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[LinuxBIOS] DRAM Intialization...
by sanjay tiwary 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

In continuation with my last posting on the mailing list "Nothing Happens after "Jumping to linuxbios"", What are the things that should be taken care of while DRAM Intialiasation, because i am able to read/write the ram. Because after copying the boot code in ram , it tries to Jump here but not able to execute hardwaremain code. Pls do suggest something. Regards Sanjay --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.

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[LinuxBIOS] mcp55 flashrom problem
by Ward Vandewege 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hi all, Richard and I spent most of this evening chasing a suspected hardware problem that turned out to be not a hardware problem, but a flashrom problem. Basically, I had made a copy of the rom with flashrom earlier today, and Richard soldered a PLCC socket onto our board this evening. After that, the board booted fine, but when reading out the rom image with flashrom again, it came up as slightly different - 115 bytes of difference out of 512K. Eventually, we realized that the image we read out *changed after every boot*. We also diffed the image that is downloadable from Gigabyte of this particular BIOS revision, and it's nothing like what flashrom returns. While they are the same size, the flashrom copy looks like it is uncompressed (and only part of the real BIOS), while the downloadable image has hardly any recognizable strings in it - it's probably compressed somehow. It looks like flashrom is not disabling shadow properly. This is probably related to my patch of earlier today that added a new pci id for this particular board's MCP55 (0x0360). Flashrom only knew about 0x0364 and 0x0367 for the MCP55. I also saw a patch from Ed Swierk a couple of weeks ago, which added a whole bunch of PCI ids for the MCP55 (among which the 0x0360), but was never applied to the tree. Can someone who knows the MCP55 have a look at the enable_flash_mcp55 function in flash_enable.c and figure out what's wrong? Yinghai, can you tell us which board(s) you've tested the enable_flash_mcp55 function on? Thanks, Richard and Ward. -- Ward Vandewege <ward(a)fsf.org> Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator

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[LinuxBIOS] CUV4X-E with linuxbios
by Michał Wiśniewski 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

I have checked supported hardware list, but I want to be sure, if linuxbios is working with it. there is specification: Processor: Support Socket 370 for Intel FCPGA Pentium III / CeleronTM 266MHz~1GHz Chipset: VIA 694X AGPset 133MHz AGPset with 82C686B South Bridge Support UltraDMA/100 IDE Devices Maiboard: CUV4X-e :) other info: 4 x 168-pin DIMMs Sockets Support up to 1.5GB 3.3V PC133/100 SDRAM Support Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) Special Features Power Loss Restart ASUS JumperFreeTM CPU Throttle STR (Suspend-to-RAM) lspci linux output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C693A/694x [Apollo PRO133x] (rev c4) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo MVP3/Pro133x AGP] 00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40) 00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16) 00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 16) 00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40) 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11) 00:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11) 00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07) 00:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 07) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1) Super I/O (detected with sensors-detect) : w83781d Flash memory hardware type: DIL but nothing else known Can someone help me with? -- *| Michał Wiśniewski - brylozketrzyn<at>gmail<dot>com |* *| Registered Linux' User #434742 |* *| DS2 101D |*

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[LinuxBIOS] test
by Anton 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

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[LinuxBIOS] MenuetOS and LinuxBIOS?
by Uwe Hermann 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hi, someone added MenuetOS (http://www.menuetos.net/) to the list of LinuxBIOS payloads in the wiki. MenuetOS seems to be a small (1.44 MB), graphical operating system written completely in assembler. And it's GPL'd. Has anybody ever tried using it with LinuxBIOS? FWIW, it runs just fine in QEMU: wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/menuet/M32-084.ZIP unzip M32-084.ZIP qemu -fda M32-084.IMG -std-vga I'm not so sure whether it will run using LinuxBIOS, though. From looking at the code it seems to do BIOS (interrupt) calls, if I'm not mistaken. Examples: SHUTDOWN.INC: mov ax,0x0000 ; reset drive mov dx,0x0000 int 0x13 BOOTCODE.INC: mov ah,0x87 int 0x15 Does this mean MenuetOS will not run with LinuxBIOS? Thanks, Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org

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[LinuxBIOS] Booting dos...
by Mikhail Savchenko 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Are there any ways boot to dos from LinuxBios?

