IT WORKS! Thanks for you all! :) Just another low priority question:
is there any way to read the status of the power button? I mean it
somebody pushed it?
--
Best regards,
Hidasi mailto:hidi@e-tiger.net
Hi all ... I'm about to make my first attempt to boot my MII6000E from the
onboard CF adapter so pleas forgive my possibly stupid questions.
I have a few questions regarding this:
VIA's fartboot firmware tells me that it's mandatory to use mkelfImage on
bothe kernel and initrd, is this also true for linuxBIOS ?
Even if vga bios is copied over from original flash will video be blank
untill kernel initializes the video card or will it be possible to see the
tipical "loading linux ......" and consequent tipical kernel messages on
video ?
If the latter is possible would I need to avoid passing console to be
serial amongst the kernel options ?
According to documentation on the linuxBIOS home
http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/Payloads
the etherboot payload has bothe ide and net boot capabilities ... will
this let me boot from the onboard CF adapter ?
What adjustments must I make to the EPIA-M-howto documentation to use the
etherboot payload ?
Regards
David
Hi,
do you think if exist a possibility for intall linuxbios on a TYAN S2460 motherboard ?
Thanks
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Dear List!
I've compiled the BIOS for Tyan S2882D dual Opteron system, I've
dumped the original videobios (it has good signature:) but seems the
BIOS doesn't start it! The other problem is that when I load a kernel
the system simply restarts no output at all. May the absense of the
videobios cause this? My last message is "Jumping to the entry point"
The kernel works fine with the original AMI :( BIOS! The FILO and
Etherboot (via network) also does the same! Does anybody have a good
linuxbios config for this motherboard? a working binary is welcome
too :) I would like to find the problem, but it would be to use
failback code instead of flashing the whole chip once and once:)
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Best regards,
Hidasi mailto:hidi@e-tiger.net
Hi all,
Im new to linuxbios and the mailing list so please excuse any
newbie stupidity. I was wondering about the state of vt8237
southbridge support. From my limited understanding of linuxBios this
is virtually all that is missing for Epia-MS support since CLE266
northbridge is already supported.
I saw a post in february which mentioned vt8237 and that it was being
worked on, but I have seen nothing since. Forgive me if Ive missed
something.
So I guess my overall question is: Is Epia-MS support a near
possiblity, and what would it take to produce?
Andy
Dear List!
I've compiled the BIOS for Tyan S2882D dual Opteron system, I've
dumped the original videobios (it has good signature:) but seems the
BIOS doesn't start it! The other problem is that when I load a kernel
the system simply restarts no output at all. May the absense of the
videobios cause this? My last message is "Jumping to the entry point"
The kernel works fine with the original AMI :( BIOS! The FILO and
Etherboot (via network) also does the same! Does anybody have a good
linuxbios config for this motherboard? a working binary is welcome
too :) I would like to find the problem, but it would be to use
failback code instead of flashing the whole chip once and once:)
--
Best regards,
Hidasi mailto:hidi@e-tiger.net
I've looked at the original BIOS source and the internal versions of the
documentation, and here's what I've determined: As near as I can tell,
you cannot disable the PCI header for the device at 00:12:4. The
original BIOS (written by others on the BIOS team here at AMD in
Colorado) virtualized the PCI headers via SMM code, and that header was
masked when internal graphics were disabled. Without SMM code, you
cannot do the same thing.
Interesting info/notes:
If you disable memory space via the PCI header (PCI header register 04,
bit 1 -- clear to zero), you should disable it somewhat.
If the F4 Video Configuration trap bit (F0, Index 42h, bit 1) is set,
the system will generate SMIs when trying to access the PCI header
registers. This should be clear for a non-SMM system.
I suppose you could special-case the device in your PCI scan/enumeration
code, but that is probably more kludgy than you'd like. Could you
reduce the device's resource requirements to zero?
-- Steve G.
Steve Goodrich (Steven.Goodrich(a)amd.com <mailto:Steven.Goodrich@amd.com>
)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
1351 S. Sunset Street
Mail Stop 83-36
Longmont, CO 80501
303-774-5129 (fax: 303-774-5801)
http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
In our BIOS for the related platform, I don't see how we're disabling PCI. I see that we set DC_FB_ST_OFFSET (GX_BASE + 0x8310) to 0 and also DC_DUR_ST_OFFSET (GX_BASE + 0x8318).
Is the 00:12:4 a PCI address? Does that decode to Bus 0, Device 12 (decimal?), Function 4?
-- Steve G.
Steve Goodrich (Steven.Goodrich(a)amd.com)
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: linuxbios-bounces(a)linuxbios.org [mailto:linuxbios-bounces@linuxbios.org] On Behalf Of Christian Sühs
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:16 AM
To: Ronald G Minnich
Cc: Stefan Reinauer; Goodrich,Steven; LinuxBIOS
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] MB1030 / 3036 VGA comes up :D
>
> in acalc, you would do this:
> x40000000
> 30
> sr
>
Well, the graphic instructions for the geode are disabled in that case :D
because this value is writen to b8h (Graphic Control Registers)
However,
I'm not sure what I should do next.
I think i will play around with the BC_XMAP_1 registers and will set the amd prefered values :D
Currently the whole video RAM section seems to be disabled.
a0000 - bffff
chris
>
> and get 1.
>
> ron
>
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