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[LinuxBIOS] linuxbios ecs kt600
by Rogelio Serrano 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

I wonder if linuxbios can be made to work on my motherboard. Even without the datasheet. lspci -vvv: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 8 Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=2 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: da000000-dcffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-d9ffffff Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7861 (rev 03) Subsystem: Adaptec AHA-2940AU Single Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (1000ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: I/O ports at 9000 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20020000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74) Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905C-TX Fast Etherlink for PC Management NIC Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (2500ns min, 2500ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 Region 0: I/O ports at 9400 [size=128] Region 1: Memory at de001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME- 00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: I/O ports at 9800 [size=8] Region 1: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=4] Region 2: I/O ports at a000 [size=8] Region 3: I/O ports at a400 [size=4] Region 4: I/O ports at a800 [size=16] Region 5: I/O ports at ac00 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0f.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]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 4: I/O ports at b000 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 4: I/O ports at b400 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 4: I/O ports at b800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 18 Region 4: I/O ports at bc00 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 18 Region 4: I/O ports at c000 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32, Cache Line Size 10 Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: Memory at de002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1884 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at c400 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. G400/G450 (rev 82) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc. Millennium G450 Dual Head Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 8000ns max), Cache Line Size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19 Region 0: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Region 1: Memory at da000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: Memory at db000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at da020000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [f0] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4 Command: RQ=32 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP+ GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=x1 -- SMS Global Ltd Short Message Service For Seafarers

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[LinuxBIOS] Tutorial about Bios
by Paulo da Silva 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Thank you for your answer Bari, and sorry me about my email to your pvt email, I did a mistake. /PSilva

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] Tutorial about Bios
by Bari Ari 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Paulo da Silva wrote: > Hi guys, > > I joined to this forum to learn about bios. > > I have a project with cpu x86 compatible, and the development kit I have > use redboot to start linux, and I want to put a bios,so I want > documentation about bios to understand how it works. > > Links to docs will be welcome. > > thanks in advance. > > Paulo Ask LinuxBIOS questions here: linuxbios(a)openbios.org LinuxBIOS doc's are found at: http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/Documentation As far as documentation for a standard BIOS, try Google for sites like http://www.wimsbios.com/ -Bari

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[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS on Tyan s2891?
by Greg Johnson 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

YH, Any news? Thanks, Greg

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[LinuxBIOS] resizing a stock bios
by Adam Talbot 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

How do I resize a stock bios? The current rom is 512kb and so is the flash chip. I have a smaller flash chip that I would like to use to free up the big chip. This means i need to make a 512kb rom file fit on a 256kb rom :-). Is this even possible? -Adam

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[LinuxBIOS] Gigabyte GA-8I848P-G support ?
by Simon Kellett 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

Hi, I am interested in this project as a home user who does leave his computer running, and would like a fast startup time !! (And a nicer splash then the BIOS screen would be nice to !!). >From what I can see the project is mainly orientated to servers or embedded systems, but I wonder if my board may work ? The website is a little vague on supported boards (out of date ?) so I have answered the questions from one of the FAQ entries below. Thanks for any pointers, Simon ============ If the above sources don't help, please send the following to the Mailinglist: * Step 1: A very brief description of your system: CPU and mainboard and optionally other important details. Gigabyte GA-8I848P-G / ATX / Pentium 4 / Socket 478 * Step 2: Linux lspci output for your system, generated by booting Linux via the original BIOS and runnning lspci. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] (rev c1) 02:02.0 Network controller: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH Fritz!Card DSL SL (rev 01) * Step 3: SuperIO chip on the mainboard (report the model numbers on the actual chip - doesn't appear in the lspci output) ITE 8712F * Step 4: Type of BIOS device (See the question "How do I identify the BIOS chip on my mainboard?" below.) * Step 5: URL to the mainboard specifications page (optional) http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Products/Products_GA-8I848P-G.htm * Step 6: Any other relevant information you can provide -- Simon Kellett, | Gentoo Linux, Fvwm, Firefox Darmstadt, Germany | Xemacs, Vm, Gnus

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[LinuxBIOS] I'm back
by Ronald G Minnich 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

I am going to start trying to catch up our svn info. Will those of you have a mobo working, please send me: the mobo name the xvn revision so I can fill out the table. ron

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[LinuxBIOS] what is the fastest speed of BIOS socket?
by Miernik 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

What is the transfer rate and latency of the interface between the CPU and the BIOS socket in motherboards like Via Epia or Tyan Opteron boards? What I am thinking to do is to put very fast SRAM there (it should work, shouldn't it?), battery backed up of course, and run the LinuxBIOS and kernel XiP eXecute in Place (without copying to RAM). Would that work? Imagine I could put 8 MB of fast SRAM there. Now, would that make sense, is the interface as fast as the FSB if I have a 200 MHz FSB for example? If I put some SRAM with random access time below 5 ns in there would it communicate with the CPU faster than DRAM in hte DIMM sockets is? Or at least as fast? With the intention of running it XiP. --

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] Slow SATA on Tyan s2891 with LinuxBIOS
by Lu, Yinghai 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Just got back. YH -----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-bounces(a)linuxbios.org [mailto:linuxbios-bounces@linuxbios.org] On Behalf Of Ward Vandewege Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:48 PM To: yhlu Cc: Greg Johnson; linuxbios(a)linuxbios.org Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Slow SATA on Tyan s2891 with LinuxBIOS Hi Yinghai, On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 10:04:08AM +0800, yhlu wrote: > I will revisit the s2891 support next week. Any progress yet? Thanks, Ward. > On 2/3/06, Ward Vandewege <ward(a)gnu.org> wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 03:46:18PM -0700, Greg Johnson wrote: > > > I am booting with Etherboot v5.4.1. > > > > OK, same here. > > > > > LinuxBIOS is from November > > > sometime. I think this version is from Yh Lu. He helped with getting > > > it to work. I just tried to build it from the current (r2169) svn, and > > > it doesn't boot: > > > > > > > > > LinuxBIOS-1.1.8_s2891_Normal Thu Feb 2 22:15:06 UTC 2006 starting... > > > (0,1) link=01 > > > (1,0) link=00 > > > 02 nodes initialized. > > > core0: --- { APICID = 12 NODEID = 01 COREID = 00} --- > > > SBLink=00 > > > NC node|link=00 > > > NC node|link=02 > > > busn=40 > > > ht reset - > > > > Yeah, that's what I'm seeing too - 10 to 30 seconds into the boot process. So > > I guess I'm not alone then. -- Ward Vandewege <ward(a)fsf.org> Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios(a)linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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Re: [LinuxBIOS] Slow SATA on Tyan s2891 with LinuxBIOS
by Greg Johnson 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

> I'm afraid I don't have answers for you, but I do have a couple of > questions :) Do you boot off SATA? If so, I assume you use Etherboot? > Which version? Which version of LB are you running? Ward, I am booting with Etherboot v5.4.1. LinuxBIOS is from November sometime. I think this version is from Yh Lu. He helped with getting it to work. I just tried to build it from the current (r2169) svn, and it doesn't boot: LinuxBIOS-1.1.8_s2891_Normal Thu Feb 2 22:15:06 UTC 2006 starting... (0,1) link=01 (1,0) link=00 02 nodes initialized. core0: --- { APICID = 12 NODEID = 01 COREID = 00} --- SBLink=00 NC node|link=00 NC node|link=02 busn=40 ht reset - Greg

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