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[LinuxBIOS] IBM Netvista n2800
by michaelqiu1981＠voila.fr Dec. 19, 2006

Dec. 19, 2006

Hi, I have an IBM Netvista n2800, which is originally used as a network client. There is neither floppy driver nor cd-rom in it. Right now it runs Debian 3.1 very well. May I use LinuxBios in this machine? He uses Interl430TX, PIIX4E, Pentunm266MMX, with a SII 64k bios flash. Thanks in advance! Best regards, Yuheng

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[LinuxBIOS] #69: Fix mptable util so the output will compile
by LinuxBIOS Dec. 18, 2006

Dec. 18, 2006

#69: Fix mptable util so the output will compile -----------------------------------------------------+---------------------- Reporter: Jon Dufresne <jon.dufresne(a)gmail.com> | Owner: somebody Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: code | Version: v2 Keywords: | Dependencies: Patchstatus: patch needs review | -----------------------------------------------------+---------------------- I'm guessing the mptable util is using deprecated functions which is why the output it gave me did not compile in my environment. I used tyan/s2735/mptable.c as a guide for what the correct functions and headers should be. -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/69> LinuxBIOS <http://www.linuxbios.org/>

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[LinuxBIOS] Confused about APIC and ACPI
by Jon Dufresne Dec. 18, 2006

Dec. 18, 2006

Hi, I am working on the southbridge portion of my board. Currently I can boot to a bash prompt, but my southbridge peripherals do not work. I am taking a guess that this is a misconfiguration in APIC or ACPI, however this is only a guess. I've looked through a lot of other southbridges and mainboard to get an idea about how to program this however I am still a bit confused. I'm wondering if someone with more knowledge on this subject than I would be willing to give me some advice. Does it seem likely that ACPI or APIC misconfiguration would cause my southbridge peripherals to not function? Any clues as to how to go about programming these sections and how to debug this? Am I suppose to set the IRQs for my devices explicitly myself or is this taken care of somewhere in the code for me? Right now I am setting them explicitly in i82801db_lpc.c, but whenever I modprobe a device linux says "Disabling IRQ #11". Thanks for any help. I'll attach my LinuxBIOS output and my linux output. Jon

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[LinuxBIOS] Handling different chipset versions: the right way?
by Corey Osgood Dec. 18, 2006

Dec. 18, 2006

I'm looking at working on via vt82c686b for tyan s2507, and I'm wondering what the best way to handle the differences between 686a and 686b is. The only difference I can see is a single PCI ID for ACPI. Would it be better to use some sort of runtime detection for this single PCI ID to differentiate, or seperate the two entirely? Also, should I use the whole name of the chipset, vt82c686b, or just shorten it to vt686b (which is commonly used by via)? BTW, I'm putting off i815 again, because I can't get the test rig out of its current use. -Corey

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[LinuxBIOS] neat
by ron minnich Dec. 18, 2006

Dec. 18, 2006

http://www.compulab.co.il/iglx/html/iglx-cm-datasheet.htm?gclid=CPjWsPq1mok… I wonder how we reflash it ron

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[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS on T60p
by rami jiossy Dec. 18, 2006

Dec. 18, 2006

Hi Everybody; 1. is there any wok being done for supporting LinuxBIOS on IBM T60p ? 2. Can we estimate that LinuxBIOS can reduce boot time to 3 sec on such machine (as claimed in the homepage for other platforms)? 3. Can anyone share with me real results experienced on Intel x86 platforms? Thanks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[LinuxBIOS] zv6000 series
by Jory A. Pratt Dec. 18, 2006

Dec. 18, 2006

I am wondering if anyone can tell me if a zv6107wm is supported by version . 00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:04.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS480 PCI Bridge 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB Host Controller 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 USB2 Host Controller 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 SMBus Controller (rev 10) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-ISA Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 PCI-PCI Bridge 00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP SB400 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:14.6 Modem: ATI Technologies Inc ATI SB400 - AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 01) 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE) 03:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) 03:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller 03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) I figured better safe to ask before tearing the laptop apart to find out what mobo is actually in it. Many Thanks, Jory

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[LinuxBIOS] flashrom for SST LPC flash
by Ed Swierk Dec. 15, 2006

Dec. 15, 2006

Has there been any effort in getting flashrom to work with the SST49LF008C, SST49LF016C or SST49LF160C parts? I'm no expert on flash programming, but the datasheets seem to indicate that the programming mode currently used in sst_fwhub.c is not supported on these chips (the SST49LF040B datasheet calls this "parallel" mode). There appears to be a completely different protocol for programming LPC flash chips, but I haven't figured out how to access this from a C program. --Ed

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] Support for recent chipset and powerful desktop CPU
by Lu, Yinghai Dec. 15, 2006

Dec. 15, 2006

-----Original Message----- From: Vlad C. [mailto:vladc6@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:27 AM >Any chance you could port LinuxBIOS to a motherboard based on plain >nForce 570 or nForce 590 without SLI? 570 == mcp55 590 == mcp55 + c51 So 590 would be more expensive than 570 SLI. YH

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[LinuxBIOS] r2529 build service
by LinuxBIOS information Dec. 15, 2006

Dec. 15, 2006

Dear LinuxBIOS readers! This is the automated build check service of LinuxBIOS. The developer "stepan" checked in revision 2529 to the LinuxBIOS source repository and caused the following changes: Change Log: Apply linuxbios-rename-other-payload-options.patch (Patch 2, refs #14) Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk(a)arastra.com> Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan(a)coresystems.de> Build Log: Configuration of via:epia-m has been fixed If something broke during this checkin please be a pain in stepan's neck until the issue is fixed. If this issue is not fixed within 24h the revision will be backed out. Yours truely, LinuxBIOS automatic build system

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