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RE: EPIA Howto Update
by ron minnich 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Renaud, Andre wrote: > How does the VGA Bios code impact using graphics once the system has > booted linux? What I'm asking is, if you don't do the extra VGA bios > steps, can you still attempt to use X or framebuffer code from linux, or > is the VGA bios required to set things up appropriately? that is really chip-dependent. Some work, some don't. ron

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RE: EPIA Howto Update
by Renaud, Andre 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

How does the VGA Bios code impact using graphics once the system has booted linux? What I'm asking is, if you don't do the extra VGA bios steps, can you still attempt to use X or framebuffer code from linux, or is the VGA bios required to set things up appropriately? Sorry if this is blatantly obvious to everyone, I'm really only just getting started on this stuff. Thanks, Andre -----Original Message----- From: Mark Wilkinson [mailto:mwilkinson@ndirect.co.uk] Sent: Friday, 18 July 2003 12:30 PM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: EPIA Howto Update Hello All, Just a quick note to say that I've updated my EPIA howto to include a little section for the brave on enabling the onboard VGA. This is based on Sone Takeshi's work. Thanks to Andrew Ip for committing the update to CVS. Regards Mark. _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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Re: DDR problem
by Dave Ashley 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

I think this problem is configuration of Rx58 bits 7-5, you have 10/11 bit column address but it is behaving like 9 bit column address. From looking at the code for ddr init it looks like cpu address shifted right by 3 bits is the address going into the chip. So accessing 0x150 is really like accessing 0x02a on the ddr chips. Accessing 0x1000 is chip address 0x200 which overflows 9 bits. I can get this same behaviour with to DDR rams. However when I try to configure ddram control matching award bios settings, it works better but fails later during vga init I think. Passes ramtest also. -Dave >SDRAM verify: >00000000:00001000 >00000004:00001004 >00000008:00001008 >0000000c:0000100c >00000010:00001010 >00000014:00001014 >00000018:00001018 >0000001c:0000101c >00000020:00001020 >00000024:00001024 >00000028:00001028 >0000002c:0000102c >00000030:00001030 >00000034:00001034 >00000038:00001038 >0000003c:0000103c >Too many errors.

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Test
by Dave Ashley 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Test post, moderator asleep and not ok'ing my post about epia-m stuff, in limbo since I'm not a list member...Sorry if this comes across... -Dave

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ADLO, Framebuffer et al.
by Stefan Reinauer 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Hi, I noticed that for video initialization I need to keep a copy of the video rom in the system rom for execution. This definitely makes sense for onboard graphics, but for other devices it would be nice to just use the option roms held on expansion cards. (Like Video cards, SCSI controllers, network cards, etc) Is this just a matter of mapping the roms into address space, or is there some higher magic preventing this to happen? Stefan.

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Re: Linuxbios
by Xavier Pegenaute 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Hi, On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 21:21, Marco Hetzel wrote: > Hi! > I'm sorry, but I don't know what to do. I asked in Forums and in this mailing-list, but noone simply answers my questions or gives me a link to a page that answers them. So I try to write you :)! > I've got a Asus A7N8X - Mainboard with NForce2 Chipset. Is it anyhow possible to run LinuxBios on it? You don't have to answer long. But pleas send me any links, that you have to this issue. First, you have to look what kind of northbridge/southbridge you have (lspci), then look for the model of chipset inside the directories (src/northbridge and src/northbridge) if there is the chipset implemented probably you will can run LinuxBios, else you have to port it. You can see info in: http://www.linuxbios.org/developer/portguides/sbc710/index.html Xavi.

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Recommendations for ROM/Flash emulator
by Nick Jarmany 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

Can anyone give some recommendations on ROM emulator hardware? We want to get stuck into LinuxBIOS on a new board design using the SiS661FX, but would like to ease the process of recovering from broken code. A decent emulator with fast download speed and an auto-reset would seem to be the way to go. Does anyone have suitable hardware that they would thorougly recommend? Nick P.S. Ollie - are you doing any work on the newer SiS chipsets? Is your work confined just to LinuxBIOS or do you have other interests in the Linux field related to SiS hardware, e.g. graphics? ************************************************* Registered Office: Densitron Technologies P.L.C. Unit 4 Airport Trading Estate Biggin Hill Westerham Kent TN16 3BW Telephone (01959) 542000 Facsimile (01959) 542001 www.densitron.com Disclaimer Statement -------------------- This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the system manager. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail.

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Document (with the correct link)
by Xavier Pegenaute 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

http://www-est.fib.upc.es/~e6058836/projecte.pdf Sorry. Xavi.

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document
by Xavier Pegenaute 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

Hi, i almost finnished the documentation that i collected about LinuxBios, you can see this in http://www-est-fib.upc.es/~e6058836/projecte.pdf, i'm open to critics, suggestions, etc ..., in this document only i put the information that for me was useful to understand LinuxBios. I think that it can be better if i put some information about PCI (i have no time for this at the moment), for the rest, i think it's enough. Thanks a lot. Xavi.

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AMD64 & LinuxBIOS
by mmmooretx＠earthlink.net 15 Jul '03

15 Jul '03

I am interested in assembling a CAD/CAM & Gaming machine for my home LAN. The chip is due out mid Sept. I have no details on the motherboard yet. I run SuSE 8.2 Pro at home now. Any inputs would be appreciated, rumors too... If there was an Opteron motherboard with an AGP slot I'd go down that path...

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