July 2004 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

ROM-Size-Problem
by Thomas Leidenfrost Aug. 7, 2004

Aug. 7, 2004

Hello list, here's my actual config-file, but somehow the resulting linuxbios.rom is only 64 kB instead of 256 kB, although setting: "option ROM_SIZE=262144" Filling the Linuxbios.rom to 256 kB with zeros (dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=192 >> linuxbios.rom) or with itself three more times (cat linuxbios.rom linuxbios.rom linuxbios.rom linuxbios.rom > bios256.rom) doesn't work, the monitor displays nothing (is framebuffer neccessary for that?!). So, how to make the generated linuxbios.rom will be 256 kB? Thx, Tom target testawb651 mainboard ics-d/awb651 # Enable Serial Console for debugging option SERIAL_CONSOLE=1 option TTYS0_BAUD=38400 option VIDEO_CONSOLE=1 option DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=9 option DEBUG=1 # option HAVE_FRAMEBUFFER=1 option USE_GENERIC_ROM=1 option USE_ELF_BOOT=1 option ROM_SIZE=262144 option STD_FLASH=1 linux /stuff2/Linuxe/kernel2422 commandline root=/dev/hda1 console=ttyS0,115200 FS_MODE=ro hda=flash

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Freebios2 amd/serenade keyboard init error
by Stephen.Kimball＠bench.com Aug. 2, 2004

Aug. 2, 2004

I have built LinuxBIOS for the amd/serenade target and I get about 600 lines of good output to the serial port, which ends with Initializing devices... PCI: 00:18.0 init PCI: 00:18.3 init NB: Function 3 Misc Control.. done. PCI: 00:19.0 init PCI: 00:19.3 init NB: Function 3 Misc Control.. done. PCI: 01:01.0 init PCI: 01:02.0 init PNP: 002e.0 init PNP: 002e.2 init PNP: 002e.5 init POST: 0x00 POST: 0x00 POST: 0x00 POST: 0x00 POST: 0x00 POST: 0x00 The last line "POST: 0x00" repeats forever. PC80/keyboard.c is trying to initialize the keyboard. The code that is running is /* empty input buffer or any other command/data will be lost */ while ((inb(0x64) & 0x02)) post_code(0); The inb(0x64) reads 0xff forever. I heard that the keyboard initialization may not be needed. How can I fix this? Thanks. Steve

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Linux from NTLDR
by Digital Infra, Inc. July 31, 2004

July 31, 2004

(Doublely posted to Grub and LinuxBIOS ML. Tell me which is appropriate.) Hello. I am working on booting Linux from NTLDR. I mean, you dont have to install a Grub on your MBR. Check this: http://denbbs.angelskyarea.com/YaBB.cgi?board=discuss;action=display;num= 1087892282;start=180 First, I want to hear your opinion about it. And I appriciate much if you give me even hints of development. Second, Do you know a small Linux kernel build which runs as one relocatable binary file? In other words, vmlinux.com. Of course, I use .com here as not internet, but MS-DOS word. Okajima, Jun. Digital Infra, Inc. Tokyo, Japan. (Japanese native can mail me directly with Japanese lang.)

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RE: Freebios2 amd/serenade keyboard init error
by Stephen.Kimball＠bench.com July 28, 2004

July 28, 2004

Tony, Thanks. It worked. Instead I commented out the code in keyboard.c inside init_pc_keyboard(), since there are several versions of superio.c. Not sure which is used. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Tony Cheng [mailto:tony_cheng@pcmagic.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 2:27 PM To: Kimball, Stephen; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Re: Freebios2 amd/serenade keyboard init error you can try to comment out the "init_pc_keyboard" from superio.c Tony

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how to setup FSB
by zhu shi song July 27, 2004

July 27, 2004

Dear lists, who knows how to setup FSB of winfast6300? I need linuxbios to support > 733M celeron. tks zhu __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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A quick question...
by Mike McWhorter July 26, 2004

July 26, 2004

I checked the LinuxBIOS status page to see if my motherboard is supported, but I found it to be a little confusing. I'm using an older Dell Optiplex and (based on the lspci output) I believe it uses the Intel 440BX chipset. Does anyone know if this board is supported? Thanks, - Mike knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03) 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) 0000:00:0e.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor Vortex 1 (rev 02) 0000:00:0f.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03) 0000:00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c)

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RE: AMD 8111 GPIO
by Jay Miller July 26, 2004

