February 2005 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

Re: Where to start.....
by Stefan Reinauer Feb. 5, 2005

Feb. 5, 2005

* G.Marshall <g.marshall(a)dalmany.co.uk> [050131 14:13]: > At Stefan's suggestion, I have downloaded the latest V2 snapshot. I > expected a Makefile, configure or README in the base directory which told > me where to start and how to progress. I have found some details > regarding a 2.4.0 kernel, but that appears to relate to V1. I have also > looked at the LinuxBIOS.pdf by Anthony Stone. Assuming you just want to flash the bios with a given rom image, go to freebios2/util/flash_and_burn/ and do make there. The resulting flash_rom utility might help. For detailed information how to build LinuxBIOS itself for a given platform, see http://www.openbios.org/LinuxBIOS-AMD64.pdf The SIS6x0 is not yet supported by the LinuxBIOS v2 tree yet. Which means you cannot replace your motherboard bios with LinuxBIOS on those systems. > Openbios did not work for me, bios.ko had problems with my NIC. >From what I can see, flash_and_burn contains support for all chipsets and most if not all flashchips that /dev/bios supports, plus it is less intrusive, being a userspace program. I should probably drop /dev/bios completely. Stefan

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RE: Running with VGA
by Sagiv Yefet Feb. 1, 2005

Feb. 1, 2005

I change the ROM_IMAGE_SIZE and now there is no respond even from the console. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:43 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA try change in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x13800 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x14800 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:42 PM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I update my cvs freebios2 tree and I get the ERROR for making Tyan/S2850 : gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .id lma 0xfffdffd9 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .text lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .data lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .reset lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:52 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check out updated file in CVS server. _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:06 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Hi, Is there any version support the onboard ATI - Rage XL? Is there any version support a add-on ATI - Rage XL? Do I need to change something in the configuration file? Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:24 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check the update S2850, and it support onboard ATI via emulator. For command line? FILO,? Please refer Etherboot/src/filo/*.txt Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:59 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Thanks. What is the command-line needed for using the VGA? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:34 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please get the Etherboot 5.2.6. You need to use patch for 2.4.22 and only enable ati rage xl framebuffer. Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:27 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Great, It solved the problem. About the etherboot I try to run with 5.2.6 version as you said (enable BTEXT) and It is not working. It stack in: Jumping to LinuxBIOS When I use the 5.2.5 version that you sent me before It work. Command: Make bin/r8169.zelf Now the elf image is loading and there is no respond from the VGA.. The kernel parameter is: console=tty0. Maybe I didn't patch the kernel with the correct patch file. Where can I get the patch of the kernel supporting ATI Ragexl? I am using 2.4.24 kernel version. Thanks, Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 7:53 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA In the targest/tyan/s2850/Config.lb Change option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x11800 option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:05 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I try to build freebios2-20041216-0400 And I get this compilation error: gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux -gnu/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux -gnu/bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 What do you think it is? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:57 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I commit the changes for you. Please check it out from http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/ one hour later. YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:09 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I have this definition in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb: option CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 Not default as you wrote. Is it ok? Should I had the same thing in src/mainboard/tyan/s2850/Config.lb? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: Yinghai Lu [mailto:yhlu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:01 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA You need to add uses CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT default CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 dir /drivers/ati/ragexl after that you can get ouput in Linuxbios after vga init. You also need to enable the btext in Etherboot. You should use Etherboot 5.2.6. it includes filo and btext console. About kernel, you need to use kernel patch to enable ragexl frame buffer support. YH _____ From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Sagiv Yefet Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:23 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Running with VGA Hello, I am using Linux Bios on Tyan 2850. The machine is running with console. I add to the command line: "console=ttyS0,115200" and I have linux which runs with console. How can I run with VGA? Should I add some code to the bios? The VGA driver is: ATI Rage XL. Sagiv

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RE: Running with VGA
by YhLu Feb. 1, 2005

Feb. 1, 2005

try change in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x13800 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x14800 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:42 PM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I update my cvs freebios2 tree and I get the ERROR for making Tyan/S2850 : gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .id lma 0xfffdffd9 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .text lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .data lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .reset lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:52 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check out updated file in CVS server. _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:06 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Hi, Is there any version support the onboard ATI - Rage XL? Is there any version support a add-on ATI - Rage XL? Do I need to change something in the configuration file? Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:24 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check the update S2850, and it support onboard ATI via emulator. For command line? FILO,? Please refer Etherboot/src/filo/*.txt Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:59 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Thanks. What is the command-line needed for using the VGA? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:34 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please get the Etherboot 5.2.6. You need to use patch for 2.4.22 and only enable ati rage xl framebuffer. Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:27 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Great, It solved the problem. About the etherboot I try to run with 5.2.6 version as you said (enable BTEXT) and It is not working. It stack in: Jumping to LinuxBIOS When I use the 5.2.5 version that you sent me before It work. Command: Make bin/r8169.zelf Now the elf image is loading and there is no respond from the VGA.. The kernel parameter is: console=tty0. Maybe I didn't patch the kernel with the correct patch file. Where can I get the patch of the kernel supporting ATI Ragexl? I am using 2.4.24 kernel version. Thanks, Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 7:53 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA In the targest/tyan/s2850/Config.lb Change option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x11800 option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:05 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I try to build freebios2-20041216-0400 And I get this compilation error: gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu /bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu /bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 What do you think it is? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:57 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I commit the changes for you. Please check it out from http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/ <http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/> one hour later. YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:09 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I have this definition in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb: option CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 Not default as you wrote. Is it ok? Should I had the same thing in src/mainboard/tyan/s2850/Config.lb? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: Yinghai Lu [mailto:yhlu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:01 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA You need to add uses CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT default CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 dir /drivers/ati/ragexl after that you can get ouput in Linuxbios after vga init. You also need to enable the btext in Etherboot. You should use Etherboot 5.2.6. it includes filo and btext console. About kernel, you need to use kernel patch to enable ragexl frame buffer support. YH _____ From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Sagiv Yefet Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:23 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Running with VGA Hello, I am using Linux Bios on Tyan 2850. The machine is running with console. I add to the command line: "console=ttyS0,115200" and I have linux which runs with console. How can I run with VGA? Should I add some code to the bios? The VGA driver is: ATI Rage XL. Sagiv

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enabling flash on an old asus tx97e mainboard
by Ghozlane Toumi Feb. 1, 2005

Feb. 1, 2005

Hi all. I've got an old Asus TX97E board (socket 7, chipset 430TX) on which I'd like to port/try linuxbios, should'nt be hard as a close cousin, the tx97le has been reported as working with linuxbios V1. Unfortunately, I'm stuck at the first stage : flashing anything to the EEPROM. I tried /dev/bios that has support for the intel 430TX based mobos, but it oopses badly. I ported the code for enabling flash on 430TX from deb/bios to flash_and_burn, but the results are not so good (apparently, the flash detection routines get back 0xFFs and no IDs) Uniflash (opensource flasher in pascal) doesn't see the flash part either... Somehow, I guess that Asus put some work on adding extra layers of "security" in order to protect the bios. Black magic with GPIOs an whatnot ... Do any of you guys know what has to be done for this specific motherboard? I don't really know where to go from that... The only tool that is able to flash the bios is the original flasher from the manufacturer. how can I "spy" on it in order to get what gpio it uses for enabling flashes ? I'd try Bochs, but i guess the flash tool looks for a specific chipset... I'm stuck at square one, I'd appreciate advices ... Thanks, Ghoz

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