Re: [coreboot] PIC instead of APIC mode for KolibriOS

[Scott Duplichan]

Paul Menzel wrote:

]Am Dienstag, den 06.05.2014, 00:18 -0500 schrieb Scott Duplichan:
]> Paul Menzel wrote:
]
]> ]I try to get KolibriOS running on the ASRock E350M1 with coreboot and
]> ]SeaBIOS payload. Keyboard and mouse do not work [1] probably because
]> ]KolibriOS needs PIC mode.
]> ]
]> ]Was somebody successful in getting KolibriOS working on a board with
]> ]coreboot?
]> ]
]> ]Is there an easy way to use PIC instead of APIC mode with coreboot and
]> ]SeaBIOS or is APIC mode assumed everywhere?
]
][…]
]
]> ][1] http://bugs.kolibrios.org/view.php?id=84
]>
]> The PS/2 keyboard mostly works with KolibriOS on my Asrock
]> E350M1 with coreboot+SeaBIOS. Out of about 10 tests, it did
]> fail once. In that case the SeaBIOS debug messages showed
]> that SeaBIOS did not detect the PS/2 keyboard.
]> 
]> I don't know why the USB mouse doesn't work. It works with
]> the OEM BIOS, but not coreboot+SeaBIOS.
]
]Do you have a picture the KolibriOS kernel messages? You can enable them
]in the KolibriOS kernel menu with the key `c` and then choose Yes/On.

L: /SYS/@DOCKY Param:
L: /SYS/SETUP Param: BOOT
L: /SYS/@ICON Param:
L: /SYS/@SS Param: assm
L: /SYS/TMPDISK Param: A0
trying to add disk
its size is not specified, 10% from free RAM will be used
new DiskSize: 319 MB
operation completed successfully
L: /SYS/SEARCHAP Param:
K : Attach Interrupt 0 Handler 80AB6B20
RTL8169: init OK!
Trying to contact DHCP server
No answer from DHCP server
Searchap: compare files success!
Searchap: mount directory: /cd2/1
L: AUTORUN.DAT processed
No answer from DHCP server
No answer from DHCP server
Link Local IP assigned: 169.254.205.31
Exiting

]> If you want to see my build options (and rom image+boot log),
]> it is here:
]> http://notabs.org/coreboot/e350m1-kolibri.7z
]
]Thanks a lot for providing this archive. Unfortunately the PS/2 mouse
]still does not work with your coreboot + SeaBIOS image in the archive.
]
]Which KolibriOS version do you use? Did you build it yourself or do you
]use the distributed binaries? I use the image from May 1st.

I downloaded the 4 May 2014 LiveCD image and burnt it to CD-RW.

]> I switched the SATA to IDE mode only to work around an
]> AMD simnow problem. One line is added to agesa to work
]> around another simnow problem. Other changes are hacks
]> to get SeaBIOS to build from Windows. Building SeaBIOS
]> from Windows is truly a painful experience. When I modify
]> the makefile to work around a couple of problems with
]> the Windows build environment, git gets upset.
]
]Interesting. Did you report that to the SeaBIOS developers?

I didn't mention it because I am probably the only one
who builds with Windows.

As for the mouse problem, I think it may be PIC interrupt
routing related. I see our PIR table is incomplete and also
the legacy interrupting route reporting registers in PCI
config space are not filled in. I will look at that tomorrow.

Thanks,
Scott

]Thanks,
]
]Paul