Can someone please explain this VGABIOS Error

[David Aubin]

Hello,

I got the testbios built and tried it and got the following error
doing:
./testbios -d 0x200 -t vgabios.bin

I made my vgabios.bin by doing:
dd if=/dev/mem of=vgabios.bin skip=1536 count=128

The error is:
c000:00dc 6e                  OUTSB
        AX=1cff  BX=ffff  CX=ff00  DX=60ac  SP=fff4  BP=0000  SI=0002 
DI=0002
        DS=0040  ES=0000  SS=0030  CS=c000  IP=00de   NV UP DI PL NZ NA
PE NC
c000:00dd f4                  HALT
halt_sys: file ops.c, line 9804
halted
        AX=1cff  BX=ffff  CX=ff00  DX=60ac  SP=fff4  BP=0000  SI=0002 
DI=0002
        DS=0040  ES=0000  SS=0030  CS=c000  IP=00de   NV UP DI PL NZ NA
PE NC
c000:00de 6e                  HALT

Can someone please explain this error to me and how to possibly fix it?

I have a Tyan mb with a 2885 chipset.  AMD64 chip.  And an Nvidia FX
5950 video card.
Any help would be appreciated:)

Thank you,
Dave

[ron minnich]

david hendricks or ollie, can you send david the command line we use for 
our vga cards on tyan mb?

thanks

ron

[Li-Ta Lo]

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 08:01, David Aubin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I got the testbios built and tried it and got the following error
> doing:
> ./testbios -d 0x200 -t vgabios.bin
>
> I made my vgabios.bin by doing:
> dd if=/dev/mem of=vgabios.bin skip=1536 count=128
>
> The error is:
> c000:00dc 6e                  OUTSB
>         AX=1cff  BX=ffff  CX=ff00  DX=60ac  SP=fff4  BP=0000  SI=0002 
> DI=0002
>         DS=0040  ES=0000  SS=0030  CS=c000  IP=00de   NV UP DI PL NZ
> NA PE NC
> c000:00dd f4                  HALT
> halt_sys: file ops.c, line 9804
> halted
>         AX=1cff  BX=ffff  CX=ff00  DX=60ac  SP=fff4  BP=0000  SI=0002 
> DI=0002
>         DS=0040  ES=0000  SS=0030  CS=c000  IP=00de   NV UP DI PL NZ
> NA PE NC
> c000:00de 6e                  HALT
>
> Can someone please explain this error to me and how to possibly fix
> it?

It means there was NO ERROR. It ran perfectly. If it is the case, you 
should see acrambled screen at this point.
> I have a Tyan mb with a 2885 chipset.  AMD64 chip.  And an Nvidia FX
> 5950 video card.
> Any help would be appreciated:)

The correct command line would be:

./testbios -s 65536 -d 0x200 -t --abseg /dev/mem ../nvbios.bin

BTW, you need recent CVS tree to make it work on s2885.

Ollie
> Thank you,
> Dave

[David Aubin]

Yeah, its works:)

Just to recap for anyone reading this thread after me:dd if=/dev/mem
of=vgabios.bin skip=1536 count=128

1.  Get http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/pciutils.shtml 
2.  Get the freebios2 source
3.  Build the freebios2/util/vgabios
    A.  You may need to modify makefiles to suit your needs I did
        in order to get it to build under a 64 bit machine.  You want 32
bit apps.
4.  Do dd if=/dev/mem of=vgabios.bin skip=1536 count=128 on the card
when it up and running normally
5.  On the target machine, preferably in your initrd
    Put the following line:
    ./testbios -s 65536 -d 0x200 -t --abseg /dev/mem ./vgabios

Thank you for all your help:):):):)

