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RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions
by Stephen.Kimball＠bench.com 18 May '05

18 May '05

We are a contract manufacturer and don't have a design yet. We are working with the nVidia CK804 Customer Reference Board. They read the MAC address from the ROMSTRAP table. It works, but it's not a good design. Steve -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 6:43 PM To: Kimball, Stephen; rminnich(a)lanl.gov Cc: linuxbios(a)openbios.org Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions what is your HW design about that? YH

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RE: [LinuxBIOS] makefile for Windows
by Toto Lebolo 17 May '05

17 May '05

I am getting now an error with bcc. bcc -o rombios.s -C-c -D__i86__ -0 -S _rombios_.c Unable to execute bcc-cc1.exe I don't know why I am getting this error the file is in the path. MiKL~ Gregg C Levine <hansolofalcon(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: Hello from Gregg C Levine Are you using the Cygwin stuff for your work? For reasons that I've never bothered to investigate, the people behind the entire Cygwin collection of GNU utilities use the bleeding edge of the source code that makes up the regular GNU collection. For example, try your make file under Linux, and report back your results. I suspect your seeing the effects of the maintainers of GCC to perfect their compiler even further. However this is good news that at least something happens. And Stefan the next time your visiting NYC, and the US, the drinks are on me. I would not of thought of suggesting it. ------------------- Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon(a)worldnet.att.net ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi -----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-bounces(a)openbios.org [mailto:linuxbios-bounces@openbios.org] On Behalf Of Toto Lebolo Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:48 PM To: Stefan Reinauer Cc: linuxbios(a)openbios.org Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] makefile for Windows Apparently it does not run. I started modifying the commands in the makefile, and started compiling rombios.c I am getting this error: rombios.c:2662:1: pasting "(" and ""ata_cmd_data_in : read error\n"" does not give a valid preprocessing token the source line is: BX_DEBUG_ATA("ata_cmd_data_in : read error\n"); Do you think it is due to the environment? MiKL Stefan Reinauer wrote: * Toto Lebolo [050512 20:02]: > I am trying to rebuild linux BIOS. I have installed the Windows version of the > compilers. > Does the makefile run in windows? or just in Linux? Find out and tell us, please! You'll also need python installed. Stefan Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. _______________________________________________ LinuxBIOS mailing list LinuxBIOS(a)openbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.

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RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions
by YhLu 17 May '05

17 May '05

In CMOS? unbelievable. Factory personal and service guys will keep kicking the design engineer and blaming their design. YH > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:rminnich@lanl.gov] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:04 PM > To: YhLu > Cc: Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com; linuxbios(a)openbios.org > Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions > > > > On Tue, 17 May 2005, YhLu wrote: > > > don't need, > > 1. good hw design should use one serial EEPROM to store MAC > address, > > So when flash the BIOS, the EEPROM is still there. > > yes, but there were some sis-630 based cards several years > ago that stored MAC in FLASH and CMOS. > > SO to upgrade FLASH: > - make sure address is in cmos > - write flash > - write MAC back to flash. > > > There are some stupid designs out there. > > ron >

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RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions
by YhLu 17 May '05

17 May '05

what is your HW design about that? YH > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com [mailto:Stephen.Kimball@bench.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:00 PM > To: YhLu; rminnich(a)lanl.gov > Cc: linuxbios(a)openbios.org > Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions > > Your approach only allows the MAC address to be in the EEPROM > or the romstrap. Every motherboard would have to put the > EEPROM in exactly the same place for this to be a general > solution. Not likely. > Neither place is a general solution. > Getting the MAC address is board specific and belongs in mainboard. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:37 PM > To: Ronald G. Minnich; Kimball, Stephen > Cc: YhLu(a)tyan.com; linuxbios(a)openbios.org > Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions > > don't need, > 1. good hw design should use one serial EEPROM to store MAC > address, So when flash the BIOS, the EEPROM is still there. > in ck804_nic.c will read MAC from serial EEPROM in > SMBUS (bus num and device num is set in Mainboard Config.lb), > at first. > 2. even for bad design, you can keep your own > romstrap.inc/lds in your mainboard dir, and modify Config.lb > to point corrent file. > In such case, you need special flash util to keep your > MAC address or read the MAC address at first, and then set it back.... > > YH > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:rminnich@lanl.gov] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:47 PM > > To: Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com > > Cc: YhLu; linuxbios(a)openbios.org > > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions > > > > > > > > On Tue, 17 May 2005 Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com wrote: > > > > > I'd like to suggest that the romstrap files be moved from > > southbridge > > > to mainboard, because the files are board specific with a > > default MAC > > > address. Also the ck804_nic.c files needs a mainboard specific > > > get_mac_address() that resides in mainboard. > > > > YhLu, can you fix this? it's a good point. > > > > ron > > >

