Ok, talking to guys on IRC and they said to post up here. I've been challenged to see if I can come up with a system that boots in sub 10 seconds to a command prompt with networking. I'm sitting on a few Kino LX800 boards that we use for other projects, but I'm willing to sacrifice one for this.
The board has sata onboard using an ALI M5281 controller. It also uses the geode CS5536 ide controller, so the sata stuff may not be an issue.
From reading/talking to people, this board should be minimal prompt at
around 7 seconds. I've got access to device programmers and 2m repair stuff, so flashing isn't a huge issue.
Would this be a good board for a proof of concept, or should I look at something else.
The board is a Kino LX800, AMD GEODE 500mhz, sata/pata, onboard amd video, onboard realtek 8139 ethernet.
I'd like to to LB and kernel in flash, but if the hardware won't suppor a 16mbit flash, then I'll do lb/filo and boot from CF over the standard ide channel. The board currently has a 49fl004 socketed flash. Plan on using a stripped down debian install, since that's the only one I can reliably shrink.
Thanks, Mark
Here's all the specs:
Here's the output of lspci.
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.3 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] Audio (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) 00:10.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:11.0 Mass storage controller: ALi Corporation ALi M5281 Serial ATA / RAID Host Controller (rev a4) 00:11.1 Mass storage controller: ALi Corporation M5228 ALi ATA/RAID Controller (rev c6) 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Here's the more verbose lspci output recommend by the guys on irc.
00:01.0 0600: 1022:2080 (rev 31) Subsystem: 1022:2080 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] Region 1: I/O ports at 9e00 [size=8] 00: 22 10 80 20 05 00 20 02 31 00 00 06 08 f8 80 00 10: 1d ac 00 00 01 9e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 80 20 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:01.1 0300: 1022:2081 Subsystem: 1022:2081 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 efff4000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 2: Memory at efff0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 3: Memory at effec000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Region 4: Memory at effe8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] 00: 22 10 81 20 07 00 20 02 00 00 00 03 08 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 ee 00 40 ff ef 00 00 ff ef 00 c0 fe ef 20: 00 80 fe ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 81 20 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 00
00:01.2 1010: 1022:2082 Subsystem: 1022:2082 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 effe4000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] 00: 22 10 82 20 06 00 a0 02 00 00 10 10 08 00 00 00 10: 00 40 fe ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 82 20 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 00
00:0e.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10) Subsystem: 10ec:8139 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 f200 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at effff000 (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: ec 10 39 81 07 00 90 82 10 00 00 02 00 20 00 00 10: 01 f2 00 00 00 f0 ff ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81 30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 20 40
00:0f.0 0601: 1022:2090 (rev 03) Subsystem: 1022:2090 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: 22 10 90 20 09 00 a0 02 03 00 01 06 08 40 80 00 10: 01 60 00 00 01 61 00 00 01 62 00 00 01 10 00 00 20: 01 9d 00 00 01 9c 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 90 20 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:0f.2 0101: 1022:209a (rev 01) (prog-if 80) Subsystem: 1022:209a 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 ff00 [size=16] 00: 22 10 9a 20 05 00 a0 02 01 80 01 01 08 f8 00 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 01 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 9a 20 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:0f.3 0401: 1022:2093 (rev 01) Subsystem: 1022:2093 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 B routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at fe00 [size=128] 00: 22 10 93 20 05 00 a0 02 01 00 01 04 08 00 00 00 10: 01 fe 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 93 20 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 02 00 00
00:0f.4 0c03: 1022:2094 (rev 02) (prog-if 10) Subsystem: 1022:2094 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 11 Region 0: Memory at efffe000 (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: 22 10 94 20 06 00 30 02 02 10 03 0c 08 00 00 00 10: 00 e0 ff ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 94 20 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 04 00 00
00:0f.5 0c03: 1022:2095 (rev 02) (prog-if 20) Subsystem: 1022:2095 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 11 Region 0: Memory at efffd000 (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: 22 10 95 20 06 00 30 02 02 20 03 0c 08 00 00 00 10: 00 d0 ff ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 22 10 95 20 30: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 04 00 00
00:10.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10) Subsystem: 10ec:8139 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 f000 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at efffc000 (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: ec 10 39 81 07 00 90 02 10 00 00 02 00 20 00 00 10: 01 f0 00 00 00 c0 ff ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81 30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 20 40
00:11.0 0180: 10b9:5281 (rev a4) (prog-if 85) Subsystem: 10b9:5281 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: 128, Cache Line Size: 512 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at fd00 [size=8] Region 1: I/O ports at fc00 [size=4] Region 2: I/O ports at fb00 [size=8] Region 3: I/O ports at fa00 [size=4] Region 4: I/O ports at f900 [size=16] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=64K] 00: b9 10 81 52 05 00 a0 02 a4 85 80 01 80 80 80 00 10: 01 fd 00 00 01 fc 00 00 01 fb 00 00 01 fa 00 00 20: 01 f9 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b9 10 81 52 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 00
00:11.1 0180: 10b9:5228 (rev c6) (prog-if 85) Subsystem: 10b9:5281 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: 128 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at f800 [size=8] Region 1: I/O ports at f700 [size=4] Region 2: I/O ports at f600 [size=8] Region 3: I/O ports at f500 [size=4] Region 4: I/O ports at f400 [size=16] 00: b9 10 28 52 05 00 a0 02 c6 85 80 01 00 80 80 00 10: 01 f8 00 00 01 f7 00 00 01 f6 00 00 01 f5 00 00 20: 01 f4 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 00 00 00 b9 10 81 52 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 00 00
00:12.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10) Subsystem: 10ec:8139 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 ee00 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at efffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 20010000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [50] 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: ec 10 39 81 07 00 90 02 10 00 00 02 00 20 00 00 10: 01 ee 00 00 00 b0 ff ef 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ec 10 39 81 30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 20 40