Re: [LinuxBIOS] tyan s2881

[Ward Vandewege]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:16:17PM -0800, yhlu wrote:
> can you use old flash_rom instead?

I got the version from LinuxBIOSv1

http://www.openbios.org/viewcvs/trunk/LinuxBIOSv1/util/flash_and_burn/?sortb...

Unfortunately, it does not compile anymore:

gcc -O2 -g -Wall -Werror    -c -o flash_rom.o flash_rom.c
  cc1: warnings being treated as errors
  flash_rom.c: In function ‘main’:
  flash_rom.c:525: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of
  ‘flash->read’ differ in signedness
  flash_rom.c:539: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of
  ‘flash->write’ differ in signedness
  make: *** [flash_rom.o] Error 1

Is there a copy floating around that works? This is an AMD64 box.

Thanks,
Ward.
> Stephan,
> What happen to the flashrom...? too smart?
>
> YH
>
> On 12/12/05, Ward Vandewege  wrote:
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -rw-------  1 root root 524288 2005-12-12 18:07 s2881_linuxbios.rom
> >
> > So your image is the exact size the proprietary images are - unlike the image
> > I generated.
> >
> > It seems flashrom gets confused though:
> >
> > root@chimera:~/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom# ./flashrom -v -w
> >  ../../../s2881_linuxbios.rom
> >  Calibrating delay loop... ok
> >  No LinuxBIOS table found.
> >  Enabling flash write on AMD8111...OK
> >  Pm49FL004 found at physical address: 0xfff80000
> >  Flash part is Pm49FL004
> >  LinuxBIOS image size=262144
> >  MANUFACTURER: Tyan
> >  MAINBOARD ID: s2881
> >  ERROR: This firmware image does not fit to this machine
> >  Override with -m ifyou know exactly what you are doing.
> >
> > It seems to think the image is larger than it is ?!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ward.
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:00:44PM -0800, yhlu wrote:
> > > image
> > >
> > > On 12/12/05, yhlu  wrote:
> > > > Do you need me to send one prebuilt image to test?
> > > >
> > > > YH
> > > >
> > > > On 12/12/05, Ward Vandewege  wrote:
> > > > > Hi there,
> > > > >
> > > > > First of all, thanks for upgrading the SVN tree, it now compiles without
> > > > > problems (but still lots of warnings ;) for the Tyan s2881.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've managed to build a Linuxbios image, using FILO 0.5 and the latest
> > > > > subversion revision of the Linuxbios tree (2141).
> > > > >
> > > > > So I've compiled filo, built the rom image, and burned the rom into our
> > > > > biossavior. This is the filo configuration file I used:
> > > > >
> > > > > USE_GRUB = 1
> > > > >  MENULST_FILE = "sda1:/grub/menu.lst"
> > > > >  AUTOBOOT_FILE = "sda1:/vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic root=/dev/sda4 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,19200n8"
> > > > >  AUTOBOOT_DELAY = 4
> > > > >  IDE_DISK = 1
> > > > >  VGA_CONSOLE = 1
> > > > >  PC_KEYBOARD = 1
> > > > >  SERIAL_CONSOLE = 1
> > > > >  SERIAL_IOBASE = 0x3f8
> > > > >  SERIAL_SPEED = 19200
> > > > >  FSYS_EXT2FS = 1
> > > > >  FSYS_FAT = 1
> > > > >  FSYS_REISERFS = 1
> > > > >  FSYS_ISO9660 = 1
> > > > >  ELTORITO = 1
> > > > >  SUPPORT_PCI = 1
> > > > >  PCI_BRUTE_SCAN = 1
> > > > >  LINUX_LOADER = 1
> > > > >  PCI_CONFIG_1 = 1
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm unsure about the references to sda in the MENULST_FILE and AUTOBOOT_FILE
> > > > > parameters. This is how my running kernel sees the SATA drives; Linuxbios
> > > > > supports booting from SATA, right?
> > > > >
> > > > > The Config.lb I'm using is:
> > > > >
> > > > > target s2881
> > > > >  mainboard tyan/s2881
> > > > >
> > > > > # Tyan s2881
> > > > >  romimage "normal"
> > > > >    option ROM_SIZE = 475136
> > > > >    option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0
> > > > >    option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000
> > > > >    option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000
> > > > >    option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Normal"
> > > > >    payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf
> > > > >  end
> > > > >
> > > > > romimage "fallback"
> > > > >    option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1
> > > > >    option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000
> > > > >    option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000
> > > > >    option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Fallback"
> > > > >    payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf
> > > > >  end
> > > > >
> > > > > That's pretty much the stock version from the SVN tree.
> > > > >
> > > > > I used the flashrom tool to burn & verify the image. That works perfectly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, when trying to boot it, nothing happens. Nothing on the screen
> > > > > (but I didn't expect that as I'm still not clear about the whole vga bios
> > > > > thing). I've hooked up another linux box for capturing the serial output, and
> > > > > verified that that setup works (serial login to s2881 works, running the
> > > > > proprietary bios).
> > > > >
> > > > > When booting linuxbios, there is no output on the serial line.
> > > > >
> > > > > This MB has POST leds onboard; when booting from poweroff, they remain stuck
> > > > > at FF when using the linuxbios image. When booting the proprietary image,
> > > > > they cycle through a whole range of numbers, to finish on 00 once the system
> > > > > is up.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a feeling I'm missing something important. Any pointers?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Ward.
>
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