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Re: [linux-elitists] Our little side project... Just Linux Hardware (dot com) (fwd)
by Eugen Leitl 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:24:24 +0000 From: Karsten M. Self <kmself(a)ix.netcom.com> To: linux-elitists(a)zgp.org Subject: Re: [linux-elitists] Our little side project... Just Linux Hardware (dot com) on Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 10:48:42AM -0500, Michael Bacarella (mbac(a)netgraft.com) wrote: > Shopping for hardware is a chore. For us elitists, > it's especially bothersome because you have to investigate > devices for Linux compatibility. > > This seems like a barrier to sale to me, so I thought about attacking the > problem by building a site that only lists well supported > Linux hardware, and provides links to purchasing it via > affiliates. > > Here is the unborn unreleased please be gentle in criticism > version we've come up with so far. > > http://justlinuxhardware.com/ > > Probably not a directly viable business model, but I still > think it's worth me spending money on. Consider, if the > site is any good: > > 1. Shopping for Linux becomes a bit easier (hopefully?), > which is better for the community. > > 2. Vendors who support Linux are rewarded by increased sales. > > 3. Retailers who sell vendor's products are rewarded by increased sales. > > 4. Companies who haven't decided to support Linux yet can see > a real picture of what kind of business they're missing out on. > The invisible hand... > > 5. Companies in step #4 who want to develop a Linux strategy > have been introduced to an ally who can help them in their > quest. And if this leads to work, I know a list or two of > consultants who may be able to help us out... > > What do you folks think? Good idea. In one category, at least, there are two tools which may be very useful. Assessing whole systems (particularly laptops) is a crapshoot. You pretty much have to find out who's installed GNU/Linux on the same (or often: a similar) model. And then hand-tweak to get the thing up and running. Fortunately there are two tools which take a lot of the uncertainty out of this picture. One is bootable GNU/Linux systems with extensive hardware autodetection (e.g.: Knoppix). The other are tools to extract system capabilities and configuration, and dump this to a file. I've written one such of the latter, called system-info. There's a copy at http://twiki.wethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SystemInfoScript, along with sample output. This still isn't fully sufficient, though it's a good start. Among other settings that would be useful: - Suspend/hibernation & APM settings. - hdparm configs. - X configuration and/or spec. Posting system specs and the output of system-info to a system review site would be a strong positive step, and puts a minimal load on the vendor (boot Knoppix, run script). I'd love to see someone run with this. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself(a)ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? "Life," said Marvin dolefully, "loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it." -- HHGTG _______________________________________________ linux-elitists http://zgp.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-elitists

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PCI bus error on VT6102 ethernet
by hcyun＠etri.re.kr 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hi, When I tried to enable vt6102 ethernet, i got following error. After tracking down the code, I found that it happen because ISR0 (0xc) register report "PCI Bus error". If someone know any clue of the reason, please let me know. Thanks ---------<from here>------------ # insmod via-rhine debug=7 Using /lib/modules/2.4.17/kernel/drivers/net/via-rhine.o via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.12 03/11/2001 Written by Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/via-rhine.html via-rhine: reset finished after 5 microseconds. eth0: VIA VT6102 Rhine-II at 0xea002000, 00:40:63:c3:98:09, IRQ 11. eth0: MII PHY found at address 1, status 0x786d advertising 05e1 Link 45e1. # ifconfig eth0 129.254.180.119 up eth0: reset finished after 5 microseconds. eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #1 link partner capability of 45e1. # eth0: Something Wicked happened! 0040. <----------- ERROR, net doesn't work. ---------<end here>------------ - HeeChul Yun, Embedded S/W Team at ETRI phone: +82-42-860-1673

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RE: off topic: CF -> IDE Where and which to buy?
by Courchesne, Andre 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

I just notices that I had a down time between now and around 10am this morning so if you bumped your head on my door, try again and it should be up and running... --- Andre Courchesne - Consultant http://www.net-forces.com -----Original Message----- From: Courchesne, Andre Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:33 AM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: RE: off topic: CF -> IDE Where and which to buy? Ok, I know this is not really in sync with "listserv etiquette", but I am a reseller of CompactFlash adapters and peripherals that are pretty interesting. You can see some on my site at www.net-forces.com For those who wants details or pricing, e-mail me privately at courchea(a)net-forces.com Again sorry for the intrusion, but I wanted to share the info. --- Andre Courchesne - Consultant http://www.net-forces.com -----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Mistry [mailto:nick-linuxbios@bostonimportcenter.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:19 PM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Re: off topic: CF -> IDE Where and which to buy? I too am am running the Imagemate (SDDR-31) USB -> CF adapter. It is great for development and debugging. Used it many times when porting linux to the Ipaq! My only frustration is that i am unable to boot of it. Once the kernel is loaded i can mount the CF card and make it the root filesystem, but that is about it. What i am aiming to do is completely eliminate the harddrive in my machine. And swapping out the card is not something i will be doing regularly. I just want a reliable and inexpensive solution that gets the job done. -N > On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Richard Smith wrote: > >> On a side note something I find _really_ hand when working with CF >> devices is my PCMCIA card for my Desktop and a CF to PCMCIA adapter. >> Lets me hot plug the CF in and out of my desktop. Very handy for >> copying images onto the CF during the debug cycle. > > Another alternative to this is a USB CF reader - I'm using the Sandisk > Imagemate to mount my CF cards & copy images, etc. > > -Jake > _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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flash_rom
by Alessio Sangalli 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

How is the situation of flash_rom? Ron said few days ago there was a wrong version in the cvs. Is it updated now? bye bye thank you as -- How to build a lirc receiver http://www.manoweb.com/alesan/lirc

