Thanks a ton Peter and Corey. After disabling the SATA card's ROM, VGA is working probably and linux comes up :)To: Baski
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On Feb 11, 2008 10:07 AM, Baskiwrote:
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> > Removing the ATA card really doesn't change anything?
> >
> > After removing the ATA card, the system boots to Linux.
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> Ok!
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> > But I need to use that card.
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> I think there was a change committed that allows just the VGA ROM to
> be executed and ignores the ATA card ROM. Does anyone else remember?
>
> Hmm.. If anyone remembers, let me know.
> Thx in advance.
I don't think Luc Verhaegan's patch ever got in, so just set
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE but not CONFIG_PCI_ROM_RUN. The VGA rom will still run.
You can check this out in src/device/pci_rom.c (I haven't, so I could be
wrong or have some config value named wrong).
-Corey