July 26, 2004

The GPIO pins are I/O mapped at an offset from the Power Management base address. The PM base address is at the second PCI device, function 3, offset 0x58. On a typical PC-BIOS this value is usually 0x5000. But when I do an lspci -xxx on a system running LinuxBIOS the value at offset 0x58 is 0x0000. I guess the question now is, does LinuxBIOS setup the PM base address? Jay Miller 781-229-7812x117 Actuality Systems, Inc. jmiller(a)acutality-systems.com -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:46 PM To: Jay Miller; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: AMD 8111 GPIO You can use GPIO from AMD8111 and SuperIO Winbond 86327hf. But you need to check which pin can be linked out. Regards YH -----Original Message----- From: Jay Miller [mailto:jmiller@actuality-systems.com] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 1:45 PM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: AMD 8111 GPIO We've got Linux up and running on our Tyan S2885 motherboards, using etherboot and filo with USB support. Thanks for all your help, and patience! I was hoping that with all the expertise here with AMD 8111 chipset, that someone would be able to answer my question. Although it's not strictly LinuxBIOS, it is Linux. ;-) So I'm trying to write a Linux driver for the GPIO pins on the AMD 8111. I saw a comment in amd8111_smbus.c that PMIOEN is set. I believe this is part of what I need to be able to drive the GPIOs. But how/where were all those hex values determined? The spec uses mnemonics to abstract the addresses, and I don't see how they correlate. Thanks, Jay Miller 781-229-7812x117 Actuality Systems, Inc. jmiller(a)acutality-systems.com _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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RE: AMD 8111 GPIO
by YhLu July 26, 2004

July 26, 2004

You can use GPIO from AMD8111 and SuperIO Winbond 86327hf. But you need to check which pin can be linked out. Regards YH -----Original Message----- From: Jay Miller [mailto:jmiller@actuality-systems.com] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 1:45 PM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: AMD 8111 GPIO We've got Linux up and running on our Tyan S2885 motherboards, using etherboot and filo with USB support. Thanks for all your help, and patience! I was hoping that with all the expertise here with AMD 8111 chipset, that someone would be able to answer my question. Although it's not strictly LinuxBIOS, it is Linux. ;-) So I'm trying to write a Linux driver for the GPIO pins on the AMD 8111. I saw a comment in amd8111_smbus.c that PMIOEN is set. I believe this is part of what I need to be able to drive the GPIOs. But how/where were all those hex values determined? The spec uses mnemonics to abstract the addresses, and I don't see how they correlate. Thanks, Jay Miller 781-229-7812x117 Actuality Systems, Inc. jmiller(a)acutality-systems.com _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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RE: [NEWBIE question] LinuxBIOS & IEEE 1394
by YhLu July 26, 2004

July 26, 2004

You can use FILO in Etherboot to get boot from USB (UHCI and OHCI). https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=943300&group_id=4233&atid=3 04233 Next step maybe EHCI support. Is there any 1394 sticks now? Regards YH -----Original Message----- From: Vincent BARBARIN [mailto:vbarbarin@ifrance.com] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:25 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: [NEWBIE question] LinuxBIOS & IEEE 1394 Hi, here's a new one there, tired of those "Boot from ".... options that are not so available on those PCs... I'd like to know if there's any project going on to put in LinuxBIOS Int 13 support for IEEE 1394 drives (why not USB too ? motherboard integrated or not) Any link with linux1394.org ? Just for making any OS boot loader running from any drive... pleeeeeeeeeese ? _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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RE: sis630et memory init problem
by zhu shi song July 26, 2004

July 26, 2004

Sir, (1) On my sis630et board P6STMT, bios value of 0x8E is 00 (2) if I set 0x8E to 00 in IPL, ipl hangs on using stack to read linuxbios from DOC to ram (3) if I set 0x8E to 03 in IPL, linuxbios can start linux image successfully, but linux hangs at random time. (4) conclusion IPL init SDRAM has some trouble, memory can't work stably. It's so strange I have setted the values after the bios values. Is there any trick to init SDRAM on SIS630ET? tks zhu Nick Jarmany <nick.jarmany(a)densitron.co.uk> wrote: Zhu, On SiS630ET x8Eh has two active bits:- Bit 0: SDRAM synchronous mode. 0=Enable, 1=Disable Bit 1:Relationship between CPU & SDRAM clocks. 0=CPU>SDRAM, 1=CPU<SDRAM Default value of this register at POR=00h Regards, Nick -----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org]On Behalf Of zhu shi song Sent: 25 July 2004 11:10 To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: sis630et memory init problem Hi, lists, I've got one ECS p6stmt motherboard based on sis630et. I have dumped pci host bridge settings: P6STMT 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems: Unknown device 0630 (rev 30) 00: 39 10 30 06 07 00 10 22 30 00 00 06 00 20 80 00 10: 00 00 00 d8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30: 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 9e 00 c5 00 00 19 00 01 00 15 51 00 00 00 00 00 60: 0b 00 00 a1 00 00 00 00 01 50 c6 00 e0 00 00 00 70: 3f 90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 20 ff 7f 1f 60 00 03 40 00 08 00 00 78 88 00 55 90: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 03 01 aa 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f8 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 02 00 20 00 07 02 00 1f 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SPD dump: Memory Type 0x04 Number of Row Address bits 0x0d Number of Column Address bits 0x0a Number of Sides 0x01 Number of Banks 0x04 I try to set the values just as the same as bios settings. But when ipl use stack, it hangs on copying linuxbios from DOC. It's obvious that memory init failed. I noticed that 0x8e is 0, It's very different with winfast6300's. winfast6300 0x8e is 03. What's the problem behind it? tks zhu --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages!

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