coreboot March 2005

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RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html
by Jamie Rollins 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

I agree very strongly on this point. If linuxbios is going to move forward, it's public face needs to be very well presented, which at the moment, it is not. The linuxbios.org web site is very out of date. The page desperately needs a documentation section, and a better way to download the most recent source code other than through the CVS. I also can't stress enough how important an up-to-date and well maintaned list of linuxbios compatible motherboards is to the success of the project. If people don't know which hardware linuxbios will work on, people won't ever try it. This is a absolutely necessary resource. How-to's for different motherboards should also be made more publicly available. jamie. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Alan Mimms wrote: > I think it would be MOST helpful if the linuxbios web site reflected > true and accurate recent information. It appears to be very out of date > and doesn't even say how to get to freebios2 IIRC. If I knew more of > what WAS true and correct, I would offer to help update the site. But > alas, I am just lurking on this mailing list and absorbing what I can... > > Alan Mimms, Senior Architect > F5 Networks, Inc. Spokane Development Center > Liberty Lake, Washington > v: 509-343-3524 f: 509-343-3501 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org > [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Bari Ari > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:40 AM > To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > Subject: Re: new free software foundation crusade: > http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html > Importance: Low > > Also on Slashdot earlier today: > > http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/02/28/1126226.shtml > Stallman Calls For Action on Free BIOS > > > Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > > if you see errors let me know (I did not write this but they will take > > input). I know the comment about linuxbios being stripped-down linux > is > > not quite right; anything else? > > > > Nevertheless it is really great to see the FSF weigh in on this issue. > > > > > If your company is a supporter of linuxbios, or other free bioses such > as > > U-boot etc., then you should definitely contact the FSF and get your > name > > listed. > > > > ron > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios >

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Anyone tried LinuxBIOS with freeBSD?
by YhLu 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Anyone tried LinuxBIOS with freeBSD? regards YH

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linuxbios on k7sem with 2.6.x kernel?
by Markus Wolters 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Hallo, I have an old k7sem board and I want to try Linuxbios (v1 or v2) on it. Now before I kill my board, I have a few questions, maybe somebody could answer them to me and give me a helping hand? Is it possible to use a 2.6 kernel? Is it possible to use the original bios chip? And how do I configure and build it with these options, if it is possible? Regards Markus

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RE: Does anybody needs LinuxBIOS for VMware virtual machines?
by Dmitriy Budko 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

> From: Ronald G. Minnich > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Dmitriy Budko wrote: > > > Does anybody needs LinuxBIOS for VMware virtual machines? > > If you want it please describe why do you want it. > > it would sure make it easier to do full-up sims of linuxbios-equipped > systems. So, you don't need it for "production" systems, only for development, do you? How difficult is it to port Intel 440BX chipset support from V1 to V2? It seems to me that supporting a new SIO chips (the emulated NS PC97338/PC87338) should be easy. Dmitriy Budko, VMware

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error snapshots download.
by Nathanael D. Noblet 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

So I downloaded the cvs snapshot referenced from the new wiki. It seems to be a copy of the repository, and not a checkout.(files are .v ) with all sorts of version information. Just a FYI. -- Nathanael D. Noblet <nathanael(a)gnat.ca> Gnat Solutions

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Re: Compilation Problem (overlaping sections)
by Jeff Stevens 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Yes, the Tyan s4882 seems to compile fine. I actually had my LOG_LEVEL set to 6 already, but I tried 7 and down to 5, and that didn't help. I also tried changing the LOG_LEVEL in the amd quartet, compiled it, and it didn't work either. Thanks, Jeff Stevens --- yhlu <yinghailu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > How about Tyan s4882 in your compile environment? It > should be OK. > > Please try to set LOG_LEVEL in your MB Config to 7. > > YH > > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 09:06:42 -0700 (MST), Ronald G. > Minnich > <rminnich(a)lanl.gov> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Jeff Stevens wrote: > > > > > I'm sorry, I was wrong. The AMD Quartet doesn't > seem > > > to compile either. I get the same error! > > > > sigh, things are growing bigger. > > > > anybody want to fix this one? > > > > ron > > _______________________________________________ > > Linuxbios mailing list > > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > > > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/

