VIA EPIA FILO boot problems

[Spencer Stucki]

I'm having problems getting filo to recognize any ide drive connected. 
Ultimately I'd like to boot off of a cf card. I'm using the default 
configs for via/epia/Config.ituner.filo.lb, except I turned up the 
console log level, changed RAM settings to PC133 and CL2 to match the ram...

Here is the output from the console

LinuxBIOS-1.1.7.0Normal Wed Feb  9 14:20:55 MST 
2                                               
87 is the comm register                      
SMBus controller enabled                       
vt8601 init starting                   
00000000 is the north                    
                     1106 0601                             
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LinuxBIOS-1.1.7.0Fallback Wed Feb  9 14:21:32 MST 2005 
starting...

vt8601 init starting                   
Slot 00 is SDRAM 08000000 bytes x2                                 
Slot 01 is empty               
Slot 02 is empty               
Slot 03 is empty               
vt8601 done          
FILO version 0.4.2 ([e-mail]) Tue Feb  8 17:05:08 MST 
2005

collect_sys_info: boot eax = 0xe1fb007                                     
collect_sys_info: boot ebx = 0xfff62a0                                     
collect_sys_info: boot arg = 0xfff62a0                                     
malloc_diag: alloc: 0 bytes (0 blocks), free: 16376 bytes (1 
blocks)                                                                   
malloc_diag: alloc: 24 bytes (1 blocks), free: 16352 bytes (1 
blocks)                                                                    
collect_elfboot_info: Bootloader: 
elfboot                                        
collect_elfboot_info: Version: 1.3                                 
malloc_diag: alloc: 40 bytes (2 blocks), free: 16336 bytes (1 
blocks)                                                                    
collect_linuxbios_info: Searching for LinuxBIOS 
tables...                                                        
find_lb_table: Found canidate at: 
00000500                                         
find_lb_table: header checksum o.k.                                  
find_lb_table: table checksum o.k.                                 
find_lb_table: recor                  
collect_linuxbios_info: Found LinuxBIOS table at: 
00000500                                                         
malloc_diag: alloc: 112 bytes (3 blocks), free: 16264 bytes (1 
blocks)

convert_memmap: 0x00000000000000 0x00000000000b8c 
16                                                   
convert_memmap: 0x00000000000b8c 0x000000000ef474 
1                                                  
convert_memmap: 0x000000000f0000 0x00000000000400 
16                                                   
convert_memmap: 0x000000000f0400 0x0000000ff0fc00 
1                                                  
collect_sys_info: 
0000000000000b8c-00000000000f0000

collect_sys_info: 
00000000000f0400-0000000010000000

collect_sys_info: RAM 256 MB                           
relocate: Current location: 
0x100000-0x12614                                         
relocate: Relocating to 0xffd9eb0-0xffffff7... 
ok                                                
setup_timers: CPU 533 MHz                        
pci_init: Scanning PCI: found 10 
devices                                       
malloc_diag: alloc: 240 bytes (4 blocks), free: 16136 bytes (1 
blocks)         
pci_init: 00:00.0 1106:0601 0600 00
pci_init: 00:01.0 1106:8601 0604 00
pci_init: 00:11.0 1106:8231 0601 00
pci_init: 00:11.1 1106:0571 0101 8f
pci_init: 00:11.2 1106:3038 0c03 00
pci_init: 00:11.3 1106:3038 0c03 00
pci_init: 00:11.4 1106:8235 0000 00
pci_init: 00:11.5 1106:3058 0401 00
pci_init: 00:11.6 1106:3068 0780 00
pci_init: 00:12.0 1106:3065 0200 00
boot: hda1:/boot/imedia root=/dev/hda1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200
malloc_diag: alloc: 320 bytes (5 blocks), free: 16056 bytes (1 blocks)
malloc_diag: alloc: 336 bytes (6 blocks), free: 16040 bytes (1 blocks)
file_open: dev=hda1, path=/boot/imedia
find_ide_controller: found PCI IDE controller 1106:0571 prog_if=0x8f
find_ide_controller: primary channel: native PCI mode
find_ide_controller: cmd_base=0x0 ctrl_base=0x0
ide_software_reset: Waiting for ide0 to become ready for reset... ok
IDE time out
No drive detected on IDE channel 0
devopen: failed to open ide
malloc_diag: alloc: 320 bytes (5 blocks), free: 16056 bytes (1 blocks)
malloc_diag: alloc: 240 bytes (4 blocks), free: 16136 bytes (1 blocks)
boot: hda1:/boot/imedia root=/dev/hda1 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200

Here's filo's config

# Image filename for automatic boot and optional command line parameter
AUTOBOOT_FILE = "hda1:/boot/imedia root=/dev/hda1 console=tty0 
console=ttyS0,115200"

# Time in second before booting AUTOBOOT_FILE
AUTOBOOT_DELAY = 0

# Driver for hard disk, CompactFlash, and CD-ROM on IDE bus
IDE_DISK = 1

# VGA text console
VGA_CONSOLE = 0
PC_KEYBOARD = 1

# Serial console
SERIAL_CONSOLE = 1
SERIAL_IOBASE = 0x3f8
SERIAL_SPEED = 115200

# Filesystems
FSYS_EXT2FS = 1
FSYS_FAT = 1
FSYS_JFS = 1
FSYS_MINIX = 1
FSYS_REISERFS = 1
FSYS_XFS = 1
FSYS_ISO9660 = 1

# Support for boot disk image in bootable CD-ROM (El Torito)
ELTORITO = 1

# PCI support
SUPPORT_PCI = 1

# i386 options

# Loader for standard Linux kernel image, a.k.a. /vmlinuz
LINUX_LOADER = 1

# Use PCI Configuration Mechanism #1 (most boards)
PCI_CONFIG_1 = 1

[Richard Smith]

> find_ide_controller: found PCI IDE controller 1106:0571 prog_if=0x8f
> find_ide_controller: primary channel: native PCI mode
> find_ide_controller: cmd_base=0x0 ctrl_base=0x0
> ide_software_reset: Waiting for ide0 to become ready for reset... ok

I'd say your cmd and ctl base registers should be something else other
than 0x00.  I would expect a number like 0x1f0.

I've never used the EPIA so I don't have any specifics but go look in
the section that enables the IDE on your chip set and verify IDE is
really getting turned on.

Perhaps there is a config setting for the base address thats not getting setup?

[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> Perhaps there is a config setting for the base address thats not getting
> setup?

there are two modes on the sb, native and legacy, and I never had any luck 
unless I enabled legacy.

ron

[Ronald G. Minnich]

is native IDE enabled on that southbridge by any chance? Or legacy IDE?

ron

[Spencer Stucki]

Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> is native IDE enabled on that southbridge by any chance? Or legacy IDE?
>
> ron

It's set to legacy....
       .enable_native_ide = 0,

Any other ideas?

[Ronald G. Minnich]

what kind of ide do you have on there again?

ron

[Spencer Stucki]

Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> what kind of ide do you have on there again?
>
> ron

I've tried three different 128MB CF cards,  24x CDROM, and a 8GB 
Maxtor.... All of these devices boot fine from the original bios.....