[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Document POST codes emitted by LinuxBIOS

[Uwe Hermann]

Add documentation/POSTCODES which documents the POST codes emitted by
LinuxBIOS.

Uwe.

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Uwe Hermann  [070303 13:34]:
> Add documentation/POSTCODES which documents the POST codes emitted by
> LinuxBIOS.
> Document POST codes emitted by LinuxBIOSv2.
>
> The list was created by Richard Smith , see
> http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/ticket/74.
>
> It is probably not complete, yet.
>
> (Closes #74)
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann

Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer

Can you please submit it?

[Uwe Hermann]

On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 02:53:53PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer
>
> Can you please submit it?

Committed in r2569. I fixed a typo in the text (thanks Devils-Hawk
 for pointing it out).

Uwe.

I did have a question about the post codes. Do they post to the  
parallel port as well? Just wondering because my embedded board does  
not have aa pci slot. It does have a parallel port though. And the  
post card I have is for either parallel or pci.

Thanks - Joe

[Stefan Reinauer]

* [e-mail]  [070303 17:51]:
> I did have a question about the post codes. Do they post to the  
> parallel port as well? Just wondering because my embedded board does  
> not have aa pci slot. It does have a parallel port though. And the  
> post card I have is for either parallel or pci.

No, there's an option to post them to serial, though.

All in all, POST codes are pretty useless though, since you have a real
serial console, which can give you clear text errors just with the same
effort.

Quoting Uwe Hermann :
> Add documentation/POSTCODES which documents the POST codes emitted by
> LinuxBIOS.
> Uwe.
>
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Does this mean POST codes have been documented? Or is that on the todo list?

Sweet!! - Joe