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RE: VGA option rom code broken?
by YhLu 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

I'm back to office, and I could do some test on that today. YH > -----Original Message----- > From: Li-Ta Lo [mailto:ollie@lanl.gov] > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:28 AM > To: Ronald G. Minnich > Cc: YhLu; Stefan Reinauer; LinuxBIOS > Subject: RE: VGA option rom code broken? > > On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 10:22, Ronald G. Minnich wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, YhLu wrote: > > > > > But I guess the problem is about Emulator, and Ron is > digging that > > > on > > > S2885 now. With LinuxBIOS (enable VGA and copy that to > RAM but don't > > > run_BIOS) + test bios. > > > > some more detail on this. We have temporarily modified > linuxbios to do > > everything EXCEPT actually run the emulator. This ensures that the > > routing is right in 18:1 etc. but allows us to defer > running the bios > > until we can run the user mode testbios. > > > > I think that a CMOS setting and/or build time option to enable this > > would be very useful. > > > > Is the routing correct? Can you see the vbios image at 0xc0000? > > You are using S2885 right? > > Ollie > >

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RE: VGA option rom code broken?
by YhLu 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

I will modify your MB Config please check it out. YH > -----Original Message----- > From: Stefan Reinauer [mailto:stepan@openbios.org] > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 12:37 AM > To: YhLu > Cc: Li-Ta Lo; LinuxBIOS > Subject: Re: VGA option rom code broken? > > * YhLu <YhLu(a)tyan.com> [050209 01:48]: > > Stefan, > > > > What's the onboard VGA? are your talking about onboard one? > > > > YH > > Yes, it is an onboard rage xl. Pretty much the same as on all > opteron boards i guess. > > It looks like x86emu can't see the rom itself? I manually > checked the image and it looks ok > > > Stefan >

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VGA option rom code broken?
by Stefan Reinauer 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

Hi, with the latest code I don't seem to get VGA initialized anymore on the island/aruma (builtin option rom for onboard card). rom address for PCI: 04:04.0 = fff80000 int1a vector at 0 int1a vector at 0 [...] int42 vector at ff065 int6d vector at c16a3 int10 vector at c16a3 int6d vector at c16a3 int10 vector at c16a3 int10 vector at c16a3 int10 vector at c16a3 int10 vector at c16a3 [..] halt_sys: file /home/stepan/cvsroots/freebios2/src/devices/emulator/x86emu/ops.c, line 4400 Stefan

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Re: NTV-1000 STB
by Richard Smith 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

> I didnt think that LinuxBIOS would help me but was worth a shot. What do > you mean that the SuperIO chip should be easy to get going? Linux bios supports a SMC chip with numbers that are very close to the numbers on your board. Typically that means very little difference between the chips so a quick check with the datasheet would show you what if any tweaks you needed to make to get serial IO. Thats the first step in linuxbios support. Its all pretty much mute though since in order to do that you would need to replace your OTP bios chip with something you can re-program. > I have > confirmed that it is working fine and is powered up, but the bios doesnt > even try to boot from any devices connected to it. Acording to the posts I saw the bios has no int19 support so they really didn't want it to boot from any disks. If it can't be made to netboot easily then your probally better off just chunking it. The RE effort for anything else will be quite large. -- Richard A. Smith

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NTV-1000 STB
by Geoffrey McRae 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hi people, I have recently acquired a NTV-1000 set top box that has a 486 DX4-100 in it, so its standard ix86 architecture, but this thing boots from a flash simm its own os (ONX) and no matter what I do I cant get it to boot from its ide interface. This is where linuxbios comes in, would it be possible to put "LinuxBios" onto the original bios in this thing? The bios is a square smc chip, not like the one documented on the lb website and according to its datasheet its OTP (one time programmable), so flashing it is not an option. I would love to get this thing running as a gateway, but thats pretty much impossible if I cant replace the operating system, the chipset is made by OPTi but finding datahseets on it has proven to be impossible. I have googled for hours looking for a way to re-flash the flash simm with a linux kernel, but the only solution I could find was to buy a programmer, but since this is just an attempt to resurect some useless hardware, I wont be spending more then a couple of $ on it. I cant even be sure that the flash simm the same pinout as a normal simm, and if it is, i wouldnt even know where to start with writing to it on a standard mobo. I have found once reference to someone getting etherboot on it, but I cant contact him as the post was from 2001 and it was a uni email address. Anyhow, back on topic, is there a way to adapt this socket to take a DoC and if so, would LinuxBios support the cipset? I am at work at the moment, so I cant give you the chipset part numbers, but if you need them I will send them when I get home. Regards -- Geoff www.spacevs.com

