Peter Stuge escribió:
Cristi Magherusan wrote:
I think this could be a good testcase for SerialICE What do you think?
I think it's difficult to use SerialICE without a serial port. :\
Well... instead of keep trying to find a way to mentally use a serial port, ive decided this weekend to just give it a try.
Im compiling coreboot-v2 using FILO as a payload, and, integrating the video blob (rom) that ive got before. (and i was tinkering with).
1 weird thing :
after compiling coreboot-v2 (rev 4397) , the make file in coreboot-v2/targets/kontron/986lcd-m/kontron_986lcd_m incorrectly had ./cbfs/cbfstool ./coreboot.rom add-payload ../payload.elf fallback/payload $(CBFS_COMPRESS_FLAG) (../payload.elf) in line 43. This made make complain about ../payload.elf beign an unknown target, and if put it there, cbfstool complained about not finding it. Just replaced with ./payload.elf.
I'll be tinkering with the dsdt.asl , to see if i can get my own for my laptop now.
Tomorrow (or the day after) i'll be opening my laptop yet again for cleaning. i'll let you know if i killed the laptop.. if it did something... or if it did nothing, but still looked cool :D
PS: I think (just think) it shoulndt matter if im using the laptop screen (lvds) or external monitor (dvi/vga) right ? or should i use only the lvds screen ? PS1: In the event that coreboot loads, and filo does get executed but no screen or there is no visible sign of "work"... what could be a good idea to try ? (added some specs in the end of this mail) PS2: The SST 49LF004B is 4mbit (512KB). How can i know what is the max size and type of chip i can put on it ? ive seen someone using a SST 49LF160C on a motherboard that also used the 49LF004B.
My laptop has the following put on :
- 4GB Ram = 2x2GB same brand,speed,timings. Also have to test 2X512MB same everything. - SSD Disk on Sata port 1. - Cdrom unit on Ide port 1. - Compact flash adapter on pcmcia port - PCI sd/mmc reader (ricoh) - Integrated r8169 network card. - Integrated modem (dont know which.. never used it) - lots of extra leds. - USB ports... i have Lots of USB adapters.. serial, parallel (only printer mode), eth, bluetooth (integrated), oled display (integrated), etc.
Ive contacted the vendor (Asus) many times before on the issue of bios recovery. They are not helpful on anything beside windows/software problems. (more than that... they havent been able to tell me how to access the bootblock on my bios, because some asus-media feature kicks in first)
//Peter