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[LinuxBIOS] www.linuxbios.org
by YhLu 17 May '05

17 May '05

someone report to me that www.linuxbios.org is down. You'd better to direct them to wiki.linuxbios.org in the page. YH

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RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions
by YhLu 17 May '05

17 May '05

don't need, 1. good hw design should use one serial EEPROM to store MAC address, So when flash the BIOS, the EEPROM is still there. in ck804_nic.c will read MAC from serial EEPROM in SMBUS (bus num and device num is set in Mainboard Config.lb), at first. 2. even for bad design, you can keep your own romstrap.inc/lds in your mainboard dir, and modify Config.lb to point corrent file. In such case, you need special flash util to keep your MAC address or read the MAC address at first, and then set it back.... YH > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:rminnich@lanl.gov] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:47 PM > To: Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com > Cc: YhLu; linuxbios(a)openbios.org > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions > > > > On Tue, 17 May 2005 Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com wrote: > > > I'd like to suggest that the romstrap files be moved from > southbridge > > to mainboard, because the files are board specific with a > default MAC > > address. Also the ck804_nic.c files needs a mainboard specific > > get_mac_address() that resides in mainboard. > > YhLu, can you fix this? it's a good point. > > ron >

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RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions
by Stephen.Kimball＠bench.com 17 May '05

17 May '05

Your approach only allows the MAC address to be in the EEPROM or the romstrap. Every motherboard would have to put the EEPROM in exactly the same place for this to be a general solution. Not likely. Neither place is a general solution. Getting the MAC address is board specific and belongs in mainboard. Steve -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 5:37 PM To: Ronald G. Minnich; Kimball, Stephen Cc: YhLu(a)tyan.com; linuxbios(a)openbios.org Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions don't need, 1. good hw design should use one serial EEPROM to store MAC address, So when flash the BIOS, the EEPROM is still there. in ck804_nic.c will read MAC from serial EEPROM in SMBUS (bus num and device num is set in Mainboard Config.lb), at first. 2. even for bad design, you can keep your own romstrap.inc/lds in your mainboard dir, and modify Config.lb to point corrent file. In such case, you need special flash util to keep your MAC address or read the MAC address at first, and then set it back.... YH > -----Original Message----- > From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:rminnich@lanl.gov] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:47 PM > To: Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com > Cc: YhLu; linuxbios(a)openbios.org > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions > > > > On Tue, 17 May 2005 Stephen.Kimball(a)bench.com wrote: > > > I'd like to suggest that the romstrap files be moved from > southbridge > > to mainboard, because the files are board specific with a > default MAC > > address. Also the ck804_nic.c files needs a mainboard specific > > get_mac_address() that resides in mainboard. > > YhLu, can you fix this? it's a good point. > > ron >

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[LinuxBIOS] CK804 suggestions
by Stephen.Kimball＠bench.com 17 May '05

17 May '05

I'd like to suggest that the romstrap files be moved from southbridge to mainboard, because the files are board specific with a default MAC address. Also the ck804_nic.c files needs a mainboard specific get_mac_address() that resides in mainboard. Steve

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RE: [LinuxBIOS] Does LinuxBIOS will support new AMD CPU
by YhLu 17 May '05

17 May '05

K9? I can not find the doc in NDA section.... Quad core? I guess current only tie-1 can have some sample.... YH _____ From: beneo [mailto:beneo@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:52 AM To: linuxbios(a)openbios.org Subject: [LinuxBIOS] Does LinuxBIOS will support new AMD CPU I just hear AMD is having next generation CPU come out, the code name is santa rosa, It will replace Opteron CPU and have DDR2 support and etc. Does linux bios would support this? beneo.

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[LinuxBIOS] About Nvidia chipset support
by YhLu 17 May '05

17 May '05

All, Finally I get the approval for releasing Nvidia chipset support for Ck804. I hope end user to press nvidia to release more info to make sata and on die lan work. The problem my code is messed up dual core support etc. I need some time to split them up. I will commit soon about Nvidia CK804 support smbus bus number support (to handle multi sumbus and mux) superio smsc 47 support Tyan S2895/S2891/S2892 support flash_rom Ck804 support maybe two months later after AMD issue auth letter or put dual core on public AMD D0/E0 Opteron new mem mapping support AMD E Opteron dual core support AMD E Opteron mem hole support AMD K8 Four Ranks DIMM support Regards YH

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