Re: [LinuxBIOS] New guy in LinuxBios

[Vincente Tsou]

Hi,

Excuse me....

I don't know how to move the CPU init before other pci device init call....
sorry.

I have tried to find it, but .... :(

2006/6/26, yhlu :
> the snow screen only happened when I was debugging the onboard VGA
> support.
> So i move the CPU init before other pci device init call. That is
> something related to mtrr setting around [0xa0000-0xb0000) the font
> buffer.
> the halt_sys display is normal...it means the vga option rom is
> executed successfully.
> you can use filo in etherboot to boot from usb stick.
>
> YH
>
> On 6/25/06, Vincente Tsou  wrote:
> > Hi YH,
> >
> > Thanks again for your help.
> >
> > Now I can active all devices in my LinuxBios, it almost done except VGA
> > function.
> >
> > I appended a 36k VGA option rom to LinuxBios, and enable Options about
>
> VGA.
> > And I got the halt_sys message:
> >
> > PCI: 04:02.0 init
> > rom address for PCI: 04:02.0 = fff80000
> > copying VGA ROM Image from 0xfff80000 to 0xc0000, 0x9000 bytes
> > entering emulator
> > halt_sys: file
> > /home/vincente/LinuxBIOS/LinuxBIOSv2/src/devices/emulator/x86emu/ops.c,
> > line 4387
> > PCI: 01:04.0 init
> >
> > then, I can see something output, but the output is like snow screen and
>
> I
> > can't read anything.
> > I think it is working in the wrong mode.
> >
> > When I made a blind type 'root' and password, I can login the Linux, and
> > then the screen became clear. (work fine)
> >
> > I wonder how to fix the problem? is the halt_sys message normal ?
> >
> > I also got another question, could it possible boot to MS-DOS floppy/USB
> > disk.
> > The MS-DOS needs a lot INT function in BIOS, does LinuxBios able to
>
> support
> > it?
> >
> > 2006/6/21, Vincente Tsou :
> > > Dear YH,
> > >
> > > got it.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the information and your help.
> > >
> > > 2006/6/21, Lu, Yinghai :
> > > > Actually the irqtable entries is only for peer root pci bus scan
>
> when
> > mptable is used.
> > > > So you need to make sure mptable is right, and put entries for
> >
> > hypertransport chain other than on bus0.
> > > > YH
> > > > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
>
> Behalf
> > Of Vincente Tsou
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:05 PM
> > > > To: Lu, Yinghai
> > > > Cc: Stefan Reinauer; [e-mail]
> > > >
> > > > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] New guy in LinuxBios
> > > >
> > > > Dear YH,
> > > >
> > > > excuse me, how about the irq_tables.c?
> > > >
> > > > should I modify it like tyan/s2882 did.
> > > >     printk_debug("setting Onboard Broadcom NIC\n");
> > > >     static const unsigned char slotIrqs_8131_1_9[4] = { 5, 9, 0,
>
> 0
> > };
> > > >     pci_assign_irqs(bus_8131_1, 9, slotIrqs_8131_1_9);
> > > >     write_pirq_info(pirq_info, bus_8131_1,(9<<3)|0, 0x1, 0xdef8,
> >
> > 0x2, 0xdef8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
> > > >     pirq_info++; slot_num++;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2006/6/20, Lu, Yinghai <[e-mail] >:
> > > >
> > > > You need to update the entries at mptable.c for your slots or
>
> onboard
> > pci device.
> > > > YH
> > > >
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