coreboot September 2004

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RE: about linux, linuxbios and bootup times
by Ronald G. Minnich 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Dave Aubin wrote: > FYI: I've heard a bproc setup gets going in about 10 seconds from power > on to running. yes indeed. > 1. Linux bios configures the MB (takes about 1-2 seconds for me and my > Tyan) > 2. Then it jumps to the linux kernel itself embedded on the BIOS itself you want to copy that to ram ... > 3. Kernel is done loading about 5 to 10 seconds later and you're at cli > prompt. yes, we used to do that. fast. ron

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RE: about linux, linuxbios and bootup times
by Dave Aubin 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Ok, I will add my 2 cents. This is my setup. 1. Linux bios configures the MB (takes about 1-2 seconds for me and my Tyan) 2. Then it loads etherboot (add maybe another second here) 3. Etherboot remotely loads Kernel from a machine already running thus saving disk spin up time (4-5 seconds) A. I suppose you could have this in RAM and send over a gig pipe or 10 gig pipe if speed is an issue 4. Then Kernel runs (5-10 seconds later) 5. Bash prompt with a well configured linux system What is great about Linux bios is it is flexible. It is also faster than my standard bios as it doesn't Do memory checks and such. It just get's right on to it. Although you can add in your own tests in the Bios or in the payload area. FYI: I've heard a bproc setup gets going in about 10 seconds from power on to running. Here is an even faster plausible setup, you can't do this with a proprietary bios;) 1. Linux bios configures the MB (takes about 1-2 seconds for me and my Tyan) 2. Then it jumps to the linux kernel itself embedded on the BIOS itself 3. Kernel is done loading about 5 to 10 seconds later and you're at cli prompt. This is an ideal case for speed if you have a big enough bios size. M-Tech is Supposed to have an LPC interface to their DOC (disk on chip). This would have made My life so nice, but as far as I know it isn't ready yet. Hope this helps. Oh and the support from this email list is quite awesome. People Here always help me so I try to return the favor as much as I can. Dave -----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of linuxg33k Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:59 PM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: about linux, linuxbios and bootup times Hi everyone. I'm a new member, I joined the list to learn more about the Linuxbios project. A question for anyone that can point me in the right direction to information: Q: I read everything on linuxbios.org as well as googled until i got a nosebleed, but i can't find any real world examples of linuxbios + linuxdistro setups. I am looking right now to purchase a linux bios compatable mobo based on the list from linuxbios.org to play around with, but what i was wondering is, just how can linuxbios speed up the boot process of a linux based system? Pardon my newbieness, but I have never had a bios be anything more than a fraction of the total bootup time on any linux system, so does linuxbios have the capability to litterally boot a linux system to cli login prompt of any distro within seconds or not? I realize it's a general question, assume I'm running debian base install ( no x, no desktop environment, boot staright to command line), most of the bootup process is taken up by the bootup scripts checking the hardware and starting up various services (I probably have too many and unoptimized i'm sure but thats another issue alltogether). From everything that I have read, I am understanding that basically its a faster bios that jumps to the distros bootloader when done? Or does this redefine the bootup process where the linuxbios is the bootloader and upon coming to life jumps straight to the distro kernel? If it jumps to the distro bootloader surely the time savings are a few seconds at best? If linuxbios takes over some of the bootloader functions, how does this affect a typicall install if at all? Sorry for the overgeneralized questions, I just need a few answers here, even if vague to help me create a knowledge sandbox into which i can then drill down to proper understanding. By the way, i read an article recently of an interview with the president of Tyan. According to the interview Tyan will be shipping all motherboards with Linuxbios. I have no idea if they are using the real deal from cvs, or forking it, or what, but goddamn that really cool stuff. I'm hoping some of the answers to my question will mean that linux on the desktop has a bright future vis a vis Tyan at least. If anyone wants a copy of it, email me and I will attach the html document - I knew they would take it down as indeed they have. Thanks aforehand!!!! - Rob _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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Re: VGA Problem about 440bx chipset
by Gerald Chiu 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

