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[LinuxBIOS] Linuxbiosv1
by Cimino Vittorio 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 ven dic 21 20:47:26 CET 2007 starting... after rtc_init(0) what function are called?

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[LinuxBIOS] VGA help under QEMU
by Marc Karasek 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

I am trying to boot LinuxBIOS using qemu with VGA support. I have got both V2 & V3 to boot with a FILO payload and the linux test disk image from QEMU website using the -nographic option. I can boot the disk image using qemu and the bios & vgabios it came with. I cannot get it to come up with either V2 or V3. I have tried copying the vgabios.bin image to a local directory and then booting qemu with the -L ./ option. I see the initial QEMu messages a blank screen appears that looks like the VGA output and then it goes down to a small block on the screen. I have compiled V3 with x86emu support. Under V2 I could not figure out how to get it to compile with VGA support. Any help would be appreciated..... -- /********************* Marc Karasek MTS Sun Microsystems mailto:marc.karasek@sun.com ph:770.360.6415 *********************/

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[LinuxBIOS] Long delay between messages.
by Steve Isaacs 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

I'm seeing delays between each of the following messages -- approximately 8 seconds. Is this normal? core0 started: 01 *01*00000001 *02*00000001 *03*00000001 This is a dual opteron system. Thanks, Steve

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[LinuxBIOS] r3023 build service
by LinuxBIOS information 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Dear LinuxBIOS readers! This is the automated build check service of LinuxBIOS. The developer "duwe" checked in revision 3023 to the LinuxBIOS source repository and caused the following changes: Change Log: Add an interrupt entry for the onboard firewire controller, Bus 1, device 10 (function 0 only), routed to IO-APIC pin 18 (verified on an v1.0 board). Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe(a)lst.de> Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> Build Log: Compilation of amd:serengeti_cheetah_fam10 is still broken See the error log at http://qa.linuxbios.org/log_buildbrd.php?revision=3023&device=serengeti_che… If something broke during this checkin please be a pain in duwe's neck until the issue is fixed. If this issue is not fixed within 24h the revision should be backed out. Best regards, LinuxBIOS automatic build system

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[LinuxBIOS] r3022 build service
by LinuxBIOS information 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Dear LinuxBIOS readers! This is the automated build check service of LinuxBIOS. The developer "uwe" checked in revision 3022 to the LinuxBIOS source repository and caused the following changes: Change Log: Change default payload to /tmp/filo.elf (trivial). It's easier to tell users "copy your payload to /tmp/filo.elf" than have them guess paths or modify Config.lb files etc. Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe(a)hermann-uwe.de> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe(a)hermann-uwe.de> Build Log: Compilation of amd:serengeti_cheetah_fam10 is still broken See the error log at http://qa.linuxbios.org/log_buildbrd.php?revision=3022&device=serengeti_che… If something broke during this checkin please be a pain in uwe's neck until the issue is fixed. If this issue is not fixed within 24h the revision should be backed out. Best regards, LinuxBIOS automatic build system

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[LinuxBIOS] r3023 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/gigabyte/m57sli
by svn＠openbios.org 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Author: duwe Date: 2007-12-21 18:21:03 +0100 (Fri, 21 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3023 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/gigabyte/m57sli/mptable.c Log: Add an interrupt entry for the onboard firewire controller, Bus 1, device 10 (function 0 only), routed to IO-APIC pin 18 (verified on an v1.0 board). Signed-off-by: Torsten Duwe <duwe(a)lst.de> Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich(a)gmail.com> Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/gigabyte/m57sli/mptable.c =================================================================== --- trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/gigabyte/m57sli/mptable.c 2007-12-21 16:38:21 UTC (rev 3022) +++ trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/gigabyte/m57sli/mptable.c 2007-12-21 17:21:03 UTC (rev 3023) @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ for(i=0;i<4;i++) { smp_write_intsrc(mc, mp_INT, MP_IRQ_TRIGGER_LEVEL|MP_IRQ_POLARITY_LOW, bus_mcp55[1], ((0x07+j)<<2)|i, apicid_mcp55, 0x10 + (3+i+j)%4); } - + smp_write_intsrc(mc, mp_INT, MP_IRQ_TRIGGER_LEVEL|MP_IRQ_POLARITY_LOW, bus_mcp55[1], ((0x0a)<<2)|0, apicid_mcp55, 0x12); /*Local Ints: Type Polarity Trigger Bus ID IRQ APIC ID PIN#*/ smp_write_intsrc(mc, mp_ExtINT, MP_IRQ_TRIGGER_EDGE|MP_IRQ_POLARITY_HIGH, bus_isa, 0x0, MP_APIC_ALL, 0x0); smp_write_intsrc(mc, mp_NMI, MP_IRQ_TRIGGER_EDGE|MP_IRQ_POLARITY_HIGH, bus_isa, 0x0, MP_APIC_ALL, 0x1);

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[LinuxBIOS] r3022 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/asus/a8n_e
by svn＠openbios.org 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Author: uwe Date: 2007-12-21 17:38:21 +0100 (Fri, 21 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3022 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/asus/a8n_e/Config.lb Log: Change default payload to /tmp/filo.elf (trivial). It's easier to tell users "copy your payload to /tmp/filo.elf" than have them guess paths or modify Config.lb files etc. Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe(a)hermann-uwe.de> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe(a)hermann-uwe.de> Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/asus/a8n_e/Config.lb =================================================================== --- trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/asus/a8n_e/Config.lb 2007-12-19 19:30:36 UTC (rev 3021) +++ trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/asus/a8n_e/Config.lb 2007-12-21 16:38:21 UTC (rev 3022) @@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000 option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="_Normal" -# payload ../../../../../../payloads/dummy.elf - payload ../../../../../../payloads/filo.elf + payload /tmp/filo.elf end romimage "fallback" @@ -38,8 +37,7 @@ option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000 option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="_Fallback" -# payload ../../../../../../payloads/memtest.elf - payload ../../../../../../payloads/filo.elf + payload /tmp/filo.elf end romimage "failover"

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[LinuxBIOS] Linux Bios Development
by Kiran Patil 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hello, We are from Turtle Linux Labs Bangalore and we are commited to Freesoftware. Please clarify our doubts on Linux Bios Development. We have MSI K9N Neo and MSI K9N Ultra mother boards with socketed bios. What is best way to learn and implement fast. - First fix LinuxBios v3 to run qemu on our hardware - Second to start of with understanding the code with real hardware in hand Please guide us on how to get in to project with fast track. Thanks, Kiran.

