October 2002 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

RLX 800i Info?
by Mark Weinstein Oct. 24, 2002

Oct. 24, 2002

Does anyone have any specific info on teh RLX 800i port of LinuxBIOS? I have the immediate need to get one of these blades up and running with Etherboot, but would like a little more information. Does linuxBIOS actually reaplce the BIOS on the blade itself? If so, does the original functionality of the blade change at all? Ay information would be greatly appreciated! Mark

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Re: AW: DOC vs. IDE
by Christopher Bergeron Oct. 23, 2002

Oct. 23, 2002

That actually sounds like a brilliant idea. I wonder if anyone on the list can confirm performance... does the CFcard appear as a standard IDE disk or is there a driver or anything necessary? -CB Baab, Ingo wrote: >Hello Christopher, >mounting a CF-2-IDE-Adapter /w CF-Card would be >a little bit faster than the rotating thing, or? >--ingo > > >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Christopher Bergeron [mailto:christopher@bergeron.com] >Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Oktober 2002 17:23 >An: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org >Betreff: Re: DOC vs. IDE > > >you can't fit X onto the DoC you can buy today. > >Fasted boot I've seen is with the kernel in DoC, then mount /dev/hda1 as >/. > >ron > > >Even an X like Qt embedded? My Zaurus only has 32Mb on it, and it boots >into X in about 4 seconds. While I don't expect _that_ speedy of a boot, I >would think I could achieve significantly less than 35(ish) seconds it takes >now. Also, did you factor in the IDE spinup boot delay of having an IDE /. >directory? If the DOC+IDE is faster, do you mean throughput wise or time >wise? I'm referring to an earlier message that you replied to Todd Johnson >and his boot times (message below). It seemed as if the 2 emails conflict >in what they're saying, so I just wanted to ask for a little clarification >(not doubting you, just a little unclear on the principle). > >Essentially what I'm wondering is if a small footprint X could be booted >into via DOC and if it would be faster than DOC+IDE (considering the IDE >spinup delay). > >Your thoughts? > > > > >Ronald G Minnich wrote: > >On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Christopher Bergeron wrote: > > >Can anyone give me advice on what will acheive the fastest boot time? > My options are the LinuxBIOS coupled with a DOC root or with root > configured on hda1 (IDE). I boot into X and I'll need standard > modules loaded. I'd like to fit the entire install on a DOC but only > IF I'll get a faster load/boot. > > >you can't fit X onto the DoC you can buy today. > >Fasted boot I've seen is with the kernel in DoC, then mount /dev/hda1 as >/. > >ron > > > > >On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Todd E. Johnson wrote: > > BTW, it seems that there is no booting action (Based on the Serial > > >>output) until the HDD spins up. Is this a result of me keeping my root >>file system on the HDD? >> >> > > >you can't do anything until the HDD spins up, and yes it's because you've >god file system on the HDD. There's not much to be done for this. > >ron > > > >

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DOC vs. IDE
by Christopher Bergeron Oct. 23, 2002

Oct. 23, 2002

Can anyone give me advice on what will acheive the fastest boot time? My options are the LinuxBIOS coupled with a DOC root or with root configured on hda1 (IDE). I boot into X and I'll need standard modules loaded. I'd like to fit the entire install on a DOC but only IF I'll get a faster load/boot. Would a combination be faster or just DOC ? Much thanks in advance to anyone that can provide advice... -Chris Bergeron

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Questions about directory tree
by "Hammond, Jean-François" Oct. 23, 2002

Oct. 23, 2002

Hi, I am looking at the directory tree in linux bios project and I got some things I don't understand. Directory structure: - arch - boot - cpu - mainboard - northbridge - northsouthbridge - southbridge - pcibridge Since I am devolepping on a SBC8240, this board has not much on it. All the processor has almost everything inside. What section of my code I should put in those directories ? Thanks, Jean-François Hammond Software Designer Mindready Solutions inc. 2800, avenue Marie-Curie Saint-Laurent (Québec) Canada H4S 2C2 Tel. : (1) 514-339-1394 ext. 2121 Fax. : (1) 514-339-1376 mailto:jean-francois.hammond@mindready.com www.mindready.com

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versioning on same model but different irq table
by Andrew Ip Oct. 23, 2002

Oct. 23, 2002

I just found some newer m758lr+ has different irq table from the old one. How should we take care of different version of the same board? -Andrew -- Andrew Ip Email: aip(a)cwlinux.com Tel: (852) 2542 2046 Fax: (852) 2542 2036 Mobile: (852) 9201 9866 Cwlinux Limited Unit 202B 2/F Lai Cheong Factory Building, 479-479A Castle Peak Road, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel: (852)2542 2046 Fax: (852)2542 2036 For public pgp key, please obtain it from http://www.keyserver.net/en.