>From: Adam Sulmicki <adam(a)cfar.umd.edu> >To: Gerald Chiu <snow2moutain(a)hotmail.com> >CC: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org >Subject: Re: VGA Problem about 440bx chipset >Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:48:20 -0400 (EDT) > > >umm. that part was unfortunatelly a bit of black magic. > >make sure you have mouse on your ps2 port. win2k would freak out for some >reason if it did not. > >also you may want to edit the win2k config files not to display that >prompt but go straight to win2k and see if it helps. > I tried all you mentioned,but still failed.:( >then you may want to play with timings in the IDE driver in bochs.. > Could you offer me more clues on modifying timngs stuff dealing with IDE driver? >On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Gerald Chiu wrote: > > > Hello,Adam, > > I have problem on booting win2000,but the ADLO status said win2k is fully > > supported. > > > > The information displayed on screen is below: > > > > =============== > > Please select the operating system to start: > > Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional > > Microsoft Windows 98 > > > > Use your arrow keys to move the highlight to your choice. > > Please touch Enter to choose. > > Seconds until highlighted choice will be started automatically: 0 > > For troubleshooting and advanced startup options for Windows 2000, press > > F8. > > ================ > > > > When I choose win2k and touch Enter,it halts, the screen even not change to > > show progress bar! > > When I choose win98 ,after showed the welcome logo,it halts with the cursor > > flashing on the left_upper corner of screen. > > > > I want to boot win2k, then could you give me some idea on debugging? > > > > _________________________________________________________________ 免费下载 MSN Explorer: http://explorer.msn.com/lccn/

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epia m vga XFree86 4.3 works update
by Trellix78＠aol.com 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

