Hello Ron, I don't' know if you are still working on this project since it's 2004 now. I just finished a presentation of Linuxbios at work. We are highly interested in getting linuxbios running on our systems(we design motherboards). I have a question about the way you do the kernel patch. If the patch is to initialize the uninitialized hardware in order to run linux. Then why didn't we add it into the C code. Let it become part of linuxbios rom image? Furthermore, why do you have different patches for different linux kernel versions? Sorry if the questions are too basic. We just started trying to get it built.
Thanks, Gin
We appreciate your interest in the project! As I recall, the patches were just something for some SiS chipset support in older LinuxBIOS versions (freebios1). Since then, LinuxBIOS has advanced to include more generic chipset support that does not require kernel patches.
The current LinuxBIOS (freebios2) will work without patches to your kernel.
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:34:13 +0800 "Gin" ginlin@nexcom.com.tw wrote:
Hello Ron, I don't' know if you are still working on this project since it's 2004 now. I just finished a presentation of Linuxbios at work. We are highly interested in getting linuxbios running on our systems(we design motherboards). I have a question about the way you do the kernel patch. If the patch is to initialize the uninitialized hardware in order to run linux. Then why didn't we add it into the C code. Let it become part of linuxbios rom image? Furthermore, why do you have different patches for different linux kernel versions? Sorry if the questions are too basic. We just started trying to get it built.
Thanks, Gin
Hello David, Thanks for your quick response. Do you know where I can get the latest linuxbios source code(freebios2)? Call me crazy, but I couldn't seem able to find it through SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/
thanks, Gin
-----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of David Hendricks Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:08 PM To: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: linux kernel patch
We appreciate your interest in the project! As I recall, the patches were just something for some SiS chipset support in older LinuxBIOS versions (freebios1). Since then, LinuxBIOS has advanced to include more generic chipset support that does not require kernel patches.
The current LinuxBIOS (freebios2) will work without patches to your kernel.
On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:34:13 +0800 "Gin" ginlin@nexcom.com.tw wrote:
Hello Ron, I don't' know if you are still working on this project since it's 2004 now. I just finished a presentation of Linuxbios at work. We are highly interested in getting linuxbios running on our systems(we design motherboards). I have a question about the way you do the kernel patch. If the patch is to initialize the uninitialized hardware in order to run linux. Then why didn't we add it into the C code. Let it become part of linuxbios rom image? Furthermore, why do you have different patches for different linux kernel versions? Sorry if the questions are too basic. We just started trying to get it built.
Thanks, Gin
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we don't patch kernels any more. Just ignore anything about kernel patches.
What's the hardware in question ?What chipset? We're happy to help.
ron
Ron, Thanks for the email. I downloaded the freebios2 version. It looks much cleaner. Good work. Currently we are looking for a proper mainboard among our products to run linuxbios on. I don't know the specific chipset but we tend to use Intel solution on our products. Is there any suggestion for us to pick a chipset/cpu model? We hope to build a more stable machine at the first time.
I happened to have a old board(440GX). As I can't wait for they to pick a mainboard, I decide to try linuxbios on this one first. Can I build the linuxbios image from the new source- freebios2? Would that work as the included directories might have been changed in the new source?
For the new source(freebios2) 1. Do we need a Config file for each mainboard to run? Does it work(the building process)like the old way or it has been changed? 2. Is any document of how to build linuxbios on the new source?
Regards, Gin -----Original Message----- From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:rminnich@lanl.gov] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:32 PM To: Gin Cc: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: linux kernel patch
we don't patch kernels any more. Just ignore anything about kernel patches.
What's the hardware in question ?What chipset? We're happy to help.
ron
Ron, We have decided to build linuxbios on one of our mainboards, which contains Intel chipset E7501, Xeon Processor. Since now it's during the major cleanup of the code, do you suggest we can go ahead and build it on the new source(freebios2)? Is there any documentation related to how to build rom image from the new source? We appreciate your help. The product we try to build linuxbios on is currently in the market. We are also interested in building it on another platform that has an AMD K8 CPU on it.
Regards, Gin
-----Original Message----- From: linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-admin@clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Ronald G. Minnich Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:32 PM To: Gin Cc: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Subject: Re: linux kernel patch
we don't patch kernels any more. Just ignore anything about kernel patches.
What's the hardware in question ?What chipset? We're happy to help.
ron
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004, Gin wrote:
Ron, We have decided to build linuxbios on one of our mainboards, which contains Intel chipset E7501, Xeon Processor. Since now it's during the major cleanup of the code, do you suggest we can go ahead and build it on the new source(freebios2)?
absolutely.
Is there any documentation related to how to build rom image from the new source?
no. Sorry. It's a problem.
we can help, however.
ron
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