coreboot August 2003

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Re: Option ROM for Device.
by YhLu 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

If it is only addon card, it should work already. Some cases need option rom support are on-board one. For example need to option rom to download FW to the controller and start up the controller. So LinuxBIOS should have some code do the job or have some code to excute option rom that will residue in EEPROM. The first way is more better than second way, and is more fast. But if there is no info or datasheet, it is hard to do that. Regards Yinghai Lu -----邮件原件----- 发件人: ebiederman(a)lnxi.com [mailto:ebiederman@lnxi.com] 发送时间: 2003年8月6日 11:11 收件人: ron minnich 抄送: Stefan Reinauer; YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org 主题: Re: Option ROM for Device. ron minnich <rminnich(a)lanl.gov> writes: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > > * Eric W. Biederman <ebiederman(a)lnxi.com> [030806 05:47]: > > > There are a couple of sides of this. > > > 1) Anyone who supports Linux on non-x86 generally has a reasonable > > > Linux driver that does not need an option rom to set anything up. > > > This includes most hardware raid vendors. > > > > Still, this is not always enough. I cursed many times when the x86 > > emulation on Alpha machines was not capable of executing the hacks > > some vendors put in their option roms, which prevents video or > > booting from scsi from working. > > yes, although I have always hoped it would be enough to count on > open-source linux drivers, we still need expansion rom support today. > There's a cluster at Argonne that needs an old-fashioned BIOS on the nodes > that have a certain model RAID-SCSI controller. They want linuxbios, and > we need to do expansion roms first. Which model RAID-SCSI controller? I have seen an amazing number that have worked. I am wondering if it is simply a misreport. Eric

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reducing debugging messages from arima/hdama/auto.c
by ron minnich 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

I hope nobody minds, but since I'm the one who wired these as high, I don't think they will. I want to reduce the debug spew from auto.c to get some timings. I plan to remove my overrides in auto.c so that it goes back to using the level set in Config.lb for debug messages. thanks ron

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new config tool fix
by ron minnich 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Eric, I have eliminated the unnecessary reading of Config.lb files that you saw in your note. It now looks like this: bash-2.05b$ python ~/src/bios/freebios2/util/newconfig/config.py Config.lb ~/src/bios/freebios2 Configuring TARGET hdama Will place Makefile, crt0.S, etc. in hdama Configuring ROMIMAGE fallback Configuring DIR /config/Config.lb Configuring DIR /lib/Config.lb Configuring DIR /console/Config.lb Configuring DIR /stream/Config.lb Configuring DIR /devices/Config.lb Configuring DIR /pc80/Config.lb Configuring DIR /boot/Config.lb Configuring PART mainboard, path arima/hdama Configuring PART arch, path i386 Adding init file: config/crt0.base Configuring DIR lib/Config.lb Configuring DIR boot/Config.lb Configuring DIR smp/Config.lb End PART arch Configuring PART northbridge, path amd/amdk8 End PART northbridge Configuring PART southbridge, path amd/amd8111 End PART southbridge Configuring PART southbridge, path amd/amd8131 End PART southbridge Configuring PART superio, path NSC/pc87360 End PART superio Configuring DIR /pc80/Config.lb ===> WARNING: object/driver mc146818rtc previously defined Config.lb:0 mainboard/arima/hdama/Config.lb:0 pc80/Config.lb:0 Configuring PART cpu, path k8 Configuring DIR /cpu/k8/Config.lb Configuring DIR /cpu/k7/Config.lb Configuring DIR /cpu/p6/Config.lb Configuring DIR /cpu/p5/Config.lb End PART cpu Configuring PART cpu, path k8 End PART cpu End PART mainboard ===> WARNING: Option USE_NORMAL_IMAGE using default value 0 Config.lb:0 ===> WARNING: Option CONFIG_IDE_STREAM using default value 0 Config.lb:0 ===> WARNING: Option AMD8111_DEV using default value 0x3800 Config.lb:0 End ROMIMAGE Build ROM size 1048576 Creating hdama/fallback/static.c Creating hdama/fallback/Makefile.settings Creating hdama/fallback/crt0_includes.h Creating hdama/fallback/Makefile Creating hdama/fallback/ldoptions Creating hdama/Makefile.settings Creating hdama/Makefile

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Datasheets for EPIA-M10000
by linuxbios＠smashed.demon.co.uk 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hi, Can anyone help with info on VIA CLE266, VT8235, VT6103, VT1616, VT1662, VT6307S, anything would be appreciated .... or have people just used the linux kernel source for their information??? It appears for anyones interest that the EPIA-M10000 with C3 processor has the SST39SF020A flash chip ( revision 70-4C-NH ), which is the PLCC type, which requires Bios Saviour RD1-PL. James.

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tools for programing?
by Niki Waibel 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

quite new to all this... just got 2 epia-m's and 2 bios saviors. what tools do i need to flash the bios? where do i get them? (i'd like to flash the chips on the board...) what do i need to activate in the kernel to program a chip / use the flash tools? what do i need to activate in the kernel to boot? niki -- niki w. waibel - system administrator @ newlogic technologies ag

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Bios Saviour
by linuxbios＠smashed.demon.co.uk 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hi, I am hoping someone on the list has an EPIA M-10000 VIA C3 E-Series, could tell me which Bios Saviour kit they are using, if any.... Are there any other alternatives to Bios Saviour, preferably no more expensive than £25 ish. Thanks All, James.

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new mainboard for freebios 1
by ron minnich 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

the supermicro x5dae, with e7505 and 82801db we'd like to have all new ports on freebios2 but we're short for time and decided to do this quick one. ron

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new config version skew problem
by Greg Watson 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

I found the problem that was causing the error with python 2.1. Please test new version. Greg

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a few changes for HDAMA
by ron minnich 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

1. PIRQ table derived from standard bios, but it is still wrong. 2. have a hook in arima/hdama/mainboard.c for CONF_PASS_PRE_BOOT, but it is a no-op 3. targets/arima/hdama/Config.lb now enables SMP and sets max_cpus to 2 ron

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OK, HDAMA is up as a cluster node
by ron minnich 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

The PIRQ is indeed wrong. So I booted a bproc phase 2 configured with IO-APIC support and all is well, since the _MP_ is correct. Gee, this is nice. I guess what we should do is dynamically generate PIRQ from the _MP_ table? That's for later. ron

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