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RE: Does anybody needs LinuxBIOS for VMware virtual machines?
by Stephen.Kimball＠bench.com 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

If you haven't already tried... maybe a few out's to port 0x80 to slow things down. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Richard Smith [mailto:smithbone@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:40 AM To: Ronald G. Minnich Cc: Dmitriy Budko; Eric W. Biederman; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Re: Does anybody needs LinuxBIOS for VMware virtual machines? > As I found on some chipsets, the CPU can be too fast, and it should: > 1. start op > 2. wait for 'smbus active' indicator to go to 1 > 3. wait for 'smbus active' indicator to go to 0 > > is this by any chance your problem? The code is basiclly a port of the working V1 assembly code converted to C. I seem to remember that the V1 code did exactly what you are talking about. Perhaps I goofed up a flag polarity or some other core piece of info while doing it. I'll whip up a patch today when I get to work and post it up for anyone interested to look at. Perhaps a fresh set of eyes will catch the issue. I'll need a place to upload to. Or I guess you can commit to CVS. Didn't someone mention that they were going to provide space for stuff like this? -- Richard A. Smith _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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Any update on linuxbios for laptops
by Justin Rietz 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

I have been following/searching this mailing list, and haven't been able to find whether or not there has / will be a successful attempt at linuxbios on a laptop. Any news? Thanks. -Justin

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First cluster project
by Justin C. Darby 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hi folks, I'm just posting the first message of what I hope is a few updates to getting my current work project on-line. Some of you know me from the wiki (which I've been busy working on the outline of this project for and have neglected working on the last couple of days). After getting some very appreicated advice from Yhlu, I'm going to be installing LinuxBIOS on a three machines as part of a ColdFusion web server cluster in the very near future. I do not beleive the board we're going to be using is in the tree yet (but I am assured it will be soon). The board we're going to use is the Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) with the Ultra 320 SCSI controller. It's going to boot from IDE-CF, and the OS install will exist on the SCSI disks. All 3 machines will have BIOS Saviors installed on them (to make emergency repairs easier on my not so technically inclined coworkers). I'm going to document (hopefully) the entire process of getting the system running to the wiki, and if I can get good information from Yhlu and the rest of you, that will include building everything from source. The plan right now is to use LinuxBIOS + Etherboot to boot off of the IDE CF card, since booting from SCSI is more problematic (from what I hear). The systems will be using ATI Raedon chipset PCI express cards. This isin't a high capacity cluster in the sense most of you use, but it is a situation where we need every second to count as this is the first project we are going to be striving for 99.999 on internally. Other things we're using and I'm going to be documenting (but not likely in the wiki for LinuxBIOS).. these may be of interest to some folks here: * Lustre (If I can get a good dialogue with the ClusterFS folks started.. still waiting to hear from them. I need to mirror two hard disks over 1000mbit tcp/ip for redundancy.) * Debian/AMD-64 hosting a chrooted CentOS/i386 enviroment to run ColdFusion (ColdFusion requires RHEL/SUSE server.. we're going to give it a shot on CentOS because of the absuredly high cost of RHEL/SUSE server in our enviroment and the fact we can't run a native AMD64 built of it with ColdFusion anyway). * A custom loadbalancer module with keepalive for Apache I've written that I am still trying to get approval for releasing to the public (it's not quite done yet, anyhow -- only supports GET and POST, not HEAD, and POST support hasn't been well tested). * A custom configuration module for Apache that's still experimental on my part that allows virtualhost definitions to reside on a MySQL (or SQL Lite to remove the dependancy on MySQL only) server (if I can get this to work, I will also be pushing to release this to the public). * A set of patches to ProFTPD to allow authentication over MySQL (these will likely be contributed back to the ProFTPD development team). Anyhow, I'll provide more information to anyone who wants it. The idea isin't 100% intact, yet, we're still hammering out final details. Justin

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Does anybody needs LinuxBIOS for VMware virtual machines?
by Dmitriy Budko 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Does anybody needs LinuxBIOS for VMware virtual machines? If you want it please describe why do you want it. Thanks, Dmitriy Budko, the maintainer of VMware's BIOS and chipset

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