
QSEVEN-Q7ALx2 - Preliminary User Guide, Rev. 0.7
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Kontron Security Solution (option)....................................................................................................................................................336.6.
LPC ................................................................................................................................................................................................................336.7.
RTC ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................346.8.
SDIO..............................................................................................................................................................................................................346.9.
SPI ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................346.10.
6.10.1. SPI boot ..................................................................................................................................................................................................34
SpeedStep™ Technology..................................................................................................................................................................... 356.11.
TPM 2.0 (option)..................................................................................................................................................................................... 356.12.
UART...........................................................................................................................................................................................................366.13.
Watchdog Timer (WDT) - Dual Stage ............................................................................................................................................. 366.14.
6.14.1. Watchdog Timer Signal.....................................................................................................................................................................36
7/ System Resources............................................................................................................................................................................. 37
PCI Devices.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 377.1.
I2C Bus......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 377.2.
SM Bus......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 377.3.
8/ Connectors...........................................................................................................................................................................................38
MIPI Connector Pin Assignment (option for some variants).....................................................................................................388.1.
CPLD Connector Pin Assignment........................................................................................................................................................388.2.
Qseven® Connector Pin Assignment................................................................................................................................................. 398.3.
9/ Power on ..............................................................................................................................................................................................43
Connecting to the Carrier Board..........................................................................................................................................................439.1.
10/ uEFI BIOS...............................................................................................................................................................................................44
Starting the uEFI BIOS ...........................................................................................................................................................................4410.1.
Setup Menus ...........................................................................................................................................................................................4510.2.
10.2.1. Main Setup Menu ................................................................................................................................................................................45
10.2.2. Advanced Setup Menu......................................................................................................................................................................47
10.2.3. Chipset Setup Menu ..........................................................................................................................................................................54
10.2.3.1. Chipset> North Bridge....................................................................................................................................................................54
10.2.3.2. Chipset > South Bridge.................................................................................................................................................................. 55
10.2.3.3. Chipset> Uncore Configuration.................................................................................................................................................. 56
10.2.3.4. Chipset> South Cluster Configuration ..................................................................................................................................... 59
10.2.4. Security Setup Menu......................................................................................................................................................................... 67
10.2.4.1. Remember the Password.............................................................................................................................................................69
10.2.5. Boot Setup Menu ................................................................................................................................................................................ 70
10.2.6. Save and Exit Setup Menu............................................................................................................................................................... 72
The uEFI Shell.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7310.3.
10.3.1. Basic Operation of the uEFI Shell................................................................................................................................................... 73
10.3.1.1. Entering the uEFI Shell ................................................................................................................................................................... 73
10.3.1.2. Exiting the uEFI Shell...................................................................................................................................................................... 73
uEFI Shell Scripting ...............................................................................................................................................................................7410.4.
10.4.1. Startup Scripting.................................................................................................................................................................................74
10.4.2. Create a Startup Script.....................................................................................................................................................................74
10.4.3. Example of Startup Scripts.............................................................................................................................................................74
10.4.3.1. Execute Shell Script on other Harddrive..................................................................................................................................74
Firmware Update....................................................................................................................................................................................7510.5.
10.5.1. Updating Procedure ............................................................................................................................................................................75
Appendix A: List of Acronyms..................................................................................................................................................................... 76
About Kontron ...................................................................................................................................................................................................77