#PRO B850-P

MSI PRO B850-P coreboot port: Phoenix openSIL AM5 IP block porting

Published at April 3, 2026 · Michał Żygowski ·  14 min read

Continuing the MSI PRO B850-P coreboot port series, this post covers the porting of Phoenix AM5 specific code to openSIL. We describe the progress on NBIO, SMU, MPIO and GFX IP blocks, the chipset authentication breakthrough, SMM initialization challenges, and the current state of the platform including a successful OS boot....

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MSI PRO B850-P coreboot port: PCIe and USB descriptors and Phoenix OpenSIL

Published at March 6, 2026 · Michał Żygowski ·  17 min read

Continuing the journey of porting MSI PRO B850-P to coreboot. This post covers the port configuration phase: USB and PCIe MPIO descriptors derived from hardware topology discovery. It also describes the integration of Phoenix OpenSIL as a Proof of Concept and the challenges encountered compared to the Genoa and Turin platforms....

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