New subject: Two test result(linux+2G-RAM>10minutes and install ubuntu8.10) of vx800 patch

23 Jan 2009


      Hi bari
I have do some further test for my bug: time of booting linux with
coreboot+seabios+2G-RAM >10 minutes. The result of my test is here:
Seabios+WinXP+2G: OK 
Seabios+WinXP+512M: OK
Seabios(or FILO)+linux(ubuntu or fedora)+512M: OK
Seabios+Ubuntu8.04(default kernel is 2.6.25.19)+2G: >10 
     When into the GNOME, the system is still very slow, (so it is not
the disk R/W problem?)
Seabios+Fedora8(default kernel is 2.6.23.1-42)+2G: >10 (dmesg is
attached)
Seabios+Fedora8(with a new kernel 2.6.26.6-49.fc8)+2G: OK (dmesg is
attached)
Seabios+Fedora8(default kernel is 2.6.23.1-42)(reboot immediately from a
Fedora8(with a new kernel 2.6.26.6-49.fc8))+2G:OK (dmesg is attached)
Seabios+Ubuntu8.04's CDROM boot MODE +512M: OK
Seabios+Ubuntu8.04's CDROM boot MODE +2G:>10
It seems that a new kernel may help ubuntu to boot. So then I began to
install ubuntu8.10. But both my patch+coreboot and the legacybios on the
mainboard can not install the ubuntu8.10, they stopped at "Starting
Ubiquity...", just before the GUI shown on the screen.  So I attach
anther three debug-info-files in this mail:
vx800-coreboot-ubuntu810-install-err,
vx800-Legacybios-ubuntu810-install-err,
vx800-coreboot-ubuntu804-install-ok(this one is for compare).
However, I can not get any useful info from these result(perhaps someone
can if he has experience of kernel debug, but I don't know how to)
-jasonzhao