January 2007 - coreboot - mail.coreboot.org

[LinuxBIOS] VGA Console does not start if ROM_SIZE > 512
by Alan Carvalho de Assis Jan. 28, 2007

Jan. 28, 2007

Hi guys, I am testing LinuxBIOS on 2MB flash in tyan s2850. If I compile Linux to 512KB (-36KB from VGA ROM) and complete the head of ROM file with 0's to get 2MB everything work fine, LinuxBIOS starts and I can see the GRUB menu on VGA monitor. This is the working option: option ROM_SIZE = 512*1024-36*1024 If I change it to 1MB or 2MB it don't work: option ROM_SIZE = 2048*1024-36*1024 -- ------------------------------------------------------------ | Alan Carvalho de Assis | ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Não importa o que os outros irão pensar, A cura para a infelicidade é a felicidade

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[LinuxBIOS] Gigabyte GA-6BXD Dual PIII (i440BX)
by Phil Quinton Jan. 28, 2007

Jan. 28, 2007

Hi, I'm a newbie to this list, so forgive me if this has already been covered. Can someone confirm if LB v1 or v2 will work with the above board? I'd be interested in helping test and debug if that would help? Thanks in advance. Phil. -- If it's real... I'm not interested!

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[LinuxBIOS] build target - error
by anitha boyapati Jan. 28, 2007

Jan. 28, 2007

Hi, I heard about linuxbios a couple of days back.I checked out sources and here I am building it. I follow documentation given in linuxbios/documentation.As a starting point I am trying demo example.[Mine is not amd though] [ cd targets ] [sh buildtarget amd/solo] [cd amd/solo/solo] [ make] The build isnot successfull.I get the error as : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ././auto.inc:84655: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `"' ././auto.inc:87289: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `"' ././auto.inc:87293: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `"' crt0.S:217: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `"' crt0.S:220: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.previous' make[1]: *** [crt0.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/e/bios/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/amd/solo/solo/n ormal' make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can somebody help me out? I work with cygwin -NT 5.1.gcc version is 3.4.4. Thnks in advance. -- anithaboyapati

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[LinuxBIOS] sst49lf160c support (patch)
by Alan Carvalho de Assis Jan. 27, 2007

Jan. 27, 2007

Hi guys, I using SST49LF160C on Tyan S2850, and all is running fine. Then I sending a small patch to add support to it. I do a funny test, wrote my legacy BIOS (512KB) on SST49LF160C (2MB): dd if=/dev/zero of=head bs=1 count=1572864 cat bios.bin >> head ./flashrom -w head wow, it works :-) Cheers, -- ------------------------------------------------------------ | Alan Carvalho de Assis | ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Não importa o que os outros irão pensar, A cura para a infelicidade é a felicidade

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[LinuxBIOS] r2539 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom
by svn＠openbios.org Jan. 27, 2007

Jan. 27, 2007

Author: uwe Date: 2007-01-27 14:39:06 +0100 (Sat, 27 Jan 2007) New Revision: 2539 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flash.h trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flashchips.c Log: Add support for the SST 49LF160C. Signed-off-by: Alan Carvalho de Assis <acassis(a)gmail.com> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe(a)hermann-uwe.de> Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README =================================================================== --- trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README 2007-01-24 11:09:03 UTC (rev 2538) +++ trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README 2007-01-27 13:39:06 UTC (rev 2539) @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ SST SST-49LF040 SST SST-49LF020A SST SST-49LF080A +SST SST-49LF160C SST SST-49LF002A/B SST SST-49LF003A/B SST SST-49LF004A/B Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flash.h =================================================================== --- trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flash.h 2007-01-24 11:09:03 UTC (rev 2538) +++ trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flash.h 2007-01-27 13:39:06 UTC (rev 2539) @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ #define SST_49LF004C 0x54 /* SST 49LF004C device */ #define SST_49LF008C 0x59 /* SST 49LF008C device */ #define SST_49LF016C 0x5C /* SST 49LF016C device */ +#define SST_49LF160C 0x4C /* SST 49LF160C device */ #define PMC_ID 0x9D /* PMC Manufacturer ID code */ #define PMC_49FL002 0x6D /* PMC 49FL002 device code */ Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flashchips.c =================================================================== --- trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flashchips.c 2007-01-24 11:09:03 UTC (rev 2538) +++ trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/flashchips.c 2007-01-27 13:39:06 UTC (rev 2539) @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ probe_49lfxxxc, erase_49lfxxxc, write_49lfxxxc, NULL}, {"SST49LF016C", SST_ID, SST_49LF016C, NULL, 2048, 4 * 1024 , probe_49lfxxxc, erase_49lfxxxc, write_49lfxxxc, NULL}, + {"SST49LF160C", SST_ID, SST_49LF160C, NULL, 2048, 4 * 1024 , + probe_49lfxxxc, erase_49lfxxxc, write_49lfxxxc, NULL}, {"Pm49FL004", PMC_ID, PMC_49FL004, NULL, 512, 64 * 1024, probe_jedec, erase_chip_jedec, write_49fl004,NULL}, {"W29C011", WINBOND_ID, W_29C011, NULL, 128, 128,

