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Re: [LinuxBIOS] #6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards
by LinuxBIOS 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

#6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: task | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Going mainstream Component: code | Version: v2 Resolution: | Keywords: Dependencies: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Comment (by nolvadex(a)hotmail.com): <a href=http://nolvadex-pills-on.blogspot.com>nolvadex</a> http ://nolvadex-pills-on.blogspot.com nolvadex [url=http://nolvadex-pills- on.blogspot.com] nolvadex [/url] -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/6#comment:4> LinuxBIOS <http://www.linuxbios.org/>

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] #6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards
by LinuxBIOS 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

#6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: task | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Going mainstream Component: code | Version: v2 Resolution: | Keywords: Dependencies: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Comment (by fluoxetine(a)hotmail.com): <a href=http://fluoxetine-pills-on.blogspot.com>fluoxetine</a> http ://fluoxetine-pills-on.blogspot.com fluoxetine [url=http://fluoxetine- pills-on.blogspot.com] fluoxetine [/url] -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/6#comment:3> LinuxBIOS <http://www.linuxbios.org/>

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] #6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards
by LinuxBIOS 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

#6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: task | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Going mainstream Component: code | Version: v2 Resolution: | Keywords: Dependencies: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Comment (by celexa(a)hotmail.com): <a href=http://celexa-pills-on.blogspot.com>celexa</a> http://celexa- pills-on.blogspot.com celexa [url=http://celexa-pills-on.blogspot.com] celexa [/url] -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/6#comment:3> LinuxBIOS <http://www.linuxbios.org/>

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] #6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards
by LinuxBIOS 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

#6: Add support for 10 cheap, mainstream motherboards ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: task | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Going mainstream Component: code | Version: v2 Resolution: | Keywords: Dependencies: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Comment (by ephedrine(a)hotmail.com): <a href=http://ephedrine-pills-on.blogspot.com>ephedrine</a> http ://ephedrine-pills-on.blogspot.com ephedrine [url=http://ephedrine-pills- on.blogspot.com] ephedrine [/url] -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/6#comment:3> LinuxBIOS <http://www.linuxbios.org/>

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[LinuxBIOS] Fwd: 1.1 sec from power on to Linux shell (busybox) prompt
by ron minnich 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

People are definitely beginning to understand the power of using linux as your bootloader ... >From the article: "The new Technologic Systems Bootloader is totally Linux-based, enabling much more control over the system through all the standard Linux utility commands from inside the bootloader itself. Meanwhile, it delivers fast bootup time, as short as 1.1 seconds, and small footprint, not only meeting the requirements of the real-world embedded systems, but delivering additional flexibility and power instead. After all, it is Linux booting Linux. The "bootload" facility may be useful for kernel developers, since they now have a faster way to test their new kernels without rebooting the whole system. In case a fast bootup solution is not being used, developers benefit from the use of the "bootload" program given that the time spent with firmware loading will be saved. Also, the new Bootloader solution allows the use of standard shell scripts for the programmatic selection of appropriate kernels, Linux initrd's, and kernel command line arguments for maximum flexibility. Click on the link below and find out how the TS-7400 takes advantage of these features in order to provide multiple booting options via Linux shell scripts:" ron ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Jan 10, 2007 9:21 AM Subject: 1.1 sec from power on to Linux shell (busybox) prompt To: ron minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> I know these guys provided the lunchbox boards you described in your Linux Journal article. I like how they accelerated flash boot by implementing HW ECC in the CPLD. Nice work. This would have been nice in OLPC. http://www.embeddedarm.com/linux/linuxbootloader.htm

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[LinuxBIOS] comments about Linux BIOS
by Chris Cannon 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

I was excited to discover this project; it looks like good work. I did have a few comments / questions: On the list of benefits on the front page it says: "Avoids the need for a slow, buggy, proprietary BIOS." I would add to this that it gives the end user freedom from invisible functionality black holes. For example, my laptop BIOS will on only initiate suspend-to-disk on timeout; there is no way for me to invoke it on demand (and there is no way for me to update the existing BIOS to add the needed functionality unless I can reverse engineer the BIOS at great risk to my system). With LinuxBIOS presumably I would have some recourse. I am surprised that the list of payloads is not comprehensive; ie. apparently Linux BIOS doesn't provide a straight boot from MBR. This confused me. If this is not a goal, I would suggest making it a goal. This reflects my own philosophy that end-user interests are best served by compatibility. I would also suggest a feature list on the webpage, so that passers-by like me can see at a glance if you intend to support things like suspend-to-disk (since the trend is to move s4 functionality to the OS). Best regards, Chris _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://da…

