Hello Andrew,
I have been fiddling with etherboot 5.0.10 and freebios(v1) from CVS
today
on a EPIA-ME6000 platform. ... When booting, I merely got garbled output on the serial port. I have double checked that the config file reads 115200 and that my terminal reads 115200 8N1. (The 115200 is assembly hardcoded in the vt82c686 superio code -- does it cope with my different processor
Have you tried 57600? EPIA-M6000 seems to have problem to use 115200 under LinuxBIOS unless it is boot from normal bios and then reset the system. That's why you are getting garbage.
-Andrew
Just to make sure; where would I need to set the 57600 bitrate? The file I have been looking at is the assembler code file in the vt82c686 directory, which just sets a register with some values I cannot compare with a datasheet (as I haven't found one yet). Or am I looking at the wrong file here: ?
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/freebios/freebios/src/superio...
Also, I blew up my board (probably ESD problem) during replacing the cooling compounds. :-/ I am waiting for a new one... This _does_ give me an extra (and original) FlashROM part. :-)
BTW, does anyone know a source for the STT39F020A Flashes? They're hard to come by here.
Regards,
Leon.