Re: [coreboot] No parallel port set up on Alix 1D board

[Joao Bonina]

Thank you.

I'm analysing the source code for the Winbond W83627HF chip, to see if I can do something about it.

Best regards,
Joao Bonina

________________________________
 From: QingPei Wang 
To: Joao Bonina  
Cc: Marc Jones ; "[e-mail]" ; "[e-mail]"  
Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 5:34
Subject: Re: [coreboot] No parallel port set up on Alix 1D board

you can check your SIO code under coreboot/src/superio/(chip brand)/chip/* .
it seems the parallel port are not configured correctly.

Best wishes
QingPei Wang
Phone: 86+018930528086

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Joao Bonina  wrote:

Hello Marc,
> can you give me some pointers on that? Is there a tutorial or information resource for that?
>
> Where could I check the SIO code for that?
>
> Thanks,
> Joao
>
> From: Marc Jones 
> To: Joao Bonina  
> Cc: "[e-mail]" ; "[e-mail]"  
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 19:58
>
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] No parallel port set up on Alix 1D board
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Joao Bonina  wrote:
> > Hello Paul,
> >
> > sorry about that.
> >
> > I'm attaching the serial console debug, as well as the dmesg output.
> >
> > I'm using coreboot v4.0-2408-gad422c0
> >
> > SeaBIOS is version -20120527_232947-debian (as outputted by SeaBIOS build).
> >
> > Distribution is Debian Squeeze, and kernel version is

2.6.38-bpo.2-486.
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Paul Menzel 
> > To: Joao Bonina 
> > Cc: [e-mail]
> > Sent: Sunday, 27 May 2012, 13:34
> > Subject: Re: [coreboot] No parallel port set up on Alix 1D board
> >
> > Dear Joao,
> >
> > at first, could you in the future please just send plain text messages
> > to the list [1][2]? That would be awesome.
> >
> > Am Sonntag, den 27.05.2012, 04:55 -0700 schrieb Joao Bonina:
> > > I just started using coreboot with

SeaBIOS as payload on an Alix 1D
> > > board and began testing functionality.
> > >
> > > I noticed that the parallel port isn't working (the /dev/parport0
> > > isn't created), and parallel port support is selected in coreboot's
> > > config.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any clues or hints?
> >
> > Unfortunately you do not provide enough information for developers to
> > help you. Please tell them the coreboot version, the SeaBIOS version,
> > the distribution and so and on.
> >
> > Also please attach coreboot’s debugging output and the Linux kernel
> > messages.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > [1] http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_list_netiquette
> > [2] http://mailformat.dan.info/config/yahoo.html
>
> The error is in your log:
> PNP: 002e.1 60 <- [0x0000000378 - 0x000000037f] size 0x00000008 gran 0x03 io
> PNP: 002e.1 70 <- [0x0000000007 - 0x0000000007] size 0x00000001 gran 0x00 irq
> ERROR: PNP: 002e.1 74 drq size: 0x0000000001 not assigned
>
> You'll need to see what is going on in the SIO code for

that device.
> The setting is done in the mainboard devicetree.cb.
>
> Marc