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[LinuxBIOS] Nothing Happens after "Jumping to linuxbios"
by sanjay tiwary 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Hi All, I am able to get the serial ouput.But after printing the output "Jumping to LinuxBios". It does show nothing. I am pasting here the output of serial console. Can anybody have a look and suggest something to go ahead. ---- LinuxBIOS-2.0.0.Fallback Fri Feb 9 12:11:33 PST 2007 starting... 01 is the comm register SMBus controller enabled vt8606 init starting 00000000 is the north 1106 0605 0120d4 is the computed timing NOP PRECHARGE DUMMY READS CBR MRS NORMAL set ref. rate enable multi-page open Slot 00 is SDRAM 10000000 bytes 0100 is the chip size 000e is the MA type Slot 01 is empty Slot 02 is empty Slot 03 is empty vt8606 done Testing DRAM : 00000000-000a0000 DRAM fill: 00000000-000a0000 00000000 00010000 00020000 00030000 00040000 00050000 00060000 00070000 00080000 00090000 000a0000 DRAM filled DRAM verify: 00000000-000a0000 00000000 00010000 00020000 00030000 00040000 00050000 00060000 00070000 00080000 00090000 000a0000 DRAM range verified. Done. Testing DRAM : 00100000-01000000 DRAM fill: 00100000-01000000 00100000 00110000 00120000 00130000 00140000 00150000 00160000 00170000 00180000 00190000 001a0000 001b0000 001c0000 001d0000 001e0000 001f0000 00200000 00210000 00220000 00230000 00240000 00250000 00260000 00270000 00280000 00290000 002a0000 002b0000 002c0000 002d0000 002e0000 002f0000 00300000 00310000 00320000 00330000 00340000 00350000 00360000 00370000 00380000 00390000 003a0000 003b0000 003c0000 003d0000 003e0000 003f0000 00400000 00410000 00420000 00430000 00440000 00450000 00460000 00470000 00480000 00490000 004a0000 004b0000 004c0000 004d0000 004e0000 004f0000 00500000 00510000 00520000 00530000 00540000 00550000 00560000 00570000 00580000 00590000 005a0000 005b0000 005c0000 005d0000 005e0000 005f0000 00600000 00610000 00620000 00630000 00640000 00650000 00660000 00670000 00680000 00690000 006a0000 006b0000 006c0000 006d0000 006e0000 006f0000 00700000 00710000 00720000 00730000 00740000 00750000 00760000 00770000 00780000 00790000 007a0000 007b0000 007c0000 007d0000 007e0000 007f0000 00800000 00810000 00820000 00830000 00840000 00850000 00860000 00870000 00880000 00890000 008a0000 008b0000 008c0000 008d0000 008e0000 008f0000 00900000 00910000 00920000 00930000 00940000 00950000 00960000 00970000 00980000 00990000 009a0000 009b0000 009c0000 009d0000 009e0000 009f0000 00a00000 00a10000 00a20000 00a30000 00a40000 00a50000 00a60000 00a70000 00a80000 00a90000 00aa0000 00ab0000 00ac0000 00ad0000 00ae0000 00af0000 00b00000 00b10000 00b20000 00b30000 00b40000 00b50000 00b60000 00b70000 00b80000 00b90000 00ba0000 00bb0000 00bc0000 00bd0000 00be0000 00bf0000 00c00000 00c10000 00c20000 00c30000 00c40000 00c50000 00c60000 00c70000 00c80000 00c90000 00ca0000 00cb0000 00cc0000 00cd0000 00ce0000 00cf0000 00d00000 00d10000 00d20000 00d30000 00d40000 00d50000 00d60000 00d70000 00d80000 00d90000 00da0000 00db0000 00dc0000 00dd0000 00de0000 00df0000 00e00000 00e10000 00e20000 00e30000 00e40000 00e50000 00e60000 00e70000 00e80000 00e90000 00ea0000 00eb0000 00ec0000 00ed0000 00ee0000 00ef0000 00f00000 00f10000 00f20000 00f30000 00f40000 00f50000 00f60000 00f70000 00f80000 00f90000 00fa0000 00fb0000 00fc0000 00fd0000 00fe0000 00ff0000 01000000 DRAM filled DRAM verify: 00100000-01000000 00100000 00110000 00120000 00130000 00140000 00150000 00160000 00170000 00180000 00190000 001a0000 001b0000 001c0000 001d0000 001e0000 001f0000 00200000 00210000 00220000 00230000 00240000 00250000 00260000 00270000 00280000 00290000 002a0000 002b0000 002c0000 002d0000 002e0000 002f0000 00300000 00310000 00320000 00330000 00340000 00350000 00360000 00370000 00380000 00390000 003a0000 003b0000 003c0000 003d0000 003e0000 003f0000 00400000 00410000 00420000 00430000 00440000 00450000 00460000 00470000 00480000 00490000 004a0000 004b0000 004c0000 004d0000 004e0000 004f0000 00500000 00510000 00520000 00530000 00540000 00550000 00560000 00570000 00580000 00590000 005a0000 005b0000 005c0000 005d0000 005e0000 005f0000 00600000 00610000 00620000 00630000 00640000 00650000 00660000 00670000 00680000 00690000 006a0000 006b0000 006c0000 006d0000 006e0000 006f0000 00700000 00710000 00720000 00730000 00740000 00750000 00760000 00770000 00780000 00790000 007a0000 007b0000 007c0000 007d0000 007e0000 007f0000 00800000 00810000 00820000 00830000 00840000 00850000 00860000 00870000 00880000 00890000 008a0000 008b0000 008c0000 008d0000 008e0000 008f0000 00900000 00910000 00920000 00930000 00940000 00950000 00960000 00970000 00980000 00990000 009a0000 009b0000 009c0000 009d0000 009e0000 009f0000 00a00000 00a10000 00a20000 00a30000 00a40000 00a50000 00a60000 00a70000 00a80000 00a90000 00aa0000 00ab0000 00ac0000 00ad0000 00ae0000 00af0000 00b00000 00b10000 00b20000 00b30000 00b40000 00b50000 00b60000 00b70000 00b80000 00b90000 00ba0000 00bb0000 00bc0000 00bd0000 00be0000 00bf0000 00c00000 00c10000 00c20000 00c30000 00c40000 00c50000 00c60000 00c70000 00c80000 00c90000 00ca0000 00cb0000 00cc0000 00cd0000 00ce0000 00cf0000 00d00000 00d10000 00d20000 00d30000 00d40000 00d50000 00d60000 00d70000 00d80000 00d90000 00da0000 00db0000 00dc0000 00dd0000 00de0000 00df0000 00e00000 00e10000 00e20000 00e30000 00e40000 00e50000 00e60000 00e70000 00e80000 00e90000 00ea0000 00eb0000 00ec0000 00ed0000 00ee0000 00ef0000 00f00000 00f10000 00f20000 00f30000 00f40000 00f50000 00f60000 00f70000 00f80000 00f90000 00fa0000 00fb0000 00fc0000 00fd0000 00fe0000 00ff0000 01000000 DRAM range verified. Done. Copying LinuxBIOS to RAM. Jumping to LinuxBIOS. --------------------------------------------------- Can anybody tell me what these instruction doing...ls leal _iseg, %edi (As i guess , it calculates effective address and loads into edi) jmp *%edi (But i donot know what this instruction does???) Regards Sanjay --------------------------------- 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut.

