Re: [LinuxBIOS] tyan s2881

[yhlu]

Do you need me to send one prebuilt image to test?

YH

On 12/12/05, Ward Vandewege  wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> First of all, thanks for upgrading the SVN tree, it now compiles without
> problems (but still lots of warnings ;) for the Tyan s2881.
>
> I've managed to build a Linuxbios image, using FILO 0.5 and the latest
> subversion revision of the Linuxbios tree (2141).
>
> So I've compiled filo, built the rom image, and burned the rom into our
> biossavior. This is the filo configuration file I used:
>
> USE_GRUB = 1
>  MENULST_FILE = "sda1:/grub/menu.lst"
>  AUTOBOOT_FILE = "sda1:/vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic root=/dev/sda4 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,19200n8"
>  AUTOBOOT_DELAY = 4
>  IDE_DISK = 1
>  VGA_CONSOLE = 1
>  PC_KEYBOARD = 1
>  SERIAL_CONSOLE = 1
>  SERIAL_IOBASE = 0x3f8
>  SERIAL_SPEED = 19200
>  FSYS_EXT2FS = 1
>  FSYS_FAT = 1
>  FSYS_REISERFS = 1
>  FSYS_ISO9660 = 1
>  ELTORITO = 1
>  SUPPORT_PCI = 1
>  PCI_BRUTE_SCAN = 1
>  LINUX_LOADER = 1
>  PCI_CONFIG_1 = 1
>
> I'm unsure about the references to sda in the MENULST_FILE and AUTOBOOT_FILE
> parameters. This is how my running kernel sees the SATA drives; Linuxbios
> supports booting from SATA, right?
>
> The Config.lb I'm using is:
>
> target s2881
>  mainboard tyan/s2881
>
> # Tyan s2881
>  romimage "normal"
>    option ROM_SIZE = 475136
>    option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0
>    option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000
>    option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000
>    option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Normal"
>    payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf
>  end
>
> romimage "fallback"
>    option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1
>    option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000
>    option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000
>    option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Fallback"
>    payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf
>  end
>
> That's pretty much the stock version from the SVN tree.
>
> I used the flashrom tool to burn & verify the image. That works perfectly.
>
> Unfortunately, when trying to boot it, nothing happens. Nothing on the screen
> (but I didn't expect that as I'm still not clear about the whole vga bios
> thing). I've hooked up another linux box for capturing the serial output, and
> verified that that setup works (serial login to s2881 works, running the
> proprietary bios).
>
> When booting linuxbios, there is no output on the serial line.
>
> This MB has POST leds onboard; when booting from poweroff, they remain stuck
> at FF when using the linuxbios image. When booting the proprietary image,
> they cycle through a whole range of numbers, to finish on 00 once the system
> is up.
>
> I have a feeling I'm missing something important. Any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
> Ward.