Hi to all, I'm new in this mailing list. I have install, on my embedded system, a minimal version of Debian and/or Ubuntu, but... I must have a very fast boot, so I have see that my cpu and chipset are supported by LinuxBIOS. I have a IB520 motherboard (http://www.ibase.com.tw/ib520.htm) with a CPU Geode LX 700 (433MHz) and the AMD CS5536 (south bridge). The I/O chip is a Winbond W83627HF. The BIOS is a PhoenixBios E686 on a chip SST 49LF004B (http://www.sst.com/products.xhtml/serial_flash/49/SST49LF004B). If possible, I would want to put the linux kernel inside of the BIOS chipset. I have attached the output of "lspci" and "lspci -vv" command. Please, can you give any suggestion? After the installation can I "reinstall" my old bios? How? Thank you in advance. bye Davide
ps: sorry for my bad English... it's rusted.
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device 2080 (rev 31) 00:01.1 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX Video 00:01.2 Entertainment encryption device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX AES Security Block 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] ISA (rev 03) 00:0f.2 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] IDE (rev 01) 00:0f.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] OHC (rev 02) 00:0f.5 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] EHC (rev 02)
00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device 2080 (rev 31) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device 2080 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 248, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Region 0: I/O ports at ac1c [size=4]
00:01.1 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX Video (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX Video Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at ee000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: Memory at ef004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 3: Memory at ef008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 4: Memory at ef00c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
00:01.2 Entertainment encryption device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX AES Security Block Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX AES Security Block Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at ef010000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at ef014000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] ISA (rev 03) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] ISA Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Region 0: I/O ports at 6000 [size=8] Region 1: I/O ports at 6100 [size=256] Region 2: I/O ports at 6200 [size=64] Region 3: I/O ports at 1000 [size=32] Region 4: I/O ports at 9d00 [size=128] Region 5: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=64]
00:0f.2 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] IDE Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 248, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Region 0: [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] Region 2: [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] Region 3: [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
00:0f.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] OHC (rev 02) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] OHC Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at ef015000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0f.5 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] EHC (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] EHC Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at ef016000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-