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Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html
by Bari Ari 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

The correct link to version 2 is: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/freebios-cvsroot.tar.bz2 We also have it posted on a page at our site: http://www.onelabs.com/linuxbios02.html The link at the download page at LinuxBIOS.org has been wrong for at least a year. It's been mentioned before, but everyone is busy. http://www.linuxbios.org/developer/download/index.html This link from the above page is wrong: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cvstarballs/freebios-cvsroot.tar.gz The .gz needs to be changed to a .bz2 -Bari Alan Mimms wrote: > I think it would be MOST helpful if the linuxbios web site reflected > true and accurate recent information. It appears to be very out of date > and doesn't even say how to get to freebios2 IIRC. If I knew more of > what WAS true and correct, I would offer to help update the site. But > alas, I am just lurking on this mailing list and absorbing what I can...

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RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html
by Ronald G. Minnich 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Alan Mimms wrote: > I think it would be MOST helpful if the linuxbios web site reflected > true and accurate recent information. It appears to be very out of date > and doesn't even say how to get to freebios2 IIRC. If I knew more of > what WAS true and correct, I would offer to help update the site. But > alas, I am just lurking on this mailing list and absorbing what I can... It is out of date. I have had volunteers to fix this up but nobody ever really actually ever has picked it up. Since one of the maintainers is not at Cray, it has been hard to keep it going. sorry about that. ron

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RE: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html
by Alan Mimms 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

I think it would be MOST helpful if the linuxbios web site reflected true and accurate recent information. It appears to be very out of date and doesn't even say how to get to freebios2 IIRC. If I knew more of what WAS true and correct, I would offer to help update the site. But alas, I am just lurking on this mailing list and absorbing what I can... Alan Mimms, Senior Architect F5 Networks, Inc. Spokane Development Center Liberty Lake, Washington v: 509-343-3524 f: 509-343-3501 -----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Bari Ari Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 8:40 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Re: new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html Importance: Low Also on Slashdot earlier today: http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/05/02/28/1126226.shtml Stallman Calls For Action on Free BIOS Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > if you see errors let me know (I did not write this but they will take > input). I know the comment about linuxbios being stripped-down linux is > not quite right; anything else? > > Nevertheless it is really great to see the FSF weigh in on this issue. > > If your company is a supporter of linuxbios, or other free bioses such as > U-boot etc., then you should definitely contact the FSF and get your name > listed. > > ron > _______________________________________________ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > > > _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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new free software foundation crusade: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html
by Ronald G. Minnich 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

if you see errors let me know (I did not write this but they will take input). I know the comment about linuxbios being stripped-down linux is not quite right; anything else? Nevertheless it is really great to see the FSF weigh in on this issue. If your company is a supporter of linuxbios, or other free bioses such as U-boot etc., then you should definitely contact the FSF and get your name listed. ron

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A Four X Solution?
by Justin Walsh 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

I'm not a lazy person, but very active for an elderly 65er. However I have so many unfinished tasks, which demand my constant attention. Like castrating and branding cockatoos, and tickling crocs to death to save ammunition. Linux is just has to remain one of those things, of which, I must forgo the pleasure . I am working with old (no elderly) thinkpads, and compaq 600 EN small footprint pc's. They are becoming readily available. Banks and insurance companies are literally throwing then out the windows of high rise buildings. Sorry I lie, three story, a skyscraper is about ten. Anyway for my "clientele", people poorer than myself, but not destitute, this seems a pretty good baseline quality. Most of those, like myself have swapped the life of taking for giving. No I'm not a bush ranger. My plan is simply this: I take these working WindowsXPse and XP machines, load up Netscape and Star Office and plug in a nifty LinuxBios. One made in the good old US of A, or is it China these days? Oops sorry they told me not to mention China. So please forget I said anything about china. Then (this is the bit I love) I uninstall Windows. But once I distribute these machines I need to charge them at least one years service agreement. Not from me because my service is free, but from someone who knows Linuxbios like the back of the hand. And who is willing to do the service remotely via say realVNC. Many of these people are from remote farming communities or farmsteads (where the front gate is 100 miles from the front door). If they have one. They must be able to take their machine to town and into an internet cafe, plug it in and watch it being serviced, whilst "downing a cool XXXX" Queenslanders don't give a XXXX for any other beer. I hope they will feel the same about this service. Any takers? Justin Walsh

