July 2004 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

Was a newbie, now a polliwog
by Thomas Fritz July 22, 2004

July 22, 2004

I became interested in linuxbios a while back, and while I've subscribed to this list I've never done anything with it. I've learned quite a bit more since then, and I'm even working on reading the Linux From Scatch book. I've come back around to it again, for two reasons...I have a working laptop (IBM TP 390X), and an extra mainboard for the laptop. I have to do a password recovery on mainboard, but I was thinking if I'm going to go through the trouble, I would like to try something with it. Especially with the TSSOP flash bios chip within easy reach :) The other reason...I've been looking at embedded applications lately, and I don't really feel like going the DIY hardware route...since I have access to a surplus source of IBM thin clients (403GCX PPC, PC87303 SuperIO, S3 Trio64V+ video, single PCMCIA slot, two EDO SIMM slots, parport, serial, mouse/keybd, DP83907 ATLANTIC II ethernet, and a whopping 512KB AM29F040 flash bios), which have everything I could want, except USB, which a PCMCIA card could fix. What I want to do with one of the thin clients is put on linuxbios, and since I would be using the PCMCIA for USB, boot a compact system off of a USB memory stick. I was wondering how far along things have come, and if anyone has done something like the USB booting, or even what other devices linuxbios can boot a system off of? Also, after reading about all that's been done with the X-box project, and the mod chips they sell, I was wondering if anyone has had any thoughts on something like the Xenium X-box mod chip?

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Sis 630 memory init
by zhu shi song July 22, 2004

July 22, 2004

I have met two problems when using V1 linuxbios for winfast 6300. (1) For winfast 6300, it is not compatible with some SDRAM. (2) For ECS P6STMT board which uses sis630et chipset, IPL hangs when ipl use stack to read Linuxbios from DOC. The two problems are all related to memory init. Maybe the current memory init procedures in freebios V1 is not complete. Who know how to init SDRAM correctly, so it can work for more SDRAM and more boards? zhu --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage!

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trouble with SDRAM when using sis630 SDRAM synchronous mode
by zhu shi song July 21, 2004

July 21, 2004

(1) ECS P6stmt board use SDRAM synchronous mode. I've got P6STMT motherboard based on sis630et. It's strange that the 0x8e is equal 0 which I have read from linux running on the board, that means the board uses SDRAM synchronous mode. (2) The board halt after setting 0x8c~8f value same as bios setting. I set 0x8c~8f (in dll.inc) values to which I have read under linux. But ipl can't copy linuxbios from Doc to RAM. I have tested doc_mil.inc. When the second "call doc_reset" that is the second time to use RAM stack(%ss=$0x400, %sp=$0x0), the board halt. (3) winfast 6300 Max board use SDRAM asynchronous mode. I have read 0x8c~8f values of winfast 6300. The value of 0x8e is 0x3. So winfast6300 use SDRAM asynchronous mode. IPL can boot linuxbios and linux successfully. (4)under p6stmt Even I set register 0x50~0x5A (except 0x52 and 0x57) value to what I have read from its bios. IPL can't copy linuxbios to RAM either. Who has met the same experience? I need help. zhu --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign!

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MB DFI CA61
by Doctor July 21, 2004

July 21, 2004

Hello, linuxbios. I want to make my own bios for my MB DFI CA61 chipset is VIA82C693 Can I make it by myself, if you have knowledge to start it more easy, please, send a message... 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev 44) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 ISA [Mobile South] (rev 22) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev10) 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 11) 00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C596 Power Management (rev 30) 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 08) 00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. ViRGE/DX or /GX (rev 01) 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [Riva TnT2] (rev 11) -- Arno mailto:alfafive@hotmail.ru

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NEWBIE Question
by Bruce Q. Simmons July 20, 2004

July 20, 2004

I am new at the LINUX Bios idea and need to figure out how I can tell if there is a solution for my system. Can someone point me in the right direction please? -Bruce Simmons

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Re: NEWBIE Question
by Richard Smith July 20, 2004

July 20, 2004

Bruce Q. Simmons wrote: what do I need > to do next? > Bruce, I'm cc'ing the list so that others may benefit when they search through the list archives. I don't mind the direct mail but please cc the list for any LB related questions and such as there is a lot of stuff that I may not know the answer to or that someeone has a better answer for. First: You need to figure out how you are going to get LB onto your motherboard. You need to figure out what type of Flash part you have and how you are going to program it. Who makes your mainboard? Are there specs (or pictures) on-line I can go look at? What kind of IC programming tools to you have access to? Second: You need to figure out what SuperIO is on your motherboard and if LB supports it. The SuperIO is going to be responsible for the serial port output. If you don't have serial output. Debugging is going to be _much_ harder. SuperIO's are usually on the ISA bus so lspci isn't much help you have to look on the board and get a Mfg and a part number. If LB dosn't support you super IO it's not hard to add but you will need the SuperIO docs.