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[LinuxBIOS] Cheap self-built BIOS saviour for 8M/16M parts?
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi, after combing through the SST data sheets for the * SST49LF008A * SST49LF080A * SST49LF016C * SST49LF160C parts, I am fairly sure I found a procedure to have multiple flash parts attached at the same time which should just work. Simply use two chips of the same model, connect all of their pins except ID[0], wire ID[0] of each of the chips to one side of an intermediate switch which is connected to Vcc and GND on the other side. The intermediate switch makes sure exactly one chip has Vcc at ID[0] and the other one has GND at ID[0]. The switch with GND on ID[0] is the one selected. However, you need to drive the RST# pin of both chips to GND for 1µs whenever you want them to change roles during system operation. So you'll need: * 2 identical flash chips * intermediate switch (can be hardware) * a way to drive RST# to GND without shorting the board * serious soldering skills to solder two chips to each other Sounds nice? Surely there's a catch. It can't be that easy, right? Tell me! Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] i802801DB Error?
by joe＠smittys.pointclark.net 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

Something is a little wacky here: #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_0 0x24c0 ISA bridge (LPC) #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_2 0x24c2 USB Controller #1 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_3 0x24c3 SMBus Controller #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_4 0x24c4 USB Controller #2 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_5 0x24c5 AC'97 Audio Controller #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_6 0x24c6 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_7 0x24c7 USB Controller #3 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_11 0x24cb IDE Controller #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82801DB_13 0x24cd USB2 EHCI Controller When I do a lspci -n I don't see 0x24c6 anywhere?? Also these two devices are missing from the pci_ids.h file in Linuxbios?? Can anyone make sense of this? 00:1e.0 0604: 8086:244e (rev 82) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: ff700000-ff7fffff 01:08.0 0200: 8086:103a (rev 82) 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (CNR) Ethernet Controller (rev 82) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 Memory at ff7ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at dc00 [size=64] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Help? Thanks - Joe

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[LinuxBIOS] RD1-PMC4 Inventory
by David H. Barr 03 Mar '07

03 Mar '07

I'm trying to find just a few more BIOS Saviors, but the only place I can see that has any on hand will be about $40 USD delivered from the E.U. Does anybody know of a U.S. vendor that has stock remaining (I know, they're not manufactured anymore)? -dhbarr.

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