Thanks,
Dave

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 11:58, Li-Ta Lo wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 08:01, David Aubin wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I got the testbios built and tried it and got the following error
> > doing:
> > ./testbios -d 0x200 -t vgabios.bin
> >
> > I made my vgabios.bin by doing:
> > dd if=/dev/mem of=vgabios.bin skip=1536 count=128
> >
> > The error is:
> > c000:00dc 6e                  OUTSB
> >         AX=1cff  BX=ffff  CX=ff00  DX=60ac  SP=fff4  BP=0000  SI=0002 
> > DI=0002
> >         DS=0040  ES=0000  SS=0030  CS=c000  IP=00de   NV UP DI PL NZ
> > NA PE NC
> > c000:00dd f4                  HALT
> > halt_sys: file ops.c, line 9804
> > halted
> >         AX=1cff  BX=ffff  CX=ff00  DX=60ac  SP=fff4  BP=0000  SI=0002 
> > DI=0002
> >         DS=0040  ES=0000  SS=0030  CS=c000  IP=00de   NV UP DI PL NZ
> > NA PE NC
> > c000:00de 6e                  HALT
> >
> > Can someone please explain this error to me and how to possibly fix
> > it?
>
> It means there was NO ERROR. It ran perfectly. If it is the case, you 
> should see acrambled screen at this point.
> > I have a Tyan mb with a 2885 chipset.  AMD64 chip.  And an Nvidia FX
> > 5950 video card.
> > Any help would be appreciated:)
>
> The correct command line would be:
>
> ./testbios -s 65536 -d 0x200 -t --abseg /dev/mem ../nvbios.bin
>
> BTW, you need recent CVS tree to make it work on s2885.
>
> Ollie
> > Thank you,
> > Dave

[ron minnich]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> Yeah, its works:)

GREAT!

Wanna write a howto and FAQ?

ron

[David Aubin]

Hi Ron,

It is good to give.  I think I will, just please don't hold your
breath on this.

Thanks,
Dave
On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:15, ron minnich wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > Yeah, its works:)
>
> GREAT!
>
> Wanna write a howto and FAQ?
>
> ron

[Hendricks David W.]

So what's your current status, anyway? You boot with LinuxBIOS and 
FILO/Etherboot, then log in remotely (Serial or ethernet?) and run the 
testbios, then start X? Are you using framebuffering or anything for 
console support?

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> Hi Ron,
>
> It is good to give.  I think I will, just please don't hold your
> breath on this.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:15, ron minnich wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > > Yeah, its works:)
> >
> > GREAT!
> >
> > Wanna write a howto and FAQ?
> >
> > ron

[David Aubin]

Current status is this:
1.  Boot with linux bios on Tyan MB with 2885 chipset
2.  Linux bios payload is my custom (static ip support) etherboot with
filo
3.  etherboot then remotely retrieves elf image of a 2.6 kernel and
initrd
    A.  filo with usb does not work for some reason with my setup, it is
something I want/need
4.  Then USB stick is mounted with custom initrd to USB support
5.  Home made 2.6 linux boots up
6.  inside boot.local I have the call to enable Nvidia bios
    ./testbios -s 65536 -d 0x200 -t --abseg /dev/mem ./vgabios
7.  Then I have currently xf86config configured to use old nv
driver(#18?) for x windows.
    A.  I'm in the process now of integrating the new Nvidia driver and
that is my goal.

Appendix:
A.  I can log in via serial console or remotely with (tftp, rlogin, ssh
for debugging)

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:50, Hendricks David W. wrote:
> So what's your current status, anyway? You boot with LinuxBIOS and 
> FILO/Etherboot, then log in remotely (Serial or ethernet?) and run the 
> testbios, then start X? Are you using framebuffering or anything for 
> console support?
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > It is good to give.  I think I will, just please don't hold your
> > breath on this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> > On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:15, ron minnich wrote:
> > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > > > Yeah, its works:)
> > >
> > > GREAT!
> > >
> > > Wanna write a howto and FAQ?
> > >
> > > ron

[Hendricks David W.]