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] VIA EPIA MII 10k stability questions
by Lars Randers 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 02:52:31PM +0100, Lars Randers wrote: > > I've been dabbling with this board and the writeups for > about a week > > to little avail, so I'd like to hear from anyone who have > this board > > running stable with LB, and preferably with VGA enabled. > > I have a 6k which was fairly stable with VGA until the > capacitors blew, but I did not use all features on the board. > > > > I can't seem to build the bios successfully with the > > Config.vga.filo.lb configs. > > Hm, I also seem to recall that the sample config didn't work. > But I think it was fairly easy to sort out. What errors do > you encounter? > /root/LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/via/epia-m/auto.c -o auto.inc earlymtrr.c:23.0: "XIP_ROM_BASE is not a multiple of XIP_ROM_SIZE" make[1]: *** [auto.inc] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/via/epia-m/epia-m/normal' make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 > > > I have also been investigating spurrious interrupts with > the CF slot > > when running Linux (Centos 4.5 - 2.6.9 kernel) > > This is a hardware problem with the Ricoh chip. > Can the interrupt be disabled BIOS wise or simply safely ignored? > > > and the strange LAN lockup, which seems to be related to a > DMA issue > > in the southbridge chip. > > AFAIK this is also a hardware problem. > So it's not possible to make a BIOS fix, workaround, disable DMA completely? > > > Should I just trash the board and look for a more stable platform? > > If you have options, that may not be a bad idea. > > > > It's a nice platform, low power and all, but if it's > hopelessly flawed > > in design it's out. Any input on the issue welcome! > > What other boards are your candidates? > Well it's a board I had lying around from an earlier attempt at making a PVR. I think I had happily forgotten all about my woes with it :) The current project is for a Trixbox PBX that I want to move out of my Vmware environment because of sound tearing, how ever I want a diskless solution as the Vmware server is more than capable of supplying storage over NFS. > > > Furthermore I'm struggeling to get the Linux kernel to boot through > > the initrd without ending up in a panic. I know it's not a > LB issue, > > but as I said, I'd like to get in contact with anyone who has any > > knowledge into the problem. > > I don't like initrds much. As it stands you will need one > solely for the purpose of resetting the Ricoh chip, but I > would prefer to hack those few lines of code into FILO > instead, so that the initrd can be skipped. > If we could get some code into FILO or the BIOS to somehow trick the Linux kernel into thinking it's looking at a genuine IDE port i.e. find a /dev/hda instead of the Ricoh chip, I'd be thrilled. That would solve my initrd woes at the same time. > > > The wiki is incomplete in this respect and I certainly > wouldn't mind > > donating some of my time in return updating it if I could get it > > working. > > Well, you should be able to find other pages about how to > make an initrd. It will also very greatly with distributions, > which makes generic advice somewhat difficult to produce. > > Why do you want the initrd in the first place? :) Is it some > other reason than resetcf? > Well since the stock kernel is modular built, I need the initrd for loading the hardware modules for the pcmcia / yenta as well as the ext3 fs stuff. The hardest part seems to be getting cardmgr to run from inside the nash script runner. I'm getting a strange select(): bad file descriptor error from it. The funny thing is that if I force nash out into a shell the command works from there, it's just a bit selfdefeating to do it that way... It's frustrating to feel one is so close to making it work but still no luck. I have attempted to recompile the stock kernel from source, but after patching it up using the CentOS buildenvironment it just fails compilation miserably. I have succeeded in compiling the bleeding edge 2.6.23.9 kernel with root_on_nfs, but it corrupts the target fs badly, so I'd like to stay with 2.6.9. > > //Peter

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[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init
by aaron lwe 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:34:15PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote: >* //Until you can successfully run memtest86 as a payload and it reports *>* //zero errors, RAM has not yet been configured correctly. *>* *>* OK, I get it. Thanks. *>* Memtest86 reports errors at memory address *>* 1MB, 5MB, 9MB, 13MB, 17MB, ... not sure what's wrong. * // Many addresses around there or only exactly 1MB, 5MB etc? It's exactly at 1MB, 5MB, etc, I captured the errors as following: Tst Pass Fail�� Bad Err-Bits Count Chan --- ---- -----��-------- -------- ----- ---- 0 0 00006d00000 - 109.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 0ed00000 1 0 0 00006d00000 - 109.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 16d00000 1 0 0 00007100000 - 113.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 0f100000 1 0 0 00007100000 - 113.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 17100000 1 0 0 00007500000 - 117.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 0f500000 1 0 0 00007500000 - 117.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 17500000 1 0 0 00007900000 - 121.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 0f900000 1 0 0 00007900000 - 121.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 17900000 1 0 0 00007d00000 - 125.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 0fd00000 1 0 0 00007d00000 - 125.0MB 00000000 ffffffff 17d00000 1 memtest crashed when it's doing own address test. after examing the log file I found that the biggest address that it displayed error is at 0x7d00000(125MB), any addresses above 125MB are ok. the smallest address is at 0x20000(128KB).

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