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interesting thing I've noticed on E7500
by Ronald G Minnich Oct. 23, 2002

Oct. 23, 2002

This is with fallback and normal LinuxBIOS images on E7500 mainboards. They're loaded with the identical etherboot image, 5.1.2rc4.eb5. On fallback, etherboot goes right to the IDE disk after finding no good ethernet link: Etherboot 5.1.2rc4.eb5 (GPL) ELF64 ELF (Multiboot) for [EEPRO100][IDE] Relocating _text from: [00024524,00034674) to [7ffefeb0,80000000) CPU 2469 Mhz Boot from (N)etwork (D)isk (F)loppy or from (L)ocal? Probing pci...Found EEPRO100 ROM address 0x0000 [EEPRO100]The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command 0003->0007. pci_bus 04 pci_device_fn 10 Ethernet addr: 00:30:48:23:B8:2D Valid link not established Probing isa... Probing pci...Found IDE ROM address 0x0000 [IDE]The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command 0003->0007. pci_bus 00 pci_device_fn F9 PCI latency timer (CFLT) is unreasonably low at 0. Setting to 32 clocks. disk-1 16000k cap: 0200 Searching for image... ................................(ELF)... Loading image. On normal, etherboot just loops forever until I tell it to go to disk: Etherboot 5.1.2rc4.eb5 (GPL) ELF64 ELF (Multiboot) for [EEPRO100][IDE] Relocating _text from: [00024524,00034674) to [7ffefeb0,80000000) CPU 2470 Mhz Boot from (N)etwork (D)isk (F)loppy or from (L)ocal? Probing pci...Found EEPRO100 ROM address 0x0000 [EEPRO100]The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command 0003->0007. pci_bus 04 pci_device_fn 10 Ethernet addr: 00:30:48:23:AD:1B Valid link not established Probing isa... No adapter found <sleep> Boot from (N)etwork (D)isk (F)loppy or from (L)ocal? Note there is no 'probing pci' step. If I hit 'D' for disk it does probe pci: Boot from (N)etwork (D)isk (F)loppy or from (L)ocal? D Probing pci...Found IDE ROM address 0x0000 [IDE]The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! I'm curious if this is correct behaviour (in which case I need to change it) or some unintended consequence of a variable setting (CMOS)? Why would etherboot probe or not probe PCI? Why would telling it to load from disk cause it to then probe PCI? I'm guessing I'm not the first person who will hit this, hence this message to various lists. Thanks ron

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Fastest Standalone Boot Solution?
by David Barr Oct. 22, 2002

Oct. 22, 2002

First of all, kudos to Andrew Ip for blazing a trail exactly where I want to go :-) After reading two years' worth of mailing list archives (!), I see what kind of struggle it's been to get the m810 walkthrough where it is today. My question, after looking over the various alternatives, is this: What Is Going to Provide the Fastest Boot Solution? I'm going with the pcchips m810clmr (Duron 1.2) board, with 2 generic 512 MB sticks on it. This will be a standalone full-distro machine, at least to start with. Every other piece of hardware that I purchase and install will be based on whatever is going to produce the shortest power-up/init/ready-to-rock time. I believe someone (Eric?) mentioned a month or two ago that a lot of their machines ended up being solo jobs. I would be very interested to hear what that person had to say about speed comparisons. Regards, -dBarr. PS: ca. 3-5 months ago, it was noted that the pcchips m810 line had a bit of trouble just hanging for no apparent reason. I assume this was taken care of, since the discussion dropped off the list. Anyone care to deny or confirm?

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Tyan Supported Motherboard
by Mark Weinstein Oct. 22, 2002

Oct. 22, 2002

I read the the LinuxBIOS supports the Tyan S2462UNG and the Tyan S2462UNGM, however, being that I do not need SCSI support, will it also support the Tyan S2462NG ? It definitely seems to be the same motherboard without the SCSI support. Mark

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Fwd: Re: 810LMR LinuxBIOS setup
by Antony Stone Oct. 22, 2002

Oct. 22, 2002

On Tuesday 22 October 2002 11:05 am, James Alton wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm new to this list, so let me explain where I'm at. I just visited the > LinuxBIOS page and noticed it had 810LR (810L now?) support and a nice > HOWTO-ish sort of document. I was looking at the type of Disk on Chip to > use. In the 810LR document, he says to use an MD-2800-D08, and later > says that a MD-2802 will work as it's the newer version of a practically > identical chip. I am wondering anyone has gotten the MD-2810-D08 working > with LinuxBIOS and if there is any reason it shouldn't? > > P.S. the MD-2810 is about $10 cheaper per chip, this is why I am asking > if there are any important differences. MD-2810 is a TSOP - Thin Small Outline Package - which is a surface-mount device, therefore it's electrically identical to MD-2800 but physically it won't fit in your Bios socket.... Antony. -- There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary notation, and those who don't.

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810LMR LinuxBIOS setup
by James Alton Oct. 22, 2002

Oct. 22, 2002

Hello everyone, I'm new to this list, so let me explain where I'm at. I just visited the LinuxBIOS page and noticed it had 810LR (810L now?) support and a nice HOWTO-ish sort of document. I was looking at the type of Disk on Chip to use. In the 810LR document, he says to use an MD-2800-D08, and later says that a MD-2802 will work as it's the newer version of a practically identical chip. I am wondering anyone has gotten the MD-2810-D08 working with LinuxBIOS and if there is any reason it shouldn't? (The specs look very similar for MD-2802 and MD-2810) I looked the the http://www.m-sys.com/ website under the DiskOnChip Millenium and it seems like the MD-2810 should work... P.S. the MD-2810 is about $10 cheaper per chip, this is why I am asking if there are any important differences. James Alton jalton(a)olsh.cx

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