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[LinuxBIOS] Success report on VIA EPIA-M10000
by Leon Woestenberg March 4, 2006

March 4, 2006

Hello all, just wanted to report that I have gotten my EPIA-M10000 to boot LinuxBIOS 2184, then FILO 0.4.2, then Ubuntu with kernel 2.6.12 into X without problems. This time round (for learning purposes) I extracted the VGA BIOS from the BIOS upgrade file, and not from a running EPIA. (Still note that there is an error in the EPIA HOWTO about how to extract the VGA BIOS from memory. -- See my messages of the past few days for context.) For completeness, here is a small diff, plus an adapted Makefile that made this work. Thanks for all the work you guys have put into it. Next up is inclusion of the ACPI table. Regards, Leon. --- Index: src/mainboard/via/epia-m/mainboard.c =================================================================== --- src/mainboard/via/epia-m/mainboard.c (revision 2184) +++ src/mainboard/via/epia-m/mainboard.c (working copy) @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ device_t dev; printk_info("write_protect_vgabios\n"); - dev = dev_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x3123, 0); + dev = dev_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x3122, 0); if(dev) pci_write_config8(dev, 0x61, 0xaa); } Index: targets/via/epia-m/Config.lb =================================================================== --- targets/via/epia-m/Config.lb (revision 2184) +++ targets/via/epia-m/Config.lb (working copy) @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ # payload /usr/share/etherboot/5.1.9pre2-lnxi-lb/tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../tg3--ide_disk.zelf # payload ../../../../../lnxieepro100.ebi - payload /filo.elf + payload /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184/filo.elf end buildrom ./linuxbios.rom ROM_SIZE "fallback" Index: targets/via/epia-m/Config.vga.filo =================================================================== --- targets/via/epia-m/Config.vga.filo (revision 2184) +++ targets/via/epia-m/Config.vga.filo (working copy) @@ -38,20 +38,14 @@ option ROM_SECTION_OFFSET=0x10000 option ROM_SECTION_SIZE=0x18000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Normal" -# payload /usr/share/etherboot/5.1.9pre2-lnxi-lb/tg3--ide_disk.zelf -# payload ../../../../tg3--ide_disk.zelf -# payload ../../../../../lnxieepro100.ebi - payload /filo.elf + payload /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184/filo.elf end romimage "fallback" option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0xc000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Fallback" -# payload /usr/share/etherboot/5.1.9pre2-lnxi-lb/tg3--ide_disk.zelf -# payload ../../../../tg3--ide_disk.zelf -# payload ../../../../../lnxieepro100.ebi - payload /filo.elf + payload /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184/filo.elf end buildrom ./linuxbios.rom ROM_SIZE "normal" "fallback" --- --- # File: via/epia-m/epia-m/Makefile is autogenerated all: ./linuxbios.rom include Makefile.settings fallback/linuxbios.rom: if (cd fallback; \ make linuxbios.rom)\ then true; else exit 1; fi; clean: fallback-clean fallback-clean: (cd fallback; make clean) ./linuxbios.rom: fallback/linuxbios.rom cat /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184/vgabios.bin fallback/linuxbios.rom > ./linuxbios.rom .PHONY: all clean fallback-clean fallback/linuxbios.rom Makefile: /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184/targets/via/epia-m/epia-m/config.py /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184/targets/via/epia-m/Config.lb (cd /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184/targets ; via/epia-m/epia-m/config.py via/epia-m/Config.lb /home/leon/sandbox/linuxbios-2184) ---

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[LinuxBIOS] looking for a Slot1 or PGA370 motherboard recommendation
by Miernik March 3, 2006

March 3, 2006

I am looking for a motherboard recommendation with the following features: * at least one Slot-1 or PGA370 CPU socket, that I can put a VIA C5P Nehemiah CPU in it (PGA370 version), however I would prefer Slot-1 mainboard for easier mounting of the heatsink away from the motherboard, without risk of damaging the motherboard while mounting the heatsink (I damaged one motherboard while doing this on a PGA socket) * at least 5 PCI slots, at least PCI 2.0, faster versions welcome * at least 1 ISA slot * support 200 MHz FSB * support DDR400 RAM in 1 GB DIMM modules - if that requires some LinuxBIOS hacking that's OK, I just want to avoid a a motherboard with something that definetly rules out 1 GB sticks because of some not-to-circumvent hardware limitations; I would appreciate 4 DIMM slots to fit 4 GB of RAM, however 3 GB will also be OK, and 2 slots will do if there is a chance of fillting future 2 GB DIMM sticks in them * a chipset which is at least been supported in any version of LinuxBIOS, may be v1, which gives a chance to be supported in v2 after some hacking, I just want to avoid chipsets which never ever been supported, and has no available docs, giving no chance for support; the motherboard as a whole doesn't have to be supported, I am willing to do some minor hacking to fix some glitches, just not write support for a completely new chipset. So Intel BX and LX are OK I think. Any other PGA370 chipsets ever been supported by LinuxBIOS? Any VIA stuff used in non-EPIA, but ATX motherboards with sockets? * USB 2.0 sockets welcome Any chance to meet all or almost all of these requirements? i just need 1 piece, so it may be of course an out-of-production motherboard, even a rare one, that there is a chance of getting after several weeks of hunting on eBay. -- Miernik _________________________ xmpp:miernik@amessage.info ___________________/_______________________/ mailto:miernik@ffii.org Protect Europe from a legal disaster. Petition against software patents http://www.noepatents.org/index_html?LANG=en

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD64 serial setup
by Lu, Yinghai March 2, 2006

March 2, 2006

I knew the problem, and still didn't find the root cause for that. That happens on 8132/8111 system. (But it works well 8131/8111.) You have to turn irq for serial port auto detect to make serial port working...( get serial terminal...) and the console is some slow... YH

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[LinuxBIOS] MACH BOOT
by Jun OKAJIMA March 2, 2006

March 2, 2006

Hello. Check this out, please. http://www.machboot.com/ This is the reason I have been sticking on fast booting BIOS. Now, Linux boots within 10sec. But whole booting process from power-on needs about 30 sec. Yes, the biggest bottle neck is BIOS. and CD drive firmware also. And this is the reason I have interest about this LinuxBIOS project. Thanks, all. BUT, MY EPIA-M STILL DOES NOT BOOT.......sigh. --- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan.

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[LinuxBIOS] FILO: via_sound.c
by Leon Woestenberg March 1, 2006

March 1, 2006

Hello, who developed the VIA sound support for FILO? who has used it to output sound on a VIA board? The current code seems to mute the device only, although there seems #if 0 - #endif code in place to loop through a 16-bit DMA sample? I would like to continue this work (using AC97 specs and whatever VIA doc is available) or at least hack with it a bit... Regards, Leon.

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