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VGABIOS
by Jon Smirl 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Your work on VGABIOS has been mentioned on the Linux kernel mailing list. Right now we are trying to add VGA reset capability to the kernel. This needs to be done at two points, reseting of secondary cards at boot (the system BIOS should reset the primary one) and reseting of cards if needed when coming out of suspend/resume. There has been talk of adding emu86 to the kernel. Where's the source for your 32K version? I'd also like to look at your code for setting up the environment to run the VBIOS. PPC/IA64 people have been asking for us to add emu86 support so that they can reset their cards. With a 32K emu86 there is no need for us to use vm86 mode. Is LinuxBIOS part of the main kernel tree or is it separate? -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl(a)gmail.com

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broken targets (opteron)
by Ronald G. Minnich 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

I've only tested a few things but people have been making changes and I don't think that you all are testing carefully enough. I can't get any tyan targets to build. Here is the S2881: DE $file" >> ldscript.ld ; done gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: section .reset [00000000fffdfff0 -> 00000000fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [00000000fffd7449 -> 00000000fffe037f] /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: section .id [00000000fffdffd9 -> 00000000fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [00000000fffd7449 -> 00000000fffe037f] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/src/freebios2/targets/tyan/s2881/s2881/normal' make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 That's typical. The island/aruma also fails to build ===> ERROR: Attempt to set default for nonexistent option ALLOW_HT_OVERCLOCKING(missing USES?) island/aruma/Config.lb:0 src/mainboard/island/aruma/Options.lb:0 Arima/hdama also fails to build. p linuxbios_ram.nrv2b linuxbios_ram.rom gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: section .reset [00000000fffdfff0 -> 00000000fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [00000000fffd6fe9 -> 00000000fffe022f] /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.4/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: section .id [00000000fffdffd8 -> 00000000fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [00000000fffd6fe9 -> 00000000fffe022f] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/src/freebios2/targets/arima/hdama/hdama/normal' make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 I think people are getting careless. Could those of you who own these bits of motherboard PLEASE fix them. thanks ron

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Re: Where to start.....
by Stefan Reinauer 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

* G.Marshall <g.marshall(a)dalmany.co.uk> [050131 14:13]: > At Stefan's suggestion, I have downloaded the latest V2 snapshot. I > expected a Makefile, configure or README in the base directory which told > me where to start and how to progress. I have found some details > regarding a 2.4.0 kernel, but that appears to relate to V1. I have also > looked at the LinuxBIOS.pdf by Anthony Stone. Assuming you just want to flash the bios with a given rom image, go to freebios2/util/flash_and_burn/ and do make there. The resulting flash_rom utility might help. For detailed information how to build LinuxBIOS itself for a given platform, see http://www.openbios.org/LinuxBIOS-AMD64.pdf The SIS6x0 is not yet supported by the LinuxBIOS v2 tree yet. Which means you cannot replace your motherboard bios with LinuxBIOS on those systems. > Openbios did not work for me, bios.ko had problems with my NIC. >From what I can see, flash_and_burn contains support for all chipsets and most if not all flashchips that /dev/bios supports, plus it is less intrusive, being a userspace program. I should probably drop /dev/bios completely. Stefan

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RE: Running with VGA
by Sagiv Yefet 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