It's obvious that something strange is happening with AGP and XFree86 4.4. The latest patched driver for the epia M crashes in backend.c, function agp_backend_initialize() of the agpgart driver, at bridge->driver->configure(). Commenting out that line will enable the driver to be installed but Xwindows will crash hard while attempting to play mpeg videos. I was able to use AGP stuff posted by Dave Ashley in "Question about AGP (epia-m)" post but my system will not crash everytime will attempting to set the graphics aperture size. Since this is getting into kernel issues, I'll simply post the log that I have, grab V2 and start from there. Thanks. LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 Thu Sep 9 10:03:48 EDT 2004 starting... 80 08 07 0d 0a 01 40 00 04 75 75 00 82 08 00 01 0e 04 0c 01 02 20 c0 a0 75 00 00 50 3c 50 2d 40 a0 a0 50 50 00 00 00 00 00 41 4b 34 32 75 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Copying LinuxBIOS to ram. Jumping to LinuxBIOS. LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 Thu Sep 9 10:03:48 EDT 2004 booting... Finding PCI configuration type. PCI: Using configuration type 1 Scanning PCI bus...PCI: pci_scan_bus for bus 0 PCI: 00:00.0 [1106/3123] PCI: 00:01.0 [1106/b091] PCI: 00:0d.0 [1106/3044] PCI: 00:10.0 [1106/3038] PCI: 00:10.1 [1106/3038] PCI: 00:10.2 [1106/3038] PCI: 00:10.3 [1106/3104] PCI: 00:11.0 [1106/3177] PCI: 00:11.1 [1106/0571] PCI: 00:11.5 [1106/3059] PCI: 00:12.0 [1106/3065] PCI: pci_scan_bus for bus 1 PCI: 01:00.0 [1106/3122] PCI: pci_scan_bus returning with max=01 PCI: pci_scan_bus returning with max=01 done turning framebuffer on Allocating PCI resources... ASSIGN RESOURCES, bus 0 PCI: 00:00.0 10 <- [0x00000000 - 0xf7ffffff] prefmem PCI: 00:01.0 1c <- [0x00001000 - 0x00000fff] bus 1 io PCI: 00:01.0 24 <- [0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff] bus 1 prefmem PCI: 00:01.0 20 <- [0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff] bus 1 mem ASSIGN RESOURCES, bus 1 PCI: 01:00.0 10 <- [0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff] prefmem PCI: 01:00.0 14 <- [0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff] mem ASSIGNED RESOURCES, bus 1 PCI: 00:0d.0 10 <- [0xfd000000 - 0xfd0007ff] mem PCI: 00:0d.0 14 <- [0x00001800 - 0x0000187f] io PCI: 00:10.0 20 <- [0x00001880 - 0x0000189f] io PCI: 00:10.1 20 <- [0x000018a0 - 0x000018bf] io PCI: 00:10.2 20 <- [0x000018c0 - 0x000018df] io PCI: 00:10.3 10 <- [0xfd001000 - 0xfd0010ff] mem PCI: 00:11.1 20 <- [0x000018e0 - 0x000018ef] io PCI: 00:11.5 10 <- [0x00001000 - 0x000010ff] io PCI: 00:12.0 10 <- [0x00001400 - 0x000014ff] io PCI: 00:12.0 14 <- [0xfd002000 - 0xfd0020ff] mem ASSIGNED RESOURCES, bus 0 Allocating VGA resource done. Enabling PCI resourcess...PCI: 00:00.0 cmd <- 06 PCI: 00:01.0 cmd <- 07 PCI: 00:0d.0 cmd <- 83 PCI: 00:10.0 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:10.1 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:10.2 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:10.3 cmd <- 02 PCI: 00:11.0 cmd <- 07 PCI: 00:11.1 cmd <- 07 PCI: 00:11.5 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:12.0 cmd <- 83 PCI: 01:00.0 cmd <- 03 done. Initializing PCI devices... PCI devices initialized totalram: 96M Initializing CPU #0 Enabling cache... Setting fixed MTRRs(0-88) type: UC Setting fixed MTRRs(0-16) type: WB DONE fixed MTRRs Setting variable MTRR 0, base: 0MB, range: 64MB, type WB Setting variable MTRR 1, base: 64MB, range: 32MB, type WB DONE variable MTRRs Clear out the extra MTRR's call intel_enable_fixed_mtrr() call intel_enable_var_mtrr() Leave setup_mtrrs done. Max cpuid index : 1 Vendor ID : CentaurHauls Processor Type : 0x00 Processor Family : 0x06 Processor Model : 0x09 Processor Mask : 0x00 Processor Stepping : 0x01 Feature flags : 0x0380b135 MTRR check Fixed MTRRs : Enabled Variable MTRRs: Enabled Disabling local apic...done. CPU #0 Initialized mainboard fixup northbridge_fixup southbridge_fixup final mainboard fixup final Southbridge fixup enabling video shadow RAM setting firewire Assigning IRQ 10 to 0:d.0 Readback = 10 setting usb Assigning IRQ 11 to 0:10.0 Readback = 11 Assigning IRQ 10 to 0:10.1 Readback = 10 Assigning IRQ 12 to 0:10.2 Readback = 12 Assigning IRQ 5 to 0:10.3 Readback = 5 setting vt8235 Assigning IRQ 5 to 0:11.1 Readback = 5 Assigning IRQ 12 to 0:11.5 Readback = 12 setting ethernet Assigning IRQ 11 to 0:12.0 Readback = 11 setting vga Assigning IRQ 11 to 1:0.0 Readback = 11 setting pci slot setting vt8235 slot Assigning IRQ 5 to 0:11.1 Readback = 5 Assigning IRQ 12 to 0:11.5 Readback = 12 INSTALL REAL-MODE IDT DO THE VGA BIOS found VGA: vid=1106, did=3122 Setting up VGA, VGABIOS_START: 0xfffc0000 Looks like VGA_ROM is good: 0x55 0xaa VGA copy looks good write_protect_vgabios bus/devfn = 0x100 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f00 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x100 edx 0x12 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xff2 edi 0xdb4c esi 0x12410 biosint: ip 0x637f cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x1a, eax 0xb108 ebx 0x0 ecx 0x0 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xfcc edi 0xf6 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x40da cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 0xb108: bus 0 devfn 0x0 reg 0xf6 val 0x3 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x101 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xfb8 edi 0x44 