April 2003 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

Kernel patches significance in LinuxBIOS cvs
by Deepak Kotian April 9, 2003

April 9, 2003

Hi, Could someone please clarify on this. 1. Is there a kernel patch needed for all the motherboards to work out LinuxBIOS? 2. How do I know that I need a kernel patch to work out LinuxBIOS on my motherboard. Please suggest Thanks and Regards Deepak

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Burning BIOS on FLASH ROMS, is the kernel also needs to burnt on it
by Deepak Kotian April 9, 2003

April 9, 2003

HI, Looking at the burn mtd script, it seems that the linux kernel image also needs to be burnt on the BIOS flash along with linuxbios.In this case, if the customized kernel image is around 900KB ,then it may be difficult to fit it on the FLASH ROMS which is usually 2-4MBit. Is there a way to boot it from IDE device itself instead of the above process. Could some please clarify on this. Thanks and Regards Deepak

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Re: Burning BIOS on FLASH ROMS, is the kernel also needs to burnt on it
by Adam Agnew April 9, 2003

April 9, 2003

I stand corrected, Richard is right. You may find a CF on IDE adapter is your best choice Deepak. On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Richard Smith wrote: > Adam Agnew wrote: > > > tricked into thinking they already are. Same with etherboot. If you want 3 > > second boot up, booting from IDE is out of the question. The other thing > > From a mechanical IDE drive yes, but not from a Compact Flash which is > ready almostly instantly. > > -- > Richard A. Smith > rsmith(a)bitworks.com > > >

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[ANNOUNCE] linuxbios utilities.
by ebiederman＠lnxi.com April 9, 2003

April 9, 2003

At: ftp://ftp.lnxi.com/pub/src/linuxbios/utilities/ There are several utilities that LinuxNetworx is pleased to make available. lbflash which flashes linuxbios using the mtd drivers cmos_util which changes the few LinuxBIOS settings from Linux. bios_copy which is a simple utility to save/restore an arbitrary BIOS, using the mtd drivers. Eric

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RE: Newbie Question
by Morrison, Lawrence April 9, 2003

April 9, 2003

I want in on this : ) Here's my $.02 as well!! -----Original Message----- From: MikeH [mailto:mikeh@netxinc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:39 AM To: ron minnich; Andrew Ip Cc: 'Adam Agnew'; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Re: Newbie Question add my .02 ================= Mike Hjorleifsson Chief Operating Officer NetX, Inc. 1110 South Ave Staten Island, NY 10314 Ph: 347-223-1331 Fx: 718-247-1673 PLEASE NOTE: This e-mail message may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact me immediately by e-mail or by telephone at (347) 273-1331 and delete the original message and any copies. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron minnich" <rminnich(a)lanl.gov> To: "Andrew Ip" <aip(a)cwlinux.com> Cc: "mike hjorleifsson" <mikeh(a)netxinc.com>; "'Adam Agnew'" <agnew(a)cs.umd.edu>; <linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 7:39 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Question > I think this 'remote desktop in a box' is an application for linuxbios > that is just crying for someone to sell it as a turnkey system. > > my $.02 > > ron > > _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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Newbie Question
by mike hjorleifsson April 8, 2003

April 8, 2003

Could linuxbios be used to boot a "thin client" so that load times and bios issues are reduced ? Mike

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[COMMIT] Tree sync up, pass 1
by ebiederman＠lnxi.com April 8, 2003

April 8, 2003

Once again it is time for me to sync up my tree with the public LinuxBIOS tree. I should do this more often. But anyway... Each chunk of the differences that I digest and sync up with I will commit so this is the first of many tonight. - Cleaner #defines in pirq_routing.h - Remove duplicate include of c_start.S in arch/i386/lib/Config - Infrastructure to handle cpu startup bugs - irq routing table size check - split up the i786 microcode updates into their own files - Enable cpu ECC checking on the Athlons - More pci_ids - #defines for the location of the LinuxBIOS checksum - Correct handling of 64bit pci resources Eric

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romcc
by ebiederman＠lnxi.com April 8, 2003

April 8, 2003

After a lot of pound the code generator seems stable, and I can take a break to release romcc. Currently it appears that any time it completes without error the code generated is correct. And most importantly with a few minor tweaks it compiles the code written for l440gx memory initialization, before the compiler was written. Currently ``constant propagation'', ineffectual code elimination (code that does not affect the output), a good register allocator and always inlining are the only optimizations implemented. On the wishlist are: - using the mmx & sse registers on x86. - x86-64 and Itanium ports. - struct support - non string constant initializers. - A bibliography. But it should be good enough to start playing with. The version gets to be 1.0 when the compiler is useful enough to compile a LinuxBIOS port. ftp://ftp.lnxi.com/pub/src/linuxbios/romcc-0.21.tar.gz Eric

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533Mhz FSB of E7501
by Terry B. Chen April 8, 2003

April 8, 2003

Dear all; I am trying the Tyan 2723(E7501), but I find it will report spot_check error if the board run in 533 FSB. But if the CPU or the memory is 400 FSB it will be ok. Does anyone else meet the same problem? Best regards Terry chen

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R: rombios with linuxbios
by Pellanda Luca April 8, 2003

April 8, 2003

Sorry, I'm not very precise. rombios.c is Bochs rombios.c. Regards, Luca -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:rminnich@lanl.gov] Inviato: martedì 8 aprile 2003 17.06 A: Pellanda Luca Cc: 'linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org' Oggetto: Re: rombios with linuxbios sorry, what is rombios.c? is that my old thing or something new? ron

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