Report OS Boot Stage to SCP for boot progress reporting
• Fix TPM PCR change after reboot
• Other bug fixes

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)

Ampere Tianocore v2.05.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.09 and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.05/2.06
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation

What's new

• Support PCIe auto-bifurcation for Root Complex Type A x16 slots
  • Add new option (Auto) to Bifurcation listbox to support PCIe auto-bifurcation.
  • Users can also enable the auto-bifurcation by default via board setting with setting value 0x0000000A.
• Support IPMI bootdev clear-cmos=yes
• Support in-band upgrade in OS without rebooting.

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)

Ampere Tianocore v2.04.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.08x and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.05/2.06
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation

What's new

• Upgrade EDK2 core to edk2-stable202202 tag
• Add support deploying Ampere secure DBB and DBU keys from UEFI shell via Enroll Ampere Secure Keys (eask) EFI application.
  Type "eask" under EFI shell for help.
• Various bug fixes

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)

Ampere Tianocore 2.03.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.08x and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.05/2.06
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation

What's new

• Update PCIe software stack to align with upstream at https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/83813
• Fix DSDT table for PCIe Hot-plug in Altra and add support for AltraMax
• Fix compilation errors with clang compiler
• Other bug fixes

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)

Ampere Tianocore 2.02.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.08x and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.05 (SRP-2.05)
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation

What's new

• Upgrade edk2 core to the edk2-stable202111 tag.
• IORT: advertise PCIe ATS support
• Add ACPI BDAT table for DIMM SPD information
• Fix variable duplication after NVRAM is full
• AmpereAltraPkg/DebugInfoPei: Replace the SerialPrint with DebugPrint
• NVRAM: Replace DUEFI_UUID with PcdPlatformConfigUuid
• Refactor FlashLib and add Runtime library instance
• Ac02AcpiTables: Correct the Parent State of Standby WFI of Core Level and change Residency and Usage Counter registers of System Level to NULL as they are not supported yet.
• Create boot options if the NVRAM is cleared before. This helps remove a system reboot required (after message “BootOrder not found”) after booting to grub. Note that in case of 2 OSes installed on the same disks, EDKII might remove and create new boot entries with lower priority than PXE boot. This will be fixed in the next release.
• Fix issue with different processor cores pointing to the same cluster node.

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)

Ampere Tianocore v2.01.100

What's in this Release

Notes:

• Compatible with latest Ampere's Altra Arm Trusted Firmware and SCP firmware version 1.08 and AltraMax ATF/SCP firmware version 2.04 (SRP-2.04x)
• Requires the use of IASL compiler version 20201217 for compilation
• To compile, specify VER=1.0x for Altra and VER=2.0x for Altra Max

What's new

• Add SPMI ACPI table.
• Add missing addr in IPMI firmware node /sys/class/ipmi/ipmi0/device/firmware_node
• Update TPM2 behaviors:
  • Enable fully hash algorithms.
  • Fix TPM event log corrupted
  • Shutdown TPM before system reset, per specified in 12.2.3 Startup State, Trusted Platform Module Library.
  • Add PPI Request and PCR selection in TCG2 configuration screen
• Remove non EFI disk partition from boot options.
• Fix EDKII boot to UiApp when NVRAM is cleared.
• Fix SMBIOS Type 9 Usage information incorrect.
• Initial Support Altra and AltraMax autodetection with ATF/SCP version 2.04, including:
  • Add helper functions to get SocketID and clusterID from ATF HOB.
  • Update PPTT table to be generated via the number of cores enabled.
  • Replace static core count usage (when compilation) by runtime value.
• Clean up redundant codes.

Limitations

• No GOP driver for Linuxboot support (as no PCIe support in UEFI for Linuxboot)