Oops, forgot to CC the list.
-Corey
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From: Corey Osgood <corey.osgood@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 20, 2007 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Could original VGA BIOS be responsible for long timeout before LinuxBIOS kicks in?
To: Coquelicot <coquelicot408@gmail.com>
On 11/20/07, Coquelicot <coquelicot408@gmail.com
> wrote:
Hi all,
what can be responsible for long delay before starting LinuxBIOS? I
have it on VIA EPIA M-II with LB preppended by original VGA bios
extracted from the original BIOS. The delay is ~20 seconds before I
get first message on serial console (..."In auto.c:main()" messages).
Correct me if I am wrong: do I need VGA BIOS at all? I want my booting
Linux kernel to use framebuffer but I guess that original VGA BIOS is
not really needed for that, just to be able to "control" LB/FILO from
the local console, right?
If I had to guess, I'd say your problem is not with the VGA bios, but with ram that doesn't work quite right with the current code for the cle266. Can you try a different ram stick (of a different size/timings) and see if you get the same results?
-Corey