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Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
by Adam Talbot 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

I bought an IDE based CF adaptor that I should have in the next 2~3 days. Its small and has the laptop style interface (44 pin) and status lights. I like blinky lights :-) http://www.acscontrol.com/Index_ACS.asp?Page=/Pages/Products/CompactFlash/S… ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich(a)lanl.gov> To: "Adam Talbot" <talbotx(a)comcast.net> Cc: <bios(a)clustermatic.org> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > I think I remember hearing something about booting of the CF card on the > > EPIA-MII if I have linuxbios. > > we used the ituner which has an ide->cf adapter. > > How is your CF hooked up? > > ron >

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Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
by Adam Talbot 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

Software suspend for Linux, gives me stuff like "hibernate" http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de/ I have most every thing compiled into my kernel, there are thing's that I still have as modules, but those are things that I don't need most of the time. When I boot in a normal case the system will be coming out of hibernate, not doing a full boot. This means that software suspend (the program that allows hibernate) will be loading its hibernation image off the disk. Well if that image happens to be the on my 1GB CF card, I need to have ide-cs loaded... Well with the way that software suspend works, it loads about half way through the kernel loading process, ide-cs loads after that. This means that software suspend cant see the CF, yet. I need linuxbios for speed reasons, not the fact that it can boot from CF, but that helps. This is all going into and embedded car computer to play music, GPS, wireless. So first and formost is the boot time. With software suspend and linuxbios I will be looking at a cold boot, to playing music in about 12~14 seconds. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Sulmicki" <adam(a)cfar.umd.edu> To: "Adam Talbot" <talbotx(a)comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 1:41 PM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > >> yes, via PCMCIA it is still an ide device.. > > Ya. CF is ide, but it never hits the onboard ide controller only the PCMCIA > > controller. I cant get to the CF with out the correct drivers in place. > > i'm not sure i follow.. > > ..it does if you use pcmcia it will not use the onboard ide controller > since it just an emulated ide driver via pcmcia/cardbus, nothing to do > with ide on board. > > > As of right now I can only get option B to work. Option A can not work > > because of software suspend loading before ide-cs. I was hoping that I > > could use linuxbios to start the onboard CF and pass it to the system as > > just another ide or scsi device. I know that linuxbios can start the CF > > and boot from it; can it pass it to the OS as generic storage device? > > well part of reason to use linux kernel was to allow booting from complex > devices like uh, Infiniband, etc.. so cf over pcmcia should fall into the > same category. > > i'm not sure what you mean by software suspend > > either way you should compile everything built in, not as as module and > that way linux kernel should able to find all devices on boot.. so > root=/dev/hde or some such would work. >

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Porting nVidia's Crush chip - I seem to be having smbus trouble.
by Ken Fuchs 25 Feb '05

25 Feb '05

I'm porting LinuxBIOS to nVidia's CK8-04 (nForce4) chip. Currently, the serial port is working and I believe the soft reset is working OK. It seems that the smbus is not being setup properly. Any suggestions are most welcome. Attached below is the serial output. I will follow up with more useful tracing info from the serial port later such as enabling CONFIG_SERIAL_POST. Any other suggestions for tracing and debug are welcome too. Sincerely, Ken Fuchs <kfuchs(a)winternet.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxBIOS-1.1.7.0-Fallback Thu Feb 17 17:02:23 CST 2005 starting... setting up resource map....done. (0,1) link=01 (1,0) link=01 02 nodes initialized. SBLink=00 NC node|link=00 NC node|link=02 busn=06 ht reset - LinuxBIOS-1.1.7.0-Fallback Thu Feb 17 17:02:23 CST 2005 starting... setting up resource map....done. (0,1) link=01 (1,0) link=01 02 nodes initialized. SBLink=00 NC node|link=00 NC node|link=02 busn=06 PCI: 00:01.00 PCI: 00:02.00 PCI: 00:02.01 PCI: 00:02.02 PCI: 00:03.00 PCI: 00:03.01 PCI: 00:05.00 PCI: 00:05.01 PCI: 00:07.00 PCI: 00:08.00 PCI: 00:09.00 PCI: 00:0a.00 PCI: 00:0b.00 PCI: 00:0c.00 PCI: 00:0d.00 PCI: 00:0e.00 PCI: 00:0f.00 PCI: 00:18.00 PCI: 00:18.01 PCI: 00:18.02 PCI: 00:18.03 PCI: 00:19.00 PCI: 00:19.01 PCI: 00:19.02 PCI: 00:19.03 Ram1.00 Ram1.01 Ram2.00 No memory for this cpu Ram2.01 No memory for this cpu Ram3 Clearing initial memory region:

