Hello:
Let me preface this by saying "Yes, I realize ECS is not the best manufacturer, but man they're cheap!"
Before attempting a flash this board with Linuxbios, I'd like to get opinions on whether my motherboard should work correctly with Linux bios; by "work," I mean boot Linux from an IDE device using FILO ; although network or USB booting would be nice, I really only care about being able to boot from the hard drive or CD-rom. The lspci output is shown below the dotted line. Additional information:
1. Board is an ECS Nforce4-A939 with a Venice-core 3000 chip: http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&T... D=31&DetailID=493&MenuID=16&LanID=9
I know there is NForce4 support in Linuxbios, I just wasn't sure what beyond this support was actually needed to boot. Here's the rest in case it's relevant.
2. The SuperIO chip is: ITE IT8712F . I don't see this in the list of supported SuperIOs, so I assume the USB booting will be impossible, and serial output of boot output impossible.
3. Onboard Nic is: Marvell 88E1111 Giga LAN PHY.
4. Bios is: Award BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM. The PLCC reads PhoenixBios D686 BIOS
Thanks for your input. I will post my results for others.
Thanks, Brad Brown
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- lspci output for target machine:
0000:00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005e (rev a3) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0050 (rev a3) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0052 (rev a2) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 3 I/O ports at fc00 [size=32] I/O ports at 4c00 [size=64] I/O ports at 4c40 [size=64] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005a (rev a2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21 Memory at febff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005b (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10 Memory at febfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0059 (rev a2) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at f000 [size=256] I/O ports at ec00 [size=256] Memory at febfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0053 (rev a2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 I/O ports at e000 [size=16] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0054 (rev a3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8] I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4] I/O ports at 0970 [size=8] I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4] I/O ports at cc00 [size=16] Memory at febfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0055 (rev a3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22 I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8] I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4] I/O ports at 0960 [size=8] I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4] I/O ports at b800 [size=16] Memory at febfa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005c (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff
0000:00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0057 (rev a3) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20 Memory at febf9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at b400 [size=8] Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fe800000-00000000fe800000 Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff Memory behind bridge: fe700000-fe7fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fe600000-00000000fe600000 Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff Memory behind bridge: fe500000-fe5fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fe400000-00000000fe400000 Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff Memory behind bridge: fe300000-fe3fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fe200000-00000000fe200000 Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge Flags: fast devsel Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge Flags: fast devsel
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge Flags: fast devsel
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge Flags: fast devsel
0000:01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: PC Partner Limited: Unknown device 7c02 Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] I/O ports at ac00 [size=256] Memory at feaf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Capabilities: <available only to root>
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