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[LinuxBIOS] linuxbios on an NCR-7456 POS PC
by Maciej Grela 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Hi I want to run LinuxBIOS on an NCR-7456 POS PC. It`s mainboard is said to be "Tiger MVP" (http://developer.novell.com/yes/75294.htm) and it doesn`t seem to be on the SupportedMainboards list. However it`s equipped with a VT8601A northbridge and VT82C686 southbridge. It also has a 39VF040 flash chip soldered onboard. The northbridge is said to be supported by LinuxBIOS but the VT82C686 has a question mark in the SupportedChipsets table (for linuxbios v1) and isn`t mentioned at all on the list of devices supported by LinuxBIOS v2. If so, what are the odds of successfully running LinuxBIOS on this machine ? The BIOS flash is soldered to the mainboard so it won`t be easy to reflash when something goes wrong. If the southbridge chip (VT82C686) isn`t supported what minimal code must be written for it to work ? I assume that rs232 support is crucial for further development. I have 2 of those machines, so I`m can experiment a little on one of them. The second machine has already Linux installed (standard BIOS though) and here is it`s lspci output: gammu ~ # lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia] (rev 05) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: fb100000-fc7fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 10000000-100fffff Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 0668 Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 I/O ports at 1860 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 1800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. (Wrong ID) USB Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 1820 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller Subsystem: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 90, IRQ 9 I/O ports at 1400 [size=256] Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 10100000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 00:10.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a) Subsystem: Creative Labs SBLive! 5.1 Digital Model SB0220 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 15 I/O ports at 1840 [size=32] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:10.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 0a) Subsystem: Creative Labs Gameport Joystick Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 I/O ports at 1878 [size=8] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 6a) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 Flags: fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 7 Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] Memory at fb100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Memory at fb800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 10000000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [80] AGP version 2.0 Capabilities: [90] Power Management version 1 I can also provide dmesg output, exact chip types, dmesg output and any information that is neccessary. Unfortunately I didn`t find any additional specs for this machine apart from marketing gibberish. But I`ll keep looking. -- Maciej Grela <jid:thermal@jabber.wroc.pl> counter.li.org: 319794

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] #24: Remove all files which have a GPL-incompatible license
by LinuxBIOS 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

#24: Remove all files which have a GPL-incompatible license ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: defect | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: Resolve license issues Component: code | Version: v2 Resolution: | Keywords: Dependencies: | ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Comment (by anonymous): Replying to [ticket:24 uwe]: > Obviously, any file in svn which has a license which is GPL-incompatible has to be removed. In such a case we can either live with it, rewrite the file from scratch, or use another implementation which has a proper license (if available). jhgdjgs -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/24#comment:2> LinuxBIOS <http://www.linuxbios.org/>

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] #24: Remove all files which have a GPL-incompatible license
by LinuxBIOS 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

#24: Remove all files which have a GPL-incompatible license ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: defect | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: Resolve license issues Component: code | Version: v2 Resolution: | Keywords: Dependencies: | ------------------------+--------------------------------------------------- Comment (by anonymous): Replying to [ticket:24 uwe]: > Obviously, any file in svn which has a license which is GPL-incompatible has to be removed. In such a case we can either live with it, rewrite the file from scratch, or use another implementation which has a proper license (if available). -- Ticket URL: <http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/24#comment:1> LinuxBIOS <http://www.linuxbios.org/>

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[LinuxBIOS] Will LinuxBIOS work on my machine?
by Olivia Cond 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

This is my machine information: CPU Biostar P4TSV-A01 VER:1.0 Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Socket 478 Chipset North Bridge: Intel 865G South Bridge: Intel ICH5 I'm sorry that I can't provide the Linux lspci output for my system. Super I/O ITE IT8712F BIOS Award legal BIOS URL to the mainboard specifications page http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php?name=P4TSV Hope this information is useful. Thank you. Yours sincerely, Olivia Cond.

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