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no VGA output
by corentin hache 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Hello, I have followed the epia HOWTO (thanks to Mark Wilkinson) to create romimage with VGA. But I haven't no VGA output in epia-m with current CVS version of linuxbios. Can someone help me ?? This is my serial logfile : (VGA seem to be active ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 jeu fév 24 15:33:30 CET 2005 starting... 80 08 07 0d 0a 01 40 00 04 75 75 00 82 08 00 01 0e 04 0c 01 02 20 00 a0 75 00 00 50 3c 50 2d 40 90 90 50 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 bf 7f 7f 7f 0b 00 00 00 00 01 4e 54 32 35 36 44 36 34 53 38 38 42 30 47 2d 37 35 42 00 00 03 1e 11 49 11 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Copying LinuxBIOS to ram. Jumping to LinuxBIOS. LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 jeu fév 24 15:33:30 CET 2005 booting... Finding PCI configuration type. PCI: Using configuration type 1 Scanning PCI bus...PCI: pci_scan_bus for bus 0 PCI: 00:00.0 [1106/3123] PCI: 00:01.0 [1106/b091] PCI: 00:0d.0 [1106/3044] PCI: 00:10.0 [1106/3038] PCI: 00:10.1 [1106/3038] PCI: 00:10.2 [1106/3038] PCI: 00:10.3 [1106/3104] PCI: 00:11.0 [1106/3177] PCI: 00:11.1 [1106/0571] PCI: 00:11.5 [1106/3059] PCI: 00:12.0 [1106/3065] PCI: pci_scan_bus for bus 1 PCI: 01:00.0 [1106/3122] PCI: pci_scan_bus returning with max=01 PCI: pci_scan_bus returning with max=01 done Allocating PCI resources... PCI: 00:00.0 register 10(00000008), read-only ignoring it PCI: 00:00.0 register 10(00000008), read-only ignoring it PCI: 00:00.0 register 10(00000008), read-only ignoring it PCI: 00:00.0 register 10(00000008), read-only ignoring it ASSIGN RESOURCES, bus 0 PCI: 00:01.0 1c <- [0x00001000 - 0x00000fff] bus 1 io PCI: 00:01.0 24 <- [0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff] bus 1 prefmem PCI: 00:01.0 20 <- [0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff] bus 1 mem ASSIGN RESOURCES, bus 1 PCI: 01:00.0 10 <- [0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff] prefmem PCI: 01:00.0 14 <- [0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff] mem ASSIGNED RESOURCES, bus 1 PCI: 00:0d.0 10 <- [0xfd000000 - 0xfd0007ff] mem PCI: 00:0d.0 14 <- [0x00001800 - 0x0000187f] io PCI: 00:10.0 20 <- [0x00001880 - 0x0000189f] io PCI: 00:10.1 20 <- [0x000018a0 - 0x000018bf] io PCI: 00:10.2 20 <- [0x000018c0 - 0x000018df] io PCI: 00:10.3 10 <- [0xfd001000 - 0xfd0010ff] mem PCI: 00:11.1 20 <- [0x000018e0 - 0x000018ef] io PCI: 00:11.5 10 <- [0x00001000 - 0x000010ff] io PCI: 00:12.0 10 <- [0x00001400 - 0x000014ff] io PCI: 00:12.0 14 <- [0xfd002000 - 0xfd0020ff] mem ASSIGNED RESOURCES, bus 0 Allocating VGA resource done. Enabling PCI resourcess...PCI: 00:00.0 cmd <- 06 PCI: 00:01.0 cmd <- 07 PCI: 00:0d.0 cmd <- 83 PCI: 00:10.0 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:10.1 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:10.2 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:10.3 cmd <- 02 PCI: 00:11.0 cmd <- 07 PCI: 00:11.1 cmd <- 07 PCI: 00:11.5 cmd <- 01 PCI: 00:12.0 cmd <- 83 PCI: 01:00.0 cmd <- 03 done. Initializing PCI devices... PCI devices initialized totalram: 96M Initializing CPU #0 Enabling cache... Setting fixed MTRRs(0-88) type: UC Setting fixed MTRRs(0-16) type: WB DONE fixed MTRRs Setting variable MTRR 0, base: 0MB, range: 64MB, type WB Setting variable MTRR 1, base: 64MB, range: 32MB, type WB DONE variable MTRRs Clear out the extra MTRR's