Sounds good, any HOWTOs you can produce should be an interesting read.

If you have any difficulty with AGP, let us know. We've tested the S2885 
with a GeForce FX 5600 card with nVidia's driver and Linux AGPGART and 
have been rather pleased with the results.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> Current status is this:
> Boot with linux bios on Tyan MB with 2885 chipset
> Linux bios payload is my custom (static ip support) etherboot with
>
> filo
> 3.  etherboot then remotely retrieves elf image of a 2.6 kernel and
> initrd
>     A.  filo with usb does not work for some reason with my setup, it is
> something I want/need
> 4.  Then USB stick is mounted with custom initrd to USB support
> 5.  Home made 2.6 linux boots up
> 6.  inside boot.local I have the call to enable Nvidia bios
>     ./testbios -s 65536 -d 0x200 -t --abseg /dev/mem ./vgabios
> 7.  Then I have currently xf86config configured to use old nv
> driver(#18?) for x windows.
>     A.  I'm in the process now of integrating the new Nvidia driver and
> that is my goal.
>
> Appendix:
> A.  I can log in via serial console or remotely with (tftp, rlogin, ssh
> for debugging)
>
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:50, Hendricks David W. wrote:
> > So what's your current status, anyway? You boot with LinuxBIOS and 
> > FILO/Etherboot, then log in remotely (Serial or ethernet?) and run the 
> > testbios, then start X? Are you using framebuffering or anything for 
> > console support?
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > > Hi Ron,
> > >
> > > It is good to give.  I think I will, just please don't hold your
> > > breath on this.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
> > > On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:15, ron minnich wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > > > > Yeah, its works:)
> > > >
> > > > GREAT!
> > > >
> > > > Wanna write a howto and FAQ?
> > > >
> > > > ron

[David Aubin]

I only have a partial hand in it.  Another guy here named Jay Miller got
me going.
Along with everyone else here who helped me:)

Thanks everybody:)

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 16:18, Hendricks David W. wrote:
> Sounds good, any HOWTOs you can produce should be an interesting read.
>
> If you have any difficulty with AGP, let us know. We've tested the S2885 
> with a GeForce FX 5600 card with nVidia's driver and Linux AGPGART and 
> have been rather pleased with the results.
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > Current status is this:
> > Boot with linux bios on Tyan MB with 2885 chipset
> > Linux bios payload is my custom (static ip support) etherboot with
> >
> > filo
> > 3.  etherboot then remotely retrieves elf image of a 2.6 kernel and
> > initrd
> >     A.  filo with usb does not work for some reason with my setup, it is
> > something I want/need
> > 4.  Then USB stick is mounted with custom initrd to USB support
> > 5.  Home made 2.6 linux boots up
> > 6.  inside boot.local I have the call to enable Nvidia bios
> >     ./testbios -s 65536 -d 0x200 -t --abseg /dev/mem ./vgabios
> > 7.  Then I have currently xf86config configured to use old nv
> > driver(#18?) for x windows.
> >     A.  I'm in the process now of integrating the new Nvidia driver and
> > that is my goal.
> >
> > Appendix:
> > A.  I can log in via serial console or remotely with (tftp, rlogin, ssh
> > for debugging)
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:50, Hendricks David W. wrote:
> > > So what's your current status, anyway? You boot with LinuxBIOS and 
> > > FILO/Etherboot, then log in remotely (Serial or ethernet?) and run the 
> > > testbios, then start X? Are you using framebuffering or anything for 
> > > console support?
> > >
> > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > > > Hi Ron,
> > > >
> > > > It is good to give.  I think I will, just please don't hold your
> > > > breath on this.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Dave
> > > > On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:15, ron minnich wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, David Aubin wrote:
> > > > > > Yeah, its works:)
> > > > >
> > > > > GREAT!
> > > > >
> > > > > Wanna write a howto and FAQ?
> > > > >
> > > > > ron