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x101 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xfb8 edi 0x44 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x101 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xfb8 edi 0x44 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f0f ebx 0x100 ecx 0x100 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xfee edi 0x44 esi 0x12410 biosint: ip 0x647e cs 0xc000 flags 0x2 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x0 ecx 0x1 edx 0x0 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xfdc edi 0x44 esi 0x12410 biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f18 ebx 0x1 ecx 0x0 edx 0x0 biosint: ebp 0x11af4 esp 0xfde edi 0x44 esi 0x12410 biosint: ip 0x6496 cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 Checking IRQ routing tables... Copying IRQ routing tables to 0xf0000...done. Verifing priq routing tables copy at 0xf0000...failed Wrote linuxbios table at: 00000500 - 0000066c checksum c8a8 Welcome to elfboot, the open sourced starter. January 2002, Eric Biederman. Version 1.2 37:init_bytes() - zkernel_start:0xfffd0000 zkernel_mask:0x0000ffff Found ELF candiate at offset 0 New segment addr 0x94000 size 0x71e8 offset 0x80 filesize 0x3650 (cleaned up) New segment addr 0x94000 size 0x71e8 offset 0x80 filesize 0x3650 Dropping non PT_LOAD segment Loading Segment: addr: 0x0000000000094000 memsz: 0x00000000000071e8 filesz: 0x0000000000003650 Clearing Segment: addr: 0x0000000000097650 memsz: 0x0000000000003b98 Jumping to boot code at 0x94000 ROM segment 0x9bb4 length 0x36f0 reloc 0x9400 Etherboot 5.0.8 (GPL) Tagged ELF for [VIA 86C100] Boot from (N)etwork or from (L)ocal? clocks_per_tick = 630286 N Probing...[VIA 86C100]Found VIA 6102 ROM address 0x0000 rhine.c v1.0.0 2000-01-07 IO address 1400 Ethernet Address: 00:40:63:CC:22:C3 Analyzing Media type,this will take several seconds........OK Linespeed=100Mbs Fullduplex The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command 0083->0087. pci_bus 00 pci_device_fn 90 Searching for server (DHCP)... ..Me: 192.168.1.116, Server: 192.168.1.100, Gateway 192.168.1.1 Loading 192.168.1.100:etherboot/bzImage ...(ELF)... ...................................................................................................... .............................................................................. .............................................................................. .......................................................done rhine disable Unknown bootloader class! type=0x00000000 data=0x000986AE Firmware type: LinuxBIOS Linux version 2.6.6-epia (_root@dhlinux1_ (mailto:root@dhlinux1) ) (gcc version 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux)) #12 Wed Sep 8 23:13:05 EDT 2004 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000006d8 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000000006d8 - 00000000000a0000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 0000000006000000 (usable) 0MB HIGHMEM available. 96MB LOWMEM available. On node 0 totalpages: 24576 DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1 Normal zone: 20480 pages, LIFO batch:5 HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 DMI not present. ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: root=0100 rw console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0 Initializing CPU#0 : : : EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal EXT3-fs: recovery complete. EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. BusyBox v1.00-rc2 (2004.08.11-20:42+0000) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. $ $ insmod agpgart.ko Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones $ insmod via-agp.ko agpgart: Detected VIA CLE266 chipset agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 62M agpgart: ok, memset(bridge->key_list, 0, PAGE_SIZE * 4) agpgart: disabling bridge->driver->configure() call for now (epia M AGP is spawn of the Devil) agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0x0 $ /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit /etc/site.xinitrc -- /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 tty0 _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/(none):0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 XFree86 Version 4.4.0 Release Date: 29 February 2004 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.21-99-smp4G i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux (none) 2.6.6-epia #12 Wed Sep 8 23:13:05 EDT 2004 i686 Build Date: 16 July 2004 Changelog Date: 29 February 2004 Before reporting problems, check _http://www.XFree86.Org/_ (http://www.XFree86.Org/) to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Jan 2 11:43:29 2003 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (EE) VIA(0): vm86() syscall generated signal 8. Linear memory allocation failed (EE) VIA(0): [XvMC] Cannot use XvMC without DRI! (EE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0). atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly. atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0). atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It shouldn't access hardware directly. Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local, removing from list! This should not happen! An unresolved function was called! Fatal server error: When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to _xfree86(a)xfree86.org_ (mailto:xfree86@xfree86.org) .