call intel_enable_fixed_mtrr() call intel_enable_var_mtrr() Leave setup_mtrrs done. Max cpuid index : 1 Vendor ID : CentaurHauls Processor Type : 0x00 Processor Family : 0x06 Processor Model : 0x09 Processor Mask : 0x00 Processor Stepping : 0x05 Feature flags : 0x0380b13d MTRR check Fixed MTRRs : Enabled Variable MTRRs: Enabled Disabling local apic...done. CPU #0 Initialized Mainboard fixup Final mainboard fixup Southbridge fixup setting firewire Assigning IRQ 10 to 0:d.0 Readback = 10 setting usb Assigning IRQ 11 to 0:10.0 Readback = 11 Assigning IRQ 10 to 0:10.1 Readback = 10 Assigning IRQ 12 to 0:10.2 Readback = 12 Assigning IRQ 5 to 0:10.3 Readback = 5 setting vt8235 Assigning IRQ 5 to 0:11.1 Readback = 5 Assigning IRQ 12 to 0:11.5 Readback = 12 setting ethernet Assigning IRQ 11 to 0:12.0 Readback = 11 setting vga Assigning IRQ 11 to 1:0.0 Readback = 11 setting pci slot setting vt8235 slot Assigning IRQ 5 to 0:11.1 Readback = 5 Assigning IRQ 12 to 0:11.5 Readback = 12 INSTALL REAL-MODE IDT DO THE VGA BIOS found VGA: vid=1106, did=3122 write_protect_vgabios 0x55 0xaa 0x7d 0xe9 0x26 0x7f 0x5e 0x1b 0xfa 0xf9 0xf4 0x82 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 bus/ devfn = 0x100 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f00 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x100 edx 0xa053 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xff2 edi 0xfffc0000 esi 0x12a30 biosint: ip 0x637f cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x1a, eax 0xb108 ebx 0x0 ecx 0x0 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xfcc edi 0xfffc00f6 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x40da cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 0xb108: bus 0 devfn 0x0 reg 0xf6 val 0x3 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x101 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xfb8 edi 0xfffc0044 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x101 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xfb8 edi 0xfffc0044 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x101 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xfb8 edi 0xfffc0044 esi 0x155eb biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f0f ebx 0x100 ecx 0x100 edx 0x3d5 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xfee edi 0xfffc0044 esi 0x12a30 biosint: ip 0x647e cs 0xc000 flags 0x2 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f02 ebx 0x0 ecx 0x1 edx 0x0 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xfdc edi 0xfffc0044 esi 0x12a30 biosint: ip 0x63cb cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f18 ebx 0x1 ecx 0x0 edx 0x0 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xfde edi 0xfffc0044 esi 0x12a30 biosint: ip 0x6496 cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 Checking IRQ routing tables... /usr/src/linuxbios2/freebios/src/arch/i386/lib/pirq_routing.c: 29:check_pirq_ routing_table() - irq_routing_table located at: 0x0000a260 done. Copying IRQ routing tables to 0xf0000...done. Verifing priq routing tables copy at 0xf0000...failed Wrote linuxbios table at: 00000500 - 00000634 checksum 7187 Welcome to elfboot, the open sourced starter. January 2002, Eric Biederman. Version 1.2 34:init_bytes() - zkernel_start:0xfffd0000 zkernel_mask:0x0000ffff Found ELF candiate at offset 0 New segment addr 0x94000 size 0x7528 offset 0x60 filesize 0x39e0 (cleaned up) New segment addr 0x94000 size 0x7528 offset 0x60 filesize 0x39e0 Loading Segment: addr: 0x0000000000094000 memsz: 0x0000000000007528 filesz: 0x00 000000000039e0 Clearing Segment: addr: 0x00000000000979e0 memsz: 0x0000000000003b48 Jumping to boot code at 0x94000 ROM segment 0xcccc length 0x9998 reloc 0x9400 Etherboot 5.0.8 (GPL) Tagged ELF for [VIA 86C100] Boot from (N)etwork or from (L)ocal? clocks_per_tick = 630083 N Probing...