April 2003 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

etherboot dosen't find my elfkernel
by Richard Smith April 28, 2003

April 28, 2003

I've got etherboot loading now. I took a bzImage and turned it into a elfimage with mkelfimage bzImage elfimage using mkelfimage 2.5 then stuck that on my CF in the first partition ie 'cat elfimage > /dev/hde1' where hde is the pcmcia mount of my CF Stick it in my target and boot. I get: < linux bios stuff snipped> Etherboot 5.1.8 (GPL) Tagged ELF for [IDE] Relocating _text from: [00023d20,00032e30) to [07ff0ef0,08000000) Probing pci disk... [IDE]disk-1 7872k cap: 0200 Searching for image... ................................<abort> Probing pci disk... [IDE]Probing isa disk... <sleep> Probing pci disk... [IDE]disk0 7872k cap: 0200 Searching for image... ................................<abort> Probing pci disk... [IDE]Probing isa disk... <sleep> Probing pci disk... [IDE]disk1 7872k cap: 0200 Searching for image... ................................<abort> Probing pci disk... [IDE]Probing isa disk... <sleep> And it just goes on and on checking different disks Did I miss something? Is Tagged ELF different from the elf image that I created with mkelfimage? -- Richard A. Smith rsmith(a)bitworks.com

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Bios flashing continued
by Nathanael Noblet April 28, 2003

April 28, 2003

Hello again, I'm at the point trying to figure out how to get linuxbios flashed onto the flash chip. The board I have is a sis530. The flash_on program just tells me it can't access the sis 950 and ./flash_rom gives me a bunch of messages of what it is trying to find. I'm guessing because flash_on didn't work. I've built a kernel with all the chips set as modules and preloaded all the modules. Ron told me that the 550 could be flashed and this is probably not much different, which still may be the case but well... at the moment it doesn't. So I'm wondering, what is the method I would use to go about finding how to enable the flash so that I can burn it. The flash_on is trying to get the sis 950 which was the superio chip used on most of those board. My board is the ITE 8661F. pointers on where to proceed would be appreciated. -- Nathanael Noblet Gnat Solutions 4604 Monterey Ave NW Calgary, AB T3B 5K4 T/F 403.288.5360 C 403.809.5368 http://www.gnat.ca/

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Epia-m : downloaded missing files?
by Philippe CABANNES April 28, 2003

April 28, 2003

I've just downloaded the latest code for epia-m but it looks like thoses two files are missings : freebios/src/northbridge/via/vt8623/config and freebios/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/config ... -------------------------------------------------- Oreka ! Nous sommes l'internet moins cher ! Surfez 25% moins cher avec http://www.oreka.com

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RE: Debugging the linuxBIOS code
by Colin Hall April 28, 2003

April 28, 2003

Adam, My board has a 3v3-only PCI bus, so I have the same requirement. The cards I have considered are listed below. My understanding is that the Micro-2000 POST-Probe [5] is the only one that can be powered from 3v3. It does not meet your price point, I'm afraid. I am about to place an order for the rather expensive Micro-2000 POST-Probe, so anyone who can recommend something cheaper for a 3v3-only bus would be doing me a great favour. Best Regards, Colin. Refs: [1] "ToolStar PCI Professional POST Card", ProTech Diagnostics, <http://www.protechdiagnostics.com/scripts/view.pl?page=toolstarboard> [2] "P.H.D. PCI", Ultra-X (UK) Limited, <http://www.ultra-x.co.uk/phdpci.htm> [3] "PCI / ISA bus test tools", PC Engines GmbH, <http://www.pcengines.ch/test.htm> [4] "PCI POST Power-On Self-Test Card", pcwiz, <http://datadepo.com/pcipost.htm> [5] "POST-Probe ", Micro2000, <http://micro2000.com/postprobe/index.php> > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Sulmicki [mailto:adam@cfar.umd.edu] > Sent: 23 April 2003 05:57 > To: Andrew Ip > Cc: dkotian3(a)vsnl.net; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > Subject: Re: Debugging the linuxBIOS code > > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Andrew Ip wrote: > > > POST card would be helpful if you don't have emulator. > > Speaking of which. Does anyone know 3.3V PORT-80 PCI cards > instead of your > usual 5V ? (and preferably does not cost $100 either). > > -- > Adam Sulmicki > http://www.eax.com The Supreme Headquarters of the 32 bit registers > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ********************************************************************** This footnote confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** This e-mail transmission is intended for the named addressee only. Its contents are private and confidential and should not be read, copied or disclosed by any other person. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my Company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. ________________________________________________ Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. Optos plc does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. Copyright Optos plc All rights reserved. No part of this communication may be reproduced without the prior written permission of Optos plc. It is expressly declared that this e-mail does not constitute nor form part of a contract or unilateral obligation.

