linuxbios on k7sem with 2.6.x kernel?

[Markus Wolters]

Hallo,

I have an old k7sem board and I want to try Linuxbios (v1 or v2) on it. Now
before I kill my board, I have a

few questions, maybe somebody could answer them to me and give me a helping
hand?

Is it possible to use a 2.6 kernel?

Is it possible to use the original bios chip?

And how do I configure and build it with these options, if it is possible?

Regards Markus

[Ronald G. Minnich]

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Markus Wolters wrote:
> Is it possible to use a 2.6 kernel?

yes
> Is it possible to use the original bios chip?

DON'T DO THAT. if you don't have a backup chip, don't try it.

ron

[Thomas Wehrspann]

On Friday 04 March 2005 14:57, Markus Wolters wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I have an old k7sem board and I want to try Linuxbios (v1 or v2) on it. Now
> before I kill my board, I have a

I have the same board. Works well with LinuxBIOS v1. 
AFAIK there is currently no v2 support for SiS boards like the K7SEM.
> few questions, maybe somebody could answer them to me and give me a helping
> hand?
>
> Is it possible to use a 2.6 kernel?

Yes, works here.
The kernel patches with v1 are only for 2.4 kernels. They are not neccessary, 
but perhaps useful, so i ported them to 2.6 a while ago. See here
http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2004-July/008446.html
> Is it possible to use the original bios chip?

Try to get a DiskOnChip Millenium (NOT a DoC 2000). Although they are not 
produced anymore ;-(
Does anyone know if the DoC Millenium Plus (has a  boot capability) is also 
sufficient?
> And how do I configure and build it with these options, if it is possible?

There is a K7SEM HOWTO in the sources.

The last time i checked the CVS, it was broken for K7SEM. Try this patch for a 
workaround
http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2003-August/004354.html

Thomas

[Li-Ta Lo]

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 17:13, Thomas Wehrspann wrote:
> > Is it possible to use the original bios chip?
>
> Try to get a DiskOnChip Millenium (NOT a DoC 2000). Although they are not 
> produced anymore ;-(
> Does anyone know if the DoC Millenium Plus (has a  boot capability) is also 
> sufficient?

The problem is that the M Plus had different programming sequence. The 
IPL.S and others does not work on it without modification.

Ollie