[VIA 86C100]Found VIA 6102 ROM address 0x0000 rhine.c v1.0.0 2000-01-07 IO address 1400 Ethernet Address: 00:40:63:D6:56:AE Analyzing Media type,this will take several seconds........OK Linespeed=10Mbs Halfduplex The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command 0083->0087. pci_bus 00 pci_device_fn 90 Searching for server (DHCP)... ........ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes, instead of : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- biosint: # 0x15, eax 0x5f00 ebx 0x100 ecx 0x100 edx 0xa053 biosint: ebp 0x12110 esp 0xff2 edi 0xfffc0000 esi 0x12a30 biosint: ip 0x637f cs 0xc000 flags 0x46 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- biosint: # 0xed, eax 0x707 ebx 0x0 ecx 0x700 edx 0x0 biosint: ebp 0x10fca esp 0xfbe edi 0xfffcb9f0 esi 0x1010a biosint: ip 0x3333 cs 0xc000 flags 0x246 biosint: Unsupport int #0xed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ But I havn't no VGA in these 2 cases. My Config file : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ target /usr/src/linuxbios2/build # via epia mainboard via/epia-m # Enable Serial Console for debugging option SERIAL_CONSOLE=1 option TTYS0_BAUD=57600 option DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL=10 option DEBUG=1 # Use 256KB Standard Flash as Normal BIOS option RAMTEST=1 option USE_GENERIC_ROM=1 option STD_FLASH=1 option VGABIOS_START=0xfffc0000 option ZKERNEL_START=0xfffd0000 option ROM_SIZE=262144 # payload size = 192KB option PAYLOAD_SIZE=196608 # use ELF Loader to load Etherboot option USE_ELF_BOOT=1 # Use Etherboot as our payload payload /usr/src/linuxbios2/vga+eb.bin option HAVE_FRAMEBUFFER=1 option SMA_SIZE=16 option CONFIG_VGABIOS=1 option CONFIG_REALMODE_IDT=1 option CONFIG_PCIBIOS=1 dir src/bioscall ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have also tried these optons buy it didn't change anything : option CONFIG_UDELAY_TSC=1 option VIDEO_CONSOLE=1 option HAVE_PIRQ_TABLE=1 option INBUF_COPY=1 Thanks Cococh --------------------------------- Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! 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On Thursday 24 February 2005 20:32, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 sherlock(a)vsnl.com wrote: > > Any pointers? my mail archive does not throw up aything. > > it's complex. You have to compile the emulator with romcc, and then > romcc uses the standard bios as the target. It would be a heroic > hack! > > But, at the end, we would have the ability to run the fuctory BIOS > from power-on under emulation and work out all the chip secrets. > > ron X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thursday 24 February 2005 20:32, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 sherlock(a)vsnl.com wrote: > > Any pointers? my mail archive does not throw up aything. > > it's complex. You have to compile the emulator with romcc, and then > romcc uses the standard bios as the target. It would be a heroic > hack! So you compile BOCHS with romcc right?. which would be easier / successful emulator or comparing with the EPIA stuff. I dont mind giving both a shot.

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