Hi ron, I use VX800(puls C7), don't know if this chipset has appear on market:).
I had used coreboot+filo to boot ubuntu8.04 three day before, and everything are perfect, ide,network,audio,sata,usb,s3(kb+mouse+powerbutton can wake),s4,powerdown,reboot.
I began to try seabios from yesterday. I applied the patch in this link http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2008-September/038551.html, And use seabios as payload.
Now I just download the file bios.bin.elf-20081027 from seabios's site, and didn't run "make" myself, and seabios stop at somewhere. But this is just a beginning:)
Jason zhao
-----Original Message----- From: ron minnich [mailto:rminnich@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:46 AM To: Myles Watson Cc: Jason Zhao; avg@icyb.net.ua; coreboot@coreboot.org Subject: Re: [coreboot] coreboot.v2+seabios on 440bx: option roms not
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Myles Watson mylesgw@gmail.com wrote:
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On Behalf Of JasonZhao@viatech.com.cn Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 7:43 PM To: avg@icyb.net.ua Cc: coreboot@coreboot.org Subject: Re: [coreboot] coreboot.v2+seabios on 440bx: option roms not
I think the patch is in this link. http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2008-September/038551.html Is this one, Myles?
That looks more complex than what I was thinking of. I'm attaching a
patch
that returns after copying the ROM to RAM, but before executing it.
It
should work as long as the board you're using uses the generic pci ROM
code.
I am also now trying to boot XP with SeaBios as payload on VIA's
board.
Great. Let us know how it goes.
This worked for Peter and me this week.
We retried with an ACPI install of XP and it hangs at Mup.sys. I think we need some fixes for ACPI.
jason, which board are you using, I should try to get one.
But seabios works wonderfully well, I am really impressed!
ron