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[LinuxBIOS] patch. yhlu new targes and some msm800sev mods from me
by ron minnich Jan. 27, 2007

Jan. 27, 2007

I am doing this in pieces as yh lu has provided us with lots and lots of source :-) ron

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] MCP55 LinuxBIOS with USB debug etc. part 1
by Lu, Yinghai Jan. 26, 2007

Jan. 26, 2007

Uwe put the 1. flashrom changes with mcp55 support 2. superio winbond 83627ehg Left: 1. src/southbridge/nvidia/mcp55 -- all 2. src/superio/it*. 3. other usbdebug in console, lib.... 4. early_ht.c, incoherent_ht.c, northbridge.c in amdk8 5. hyperstransport.c in src/devices. 6. src/mainboard, targets YH -----Original Message----- From: ron minnich [mailto:rminnich@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:04 PM To: Lu, Yinghai Cc: linuxbios(a)linuxbios.org Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] MCP55 LinuxBIOS with USB debug etc. part 1 On 1/19/07, Lu, Yinghai <yinghai.lu(a)amd.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lu, Yinghai > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:06 PM > To: 'Ronald G Minnich'; Eric W. Biederman > Cc: linuxbios(a)linuxbios.org > Subject: MCP55 LinuxBIOS with USB debug etc. > > Please check the MCP55 support with usbdebug. > > MB included: > Nvidia l1_2pvv > Gigabyte m57sli > Supermicro h8dmr > Tyan s2912 --- with HTX > > Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu(a)amd.com> OK, this is a big patch which I guess we're digesting in pieces. I note that Uwe has got a good start. Can anyone tell me where we are with this? thanks ron

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[LinuxBIOS] help from ubuntu and FC6 experts
by Tyler Pohl Jan. 26, 2007

Jan. 26, 2007

I have a stand alone development machine that runs LFS (linux from scratch) It is by far the best way to go when developing code.

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] What to implement "system recovery" features in bios
by li pan Jan. 25, 2007

Jan. 25, 2007

Thanks for your suggestions! They are really helpful I still have some more detail questions, --------- 1 Is linuxbios a "real" linux? I mean can a normal linux app run on it? We want the user to use this app to recovery a faild pc, so we need the app in BIOS, not harddisk 2 I am still not sure about the linuxbios/awardbios coexistence stuff. Al mentioned DualBIOS, but as long as I know, that means mainborad holds 2 biso chips, and if one fails, mainboard will use the other. (Correct me if I am wrong, I don't know much about this) But I need the award bios be used in normal case, and if the user hit some key while booting, the computer will switch to linuxbios, which will load the backup/recovery appliaction. I think the IBM app works this way. Thanks for you help!

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] MCP55 LinuxBIOS with USB debug etc. part 1
by Lu, Yinghai Jan. 25, 2007

Jan. 25, 2007

Too much difference. May take several days to produce patch. YH -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Reinauer [mailto:stepan@coresystems.de] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:08 AM To: Lu, Yinghai Cc: linuxbios(a)linuxbios.org Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] MCP55 LinuxBIOS with USB debug etc. part 1 * Lu, Yinghai <yinghai.lu(a)amd.com> [070119 18:44]: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lu, Yinghai > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:06 PM > To: 'Ronald G Minnich'; Eric W. Biederman > Cc: linuxbios(a)linuxbios.org > Subject: MCP55 LinuxBIOS with USB debug etc. > > Please check the MCP55 support with usbdebug. > > MB included: > Nvidia l1_2pvv > Gigabyte m57sli > Supermicro h8dmr > Tyan s2912 --- with HTX > > Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu(a)amd.com> Wow! Impressive. Thank you very much for your contribution. Is there any chance you can send this as patches, or just the new files? What's the difference between the archives? -- coresystems GmbH * Brahmsstr. 16 * D-79104 Freiburg i. Br. Tel.: +49 761 7668825 * Fax: +49 761 7664613 Email: info(a)coresystems.de * http://www.coresystems.de/

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