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RE: off topic: CF -> IDE Where and which to buy?
by Courchesne, Andre 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

Ok, I know this is not really in sync with "listserv etiquette", but I am a reseller of CompactFlash adapters and peripherals that are pretty interesting. You can see some on my site at www.net-forces.com For those who wants details or pricing, e-mail me privately at courchea(a)net-forces.com Again sorry for the intrusion, but I wanted to share the info. --- Andre Courchesne - Consultant http://www.net-forces.com -----Original Message----- From: Nicholas Mistry [mailto:nick-linuxbios@bostonimportcenter.com] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:19 PM To: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Re: off topic: CF -> IDE Where and which to buy? I too am am running the Imagemate (SDDR-31) USB -> CF adapter. It is great for development and debugging. Used it many times when porting linux to the Ipaq! My only frustration is that i am unable to boot of it. Once the kernel is loaded i can mount the CF card and make it the root filesystem, but that is about it. What i am aiming to do is completely eliminate the harddrive in my machine. And swapping out the card is not something i will be doing regularly. I just want a reliable and inexpensive solution that gets the job done. -N > On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Richard Smith wrote: > >> On a side note something I find _really_ hand when working with CF >> devices is my PCMCIA card for my Desktop and a CF to PCMCIA adapter. >> Lets me hot plug the CF in and out of my desktop. Very handy for >> copying images onto the CF during the debug cycle. > > Another alternative to this is a USB CF reader - I'm using the Sandisk > Imagemate to mount my CF cards & copy images, etc. > > -Jake > _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

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(no subject)
by Gregg C Levine 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

Hello again from Gregg C Levine Eric, when you get a chance, can you examine the attached text file? It contains the activities from building the kernel exec tools for 2.5.12 of the kernel sources. This was built using the current tool chain for Slackware-8.0 for Intel. I am using the Linux-2.4.20 kernel. Also, can you make any recommendations for constructing a ram disk image for a kernel booted using the tools? ------------------- 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 (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )

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답장: [epia] Unknown bootloader class [mkelfImage]
by NEWBELL7＠magicn.com 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

Hello Mark !! My EPIA finally works. You are right! I saw on my EPIA what is the capture file attached on last mail. So as far, I have used mkelfImage-2.0, but it didn't work. By the way, yesterday I just used mkelfImage-1.16 which is the same as you. Then it worked. What's the problem ? I don't know the reason why it differs. I am about to find it out. And let me know it , if you know. Thank you for your help. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Wilkinson [mailto:mwilkinson@ndirect.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 7:07 PM To: NEWBELL7(a)magicn.com Cc: linuxbios(a)clustermatic.org Subject: Re: [epia] Unknown bootloader class Hi HyungJong, I've finally managed to get to the point where I can give the configs a try (one with -DTAGGED_IMAGE enabled, one without) in both cases, the boot sequence reported that the bootloader class was unknown (Type = 0x00000000), but the system then went on to boot the loaded kernel quite happily (see attached capture file) I've also attached the romimages as well file :- lb+eb-elf = linuxbios + etherboot (elf images only) lb+eb-tag+elf = linuxbios + etherboot (tagged and elf images) if you still don't get any further, I think it time to look at the kernel configuration once again.... the command line you specified did have the correct disk partition listed as root didn't it ? I seem to recall that you'd configured /dev/hda3 as the root partition, does this match with where / really is ? regards Mark Wilkinson

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Re: [epia] Unknown bootloader class
by Mark Wilkinson 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

Hello HyungJong Thanks for the config information. I can only see one difference between your config and my own. That is the CFLAGS32+= -DASK_BOOT=3 -DANS_DEFAULT=ANS_NETWORK line, which I don't have enabled, but I can't see that being the cause of your problem. Just for Information, I'm using version 1.16 of mkelfImage As for you second question, I'm not sure about the values in raminit being optimised. I think they are configured to 'work' for 64Mbytes of memory - any more just get's ignored. For my 128Mb system, I've changed to the following 5a = 0x08 5b->5f,56,57 = 0x10 as these are what the original BIOS set for my memory module. Andrew Ip may be able to tell you more on this. The one document I've not seen is the BIOS porting guide. Just can't seem to find it freely available on the web. Regards Mark Wilkinson

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off topic: CF -> IDE Where and which to buy?
by Nicholas Mistry 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

I am in the process of getting a CF/IDE drive for my Linuxbios machine. I am in the US and was wondering where and which one to get. As i am in a rush and hate to impulse buy, i thought to ask what you thought. so far its between one of these: http://www.pcengines.ch/cflash.htm (US $20) http://www.cwlinux.com/eng/products/products_ide2cf.php (US $20-25) Are there any others i should consider? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, plus i am sure it would help the community. Thanks again.. -Nick

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SiS63x MAC address change tool.
by David M. Wilson 24 Mar '03

24 Mar '03

Hi there, I recently had hell whilest building a cluster. We thought it would be intelligent at the time to hot-swap BIOS chips that failed flashing into a running motherboard for re-flashing. As per documentation in previous threads on this list, all the BIOS chips ended up with that motherboard's MAC address. Thanks to the author of write_cmos.c, we were able to repair the damage (as least temporarily), but needed to make a few little small changes to write_cmos.c so that we didn't have to re-compile it each time to change the MAC address, and also, the PCI address of the ISA bridge was different from the #define in the original code. I include my version here for the sake of people who may not be able to perform the modifications I made, along with a large comment at the top explaining the concept. My hardware knowledge is zilch, and these changes may be wrong. It worked for me though.. Thanks again Steve! David.

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