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port linuxbios(v1) to i845GV based MB
by zhu shi song 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

intel i845GV is very popular now. I've got P4i45GV MB based on i845GV(northbridge:i845GV, southbridge:82801db, superio: winfast w83627hf ). I try to port linuxbios(v1) to this board. Today I have built my first romimage for it. There met one problem when using it to boot. Serial output is unreadable code. I have checked the baud rate it's ok. Maybe setup_serial has some bug. tks zhu _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush

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Re: VGA Problem about 440bx chipset
by Chiu Gerald 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

right. linuxbios+ADLO+Bochs >From: Adam Sulmicki <adam(a)cfar.umd.edu> >To: Chiu Gerald <snow2moutain(a)hotmail.com> >CC: rsmith(a)bitworks.com, <linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org> >Subject: Re: VGA Problem about 440bx chipset >Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:54:45 -0400 (EDT) > > >is this with ADLO? > >neat! > >On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, Chiu Gerald wrote: > > > Wow! I got it! > > I use another S3 video card,and succeeded in bringing up the VGA,and booted > > RedHat linux. > > So wonderful linuxbios is! > > Richard Smith,thanks for your help very very much! > > > > > > > > >From: Richard Smith <rsmith(a)bitworks.com> > > >To: LinuxBIOS <linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org> > > >Subject: Re: VGA Problem about 440bx chipset > > >Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:04:52 -0500 > > > > > >Chiu Gerald wrote: > > > > > >>you mean that PCI card works? > > > > > >Yes some PCI cards work. I've made several Assiliant 65550 and > > >69000 > > >based PCI cards work and some S3 based cards work. There are > > >reports of > > >some ATI cards working but I am still having problems getting my ATI > > >M1 > > >based card to work. > > > > > >>Now I changed to a PCI video card,and bochs had run the vga > > >>bios,but still nothing happened! > > > > > >>I have no idea what should I do next. > > > > > >Are you setting up the shadowing correctly? You have to setup the > > >shadowing in loader.s or bochs and the video bios never make it into > > >ram. The stock ADLO setup won't work on the 440bx. > > > > > >I've attached my loader.s which sets up the shadowing correctly. > > > > > >Also the DEBUG_SERIAL option in rombios.c is very useful. You can > > >enable it and all the bochs bios messages will be redirected out the > > >serial port. This way you can see if bochs rombios is even getting > > >called. You have to turn it back off to get text on the VGA screen. > > >But your cards VSYNC should happen regardless. (assuming the vbios > > >runs > > >correctly) > > > > > >I leave in a few hours and won't be back till Tuesday the 2nd so you > > >are > > >on your own for a few days. I'll try to check email during that > > >time > > >but I'm not promising anything. > > > > > >Search the mailing list for things like "ADLO", "vgabios", etc there > > >are > > >several threads on getting this up. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 与联机的朋友进行交流，请使用 MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com/cn > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ 与联机的朋友进行交流，请使用 MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com/cn

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epia m vga XFree86 4.3 works
by Trellix78＠aol.com 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

Well, I'm definitely making some progress with the epia m vga. I downloaded the very latest freebios from CVS and I see that I was indeed missing the shadow copy stuff in mainboard.c and also, I was using the wrong value for the vt8623 PCI id. Now, I have a different problem. I'm able to get XFree86 4.3 to start up on tty0 but it complains about AGP, DRI and linear memory. I believe there's a post about that but it didn't mention a fix. I get no output on the monitor until then. Adding AGP support in the 2.6.6 kernel causes the system to hang after the driver is loaded. I'll compile a 2.4 kernel + maybe enable framebuffer support in the kernel to test. Other things that I've tried so far is to enable VIDEO_CONSOLE and the fixup code but I still don't get any output prior to X starting up. I'm currently clueless about why video mode + PCX loading stuff can be done even before the PCI stuff. The upside to all this is that I'm now very familiar with the code. I know there's stuff in the FAQ, but would anyone object if I posted a map of the code for the epia m from entry16 all the way to elfboot() as an example? I've drawn such a map to help navigate through the directories and code and IMHO all the cool stuff happens at hardwaremain(), anyway. Cheers and thanks for all the help.

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RE: Windows over LinuxBIOS
by Dave Aubin 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Hi, Read this: http://pcburn.com/article.php?op=Print&sid=62 ________________________________ From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Dave Belt Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:02 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Windows over LinuxBIOS I have a customer building a custom PC based board. I have been presenting LinuxBIOS as a viable BIOS option; however, they have a serious interest in running Windows, likely 2K & XP, on this board. Does anybody have experience in this area to share? I'm currently trying to get a grasp of the effort required beyond the LinuxBIOS port itself. Also, what kind of reliability are you getting with your implementation? Any info you could provide would be much appreciated. Thanks

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RE: port linuxbios(v1) to i845GV based MB
by YhLu 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

I suggest you start the work from freebios2. The similar northbridge E7501 is already there. You may just need to change some pci_write_conf32 to mem io for memory controller initialization. Other 82801er and Winbond 83627hf is there too. The Mainboard is tyan s2735. Regards YH -----Original Message----- From: zhu shi song [mailto:zhushisongzhu@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:45 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: port linuxbios(v1) to i845GV based MB intel i845GV is very popular now. I've got P4i45GV MB based on i845GV(northbridge:i845GV, southbridge:82801db, superio: winfast w83627hf ). I try to port linuxbios(v1) to this board. Today I have built my first romimage for it. There met one problem when using it to boot. Serial output is unreadable code. I have checked the baud rate it's ok. Maybe setup_serial has some bug. tks zhu _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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RE: elf for tyan s2850
by YhLu 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Elf may come from FILO, Etherboot, FILO with Ethrboot. The onboard Broadcom NIC doesnt work with Etherboot 5.2.4 and I didnt test if it works with 5.2.5 or 5.3etc. Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 3:38 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: elf for tyan s2850 What elf file should I use for tyan s2850 ? thanks

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