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Compile Error while doing make
by Thomas Leidenfrost July 20, 2004

July 20, 2004

Hello, after using the config-file from the Advantech PCM-5823 and adding the option "HAVE_FRAMEBUFFER=1" in the config-file I got this Errormessage: (kernelpath set to systemkernel 2.6.7) holodoc:/home/thomasle/Desktop/awb651 # make gcc -x assembler-with-cpp -DASSEMBLY -E ... crt0.S > crt0.s gcc ... -o crt0.o crt0.s crt0.S: Assembler messages: crt0.S:156: Warning: indirect jmp without `*' gcc ... -o version.o /home/thomasle/freebios/src/lib/version.c gcc ... -o mainboard.o /home/thomasle/freebios/src/mainboard/ics-d/awb651/mainboard.c gcc ... -o irq_tables.o /home/thomasle/freebios/src/mainboard/ics-d/awb651/irq_tables.c rm -f linuxbios.a ar cr linuxbios.a linuxbiosmain.o linuxpci.o newpci.o clog2.o printk.o serial_subr.o subr.o vsprintf.o memset.o memcpy.o memcmp.o malloc.o elfboot.o do_inflate.o delay.o compute_ip_checksum.o version.o keyboard.o mc146818rtc.o isa-dma.o ide.o boot.o linuxbios_table.o i386_subr.o params.o hardwaremain.o pirq_routing.o c_start.o cpuid.o delay_tsc.o northbridge.o southbridge.o superio_SMC_fdc37b72x.o nsuperio.o mainboard.o irq_tables.o gcc -nostdlib -r -o linuxbios_c.o c_start.o rom_fill_inbuf.o linuxbios.a /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.1/libgcc.a perl -e 'foreach $var (split(" ", $ENV{VARIABLES})) { if ($ENV{$var} =~ m/^(0x[0-9a-fA-F]+|0[0-7]+|[0-9]+)$/) { print "$var = $ENV{$var};\n"; }}' > ldoptions gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios_c -T /home/thomasle/freebios/src/config/linuxbios_c.ld linuxbios_c.o linuxbios_c.o(.text+0xa56): In function `hardwaremain': : undefined reference to `framebuffer_on' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [linuxbios_c] Error 1 Can anyone give me a hint please? What did I wrong? Thx, Tom

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Re: NEWBIE Question
by Richard Smith July 20, 2004

July 20, 2004

Adam Hunt wrote: > I wasn't aware that the BX was supported. That's great. I have a > 440BX based board that I would like to try LinuxBIOS on. The board is > an ABIT BE6-II. I have included the output of lspci below. Do you > see any major obstacles in getting LB to run on my system? > > 0000:00:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 > Host Controller (rev 46) > 0000:00:13.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Triones Technologies, > Inc. HPT366/368/370/370A/372 (rev 03) As long as you don't want to boot from these devices you should be ok. > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01) This may be a problem. None of the AGP registers in the Northbridge are set. Our board has onboard PCI video. A bitworks/ims manboard config should boot to a payload easy assuming you can program the flash. Is the flash part socketed? Also lspci dosen't show what SuperIO you have. What superIO is on the board? You will have to have that setup correctly to get serial output.

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RE: Pentium-M with E7501 Chipset Implementation
by YhLu July 19, 2004

July 19, 2004

You may need to copy 82801ER to 82801CA, and change device id to meet that with CA. Regards YH _____ From: Jay Nelson [mailto:jay.nelson@copansys.com] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:57 PM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Pentium-M with E7501 Chipset Implementation Hello, I am so pleased to find a freebios for Linux Im beside myself. I have been researching freebios2 with the hope that I can use it for the following configuration: Intel Pentium-M (Dothan) 2MB L2 cache running at 1.8GHz Intel E7501 chipset: MCH P64H (82870P2) ICH3 (82801CA) Headless with RS232 mapped to a custom FPGA connected to the ICH3 PCI32 bus. It appears that the Tyan platform S2735 is the closest match to my configuration. The 82801CA is probably close enough to the 82801ER to work. Any hints/thoughts on this project would be appreciated. Thanks. Jay Nelson Principal Development Engineer

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Pentium-M with E7501 Chipset Implementation
by Jay Nelson July 19, 2004

July 19, 2004

Hello, I am so pleased to find a freebios for Linux I'm beside myself. I have been researching freebios2 with the hope that I can use it for the following configuration: Intel Pentium-M (Dothan) 2MB L2 cache running at 1.8GHz Intel E7501 chipset: MCH P64H (82870P2) ICH3 (82801CA) Headless with RS232 mapped to a custom FPGA connected to the ICH3 PCI32 bus. It appears that the Tyan platform S2735 is the closest match to my configuration. The 82801CA is probably close enough to the 82801ER to work. Any hints/thoughts on this project would be appreciated. Thanks. Jay Nelson Principal Development Engineer

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