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RE: Using ADLO with Linuxbios
by dkotian3＠vsnl.net April 27, 2003

April 27, 2003

Thanks.. What are "bios services", could you please give an example and which is not needed for Linux.. Regards Deepak adam(a)cfar.umd.edu wrote when you needs bios services, ex when booting windows. On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 dkotian3(a)vsnl.net wrote: > question: > When exactly one goes for ADLO, because the direct > elf image boot is also possible from LinuxBIOS. > Could someone please elaborate on this. > > Regards > Deepak > > > > > rminnich(a)lanl.gov wrote > On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Shubhangi Jadhav wrote: > > > cat elfimage > /dev/hda1 > > I made a mistake. Sorry. This is what I had to do. > > dd if=elfImage of=/dev/hda bs=4096 seek=1 > > This leaves partition tables, mbr, etc. intact. > > ron > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- Adam Sulmicki http://www.eax.com The Supreme Headquarters of the 32 bit registers _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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RE: Using ADLO with Linuxbios
by dkotian3＠vsnl.net April 27, 2003

April 27, 2003

Thanks... What is "bios services" , could you please give an example for it and which is not needed for Linux. Regards Deepak adam(a)cfar.umd.edu wrote when you needs bios services, ex when booting windows. On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 dkotian3(a)vsnl.net wrote: > question: > When exactly one goes for ADLO, because the direct > elf image boot is also possible from LinuxBIOS. > Could someone please elaborate on this. > > Regards > Deepak > > > > > rminnich(a)lanl.gov wrote > On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Shubhangi Jadhav wrote: > > > cat elfimage > /dev/hda1 > > I made a mistake. Sorry. This is what I had to do. > > dd if=elfImage of=/dev/hda bs=4096 seek=1 > > This leaves partition tables, mbr, etc. intact. > > ron > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- Adam Sulmicki http://www.eax.com The Supreme Headquarters of the 32 bit registers _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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RE: Using ADLO with Linuxbios
by dkotian3＠vsnl.net April 27, 2003

April 27, 2003

question: When exactly one goes for ADLO, because the direct elf image boot is also possible from LinuxBIOS. Could someone please elaborate on this. Regards Deepak rminnich(a)lanl.gov wrote On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Shubhangi Jadhav wrote: > cat elfimage > /dev/hda1 I made a mistake. Sorry. This is what I had to do. dd if=elfImage of=/dev/hda bs=4096 seek=1 This leaves partition tables, mbr, etc. intact. ron _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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RE: [COMMIT] epia-m support
by hcyun＠etri.re.kr April 27, 2003

April 27, 2003

Well, I also made a linuxbios port for epia-m and ADLO and bochs bios patch which can run original vgabios of epia-m (Adam helped me a lot). So I can see vga text console and also I can run XFree86 or what so ever. And also my collegue made a framebuffer driver. However, because of NDA, I'm afraid I can't share it with you for now. (I don't know anything about specific details of NDA, but my boss told me to do so until our project is done). However, as for ADLO, I think If you have the CLE266 programming guide, you can do it by implementing bios APIs of chapter 7 onto bochs bios code and slight modification of loader.s of ADLO. BTW, Andrew I have a question to you how you can release code. You may need via documents which require NDA. Is VIA approved or sponsoring you? Regard, Heechul > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Ip [mailto:aip@cwlinux.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 5:24 PM > To: Adam Sulmicki > Cc: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > Subject: Re: [COMMIT] epia-m support > > > Adam, > > > Sounds like great news. Now if I only had an EPIA-M board :-P > > FYI: people have gotten VGA and ADLO (fully working; with > VGA!) to work > > successfully under EPIA-M. It seems there may be some NDA's > issues to it > > may be few months before they can contribute back. > Is it? I would like to try it first. > > -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. > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios >

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[COMMIT] epia-m support
by Andrew Ip April 27, 2003

April 27, 2003

I'm pleased to announce EPIA-M is now supported. I would like to thank Nougen for sponsoring this. At this moment, the checkin supports ddr ram init, etherboot, linux and proper irq routing. However, VGA is not done. There is bug where serial baudrate always start in 57600 from cold boot even 115200 is set, but reset from award bios works fine. -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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post data on sis950 lpt
by Felix Kloeckner April 26, 2003

April 26, 2003

hi, some time ago i made linuxbios successfully running on the elitegroup p6stp-fl. because i am using the onboard parallel port (sis950) i found that the port will be correctly switched on, but it's left in "post data port" mode. i modified "src/superio/sis/950/superio.c" so post data port mode will be switched off. may someone patch that file or does anybody need the parallel port in that mode? (patch is attached) felix

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