I change the ROM_IMAGE_SIZE and now there is no respond even from the console. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:43 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA try change in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x13800 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x14800 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:42 PM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I update my cvs freebios2 tree and I get the ERROR for making Tyan/S2850 : gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .id lma 0xfffdffd9 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .text lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .data lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .reset lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:52 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check out updated file in CVS server. _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:06 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Hi, Is there any version support the onboard ATI - Rage XL? Is there any version support a add-on ATI - Rage XL? Do I need to change something in the configuration file? Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:24 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check the update S2850, and it support onboard ATI via emulator. For command line? FILO,? Please refer Etherboot/src/filo/*.txt Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:59 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Thanks. What is the command-line needed for using the VGA? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:34 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please get the Etherboot 5.2.6. You need to use patch for 2.4.22 and only enable ati rage xl framebuffer. Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:27 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Great, It solved the problem. About the etherboot I try to run with 5.2.6 version as you said (enable BTEXT) and It is not working. It stack in: Jumping to LinuxBIOS When I use the 5.2.5 version that you sent me before It work. Command: Make bin/r8169.zelf Now the elf image is loading and there is no respond from the VGA.. The kernel parameter is: console=tty0. Maybe I didn't patch the kernel with the correct patch file. Where can I get the patch of the kernel supporting ATI Ragexl? I am using 2.4.24 kernel version. Thanks, Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 7:53 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA In the targest/tyan/s2850/Config.lb Change option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x11800 option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:05 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I try to build freebios2-20041216-0400 And I get this compilation error: gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux -gnu/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux -gnu/bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 What do you think it is? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:57 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I commit the changes for you. Please check it out from http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/ one hour later. YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:09 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I have this definition in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb: option CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 Not default as you wrote. Is it ok? Should I had the same thing in src/mainboard/tyan/s2850/Config.lb? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: Yinghai Lu [mailto:yhlu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:01 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA You need to add uses CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT default CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 dir /drivers/ati/ragexl after that you can get ouput in Linuxbios after vga init. You also need to enable the btext in Etherboot. You should use Etherboot 5.2.6. it includes filo and btext console. About kernel, you need to use kernel patch to enable ragexl frame buffer support. YH _____ From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Sagiv Yefet Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:23 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Running with VGA Hello, I am using Linux Bios on Tyan 2850. The machine is running with console. I add to the command line: "console=ttyS0,115200" and I have linux which runs with console. How can I run with VGA? Should I add some code to the bios? The VGA driver is: ATI Rage XL. Sagiv

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RE: Running with VGA
by YhLu 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

try change in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x13800 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x14800 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:42 PM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I update my cvs freebios2 tree and I get the ERROR for making Tyan/S2850 : gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd7f6b -> fffe04cf] /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .id lma 0xfffdffd9 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .text lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .data lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections /usr/bin/ld: linuxbios: section .reset lma 0xfffdfff0 overlaps previous sections collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:52 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check out updated file in CVS server. _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:06 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Hi, Is there any version support the onboard ATI - Rage XL? Is there any version support a add-on ATI - Rage XL? Do I need to change something in the configuration file? Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:24 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please check the update S2850, and it support onboard ATI via emulator. For command line? FILO,? Please refer Etherboot/src/filo/*.txt Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:59 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Thanks. What is the command-line needed for using the VGA? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:34 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Please get the Etherboot 5.2.6. You need to use patch for 2.4.22 and only enable ati rage xl framebuffer. Regards YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 2:27 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA Great, It solved the problem. About the etherboot I try to run with 5.2.6 version as you said (enable BTEXT) and It is not working. It stack in: Jumping to LinuxBIOS When I use the 5.2.5 version that you sent me before It work. Command: Make bin/r8169.zelf Now the elf image is loading and there is no respond from the VGA.. The kernel parameter is: console=tty0. Maybe I didn't patch the kernel with the correct patch file. Where can I get the patch of the kernel supporting ATI Ragexl? I am using 2.4.24 kernel version. Thanks, Sagiv -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 7:53 PM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA In the targest/tyan/s2850/Config.lb Change option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x10000 to option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x11800 option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:05 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I try to build freebios2-20041216-0400 And I get this compilation error: gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu /bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffdffff] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.3/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu /bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd9 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd88c1 -> fffe0d7f] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 What do you think it is? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: YhLu [mailto:YhLu@tyan.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:57 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I commit the changes for you. Please check it out from http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/ <http://snapshots.linuxbios.org/> one hour later. YH _____ From: Sagiv Yefet [mailto:sagivy@3vium.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:09 AM To: YhLu; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA I have this definition in targets/tyan/s2850/Config.lb: option CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 Not default as you wrote. Is it ok? Should I had the same thing in src/mainboard/tyan/s2850/Config.lb? Sagiv. -----Original Message----- From: Yinghai Lu [mailto:yhlu@tyan.com] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:01 AM To: Sagiv Yefet; linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: Running with VGA You need to add uses CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT default CONFIG_CONSOLE_BTEXT=1 dir /drivers/ati/ragexl after that you can get ouput in Linuxbios after vga init. You also need to enable the btext in Etherboot. You should use Etherboot 5.2.6. it includes filo and btext console. About kernel, you need to use kernel patch to enable ragexl frame buffer support. YH _____ From: linuxbios-admin(a)clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Sagiv Yefet Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 5:23 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Running with VGA Hello, I am using Linux Bios on Tyan 2850. The machine is running with console. I add to the command line: "console=ttyS0,115200" and I have linux which runs with console. How can I run with VGA? Should I add some code to the bios? The VGA driver is: ATI Rage XL. Sagiv

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