Hi
The bios of my MINI-ITX board from VIA is booting too slow. So I am looking for an alternative bios and found this project.
But my board is not listed at supported motherboard list. I am using an VIA EPIA ME6000G (NB CLE266, SB VT8235). Is it possible to run linuxBIOS on this board?
If it doesn't is it planed to support this board (is anyone working at it)? Or is it better to change board?
Greetings from Germany
Klaus Stammermann
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 12:12:14PM +0100, Klaus Stammermann wrote:
Hi
The bios of my MINI-ITX board from VIA is booting too slow. So I am looking for an alternative bios and found this project.
But my board is not listed at supported motherboard list. I am using an VIA EPIA ME6000G (NB CLE266, SB VT8235). Is it possible to run linuxBIOS on this board?
I think so, the components are supported AFAIK.
Please post the output of 'lspci -tvnn' and 'superiotool -dV' from the board.
Also, is your BIOS chip in a socket or soldered on the board? Please also run 'flashrom -V' to check if flashrom supports your board (and post the output here).
If you have a backup/spare BIOS chip you can try flashing the epia-m target and see how it goes. Do _not_ do this if you don't have a verified backup ROM chip with your original vendor BIOS!
HTH, Uwe.
Uwe Hermann wrote:
Please post the output of 'lspci -tvnn' and 'superiotool -dV' from the board.
Also, is your BIOS chip in a socket or soldered on the board? Please also run 'flashrom -V' to check if flashrom supports your board (and post the output here).
If you have a backup/spare BIOS chip you can try flashing the epia-m target and see how it goes. Do _not_ do this if you don't have a verified backup ROM chip with your original vendor BIOS!
I attached the output of the three tools above. I'm a newb so I've not flashed the bios on this thing yet. Everything looks soldered.
As far as I can tell the vendor bios is: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/downloads.jsp?motherboard_id=47...
Forest
Calibrating delay loop... 304M loops per second. OK. No LinuxBIOS table found. Found chipset "VT8237", enabling flash write... OK. Probing for Am29F040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for Am29LV040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for Am29F016D, 2048 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for AE49F2008, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for At29C040A, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for At29C020, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for MBM29F400TC, 512 KB probe_m29f400bt: id1 0x49, id2 0x44 Probing for MX29F002, 256 KB probe_29f002: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for MX25L4005, 512 KB generic_spi_command called, but no SPI chipset detected Probing for SST29EE020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for SST28SF040A, 512 KB probe_28sf040: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for SST39SF010A, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x0, id2 0x0 Probing for SST39SF020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for SST39SF040, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for SST39VF020, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for SST49LF040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for SST49LF040, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for SST49LF020A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for SST49LF080A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for SST49LF002A/B, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for SST49LF003A/B, 384 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x5e, id2 0xcf Probing for SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for SST49LF008A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for SST49LF004C, 512 KB probe_49lfxxxc: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for SST49LF008C, 1024 KB probe_49lfxxxc: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for SST49LF016C, 2048 KB probe_49lfxxxc: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for SST49LF160C, 2048 KB probe_49lfxxxc: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for Pm49FL002, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for Pm49FL004, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for W29C011, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x0, id2 0x0 Probing for W29C040P, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for W29C020C, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for W29EE011, 128 KB probe_w29ee011: id1 0x0, id2 0x0 Probing for W49F002U, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for W49V002A, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for W49V002FA, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for W39V040FA, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for W39V040A, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for W39V040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for W39V080A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for M29F002B, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for M50FW040, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for M29W040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for M29F002T/NT, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for M29F400BT, 512 KB probe_m29f400bt: id1 0x49, id2 0x44 Probing for M50FLW040A, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for M50FLW040B, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for M50FLW080A, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for M50FLW080B, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for M50FW080, 1024 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for M50FW016, 2048 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for M50LPW116, 2048 KB probe_jedec: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for M29W010B, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x0, id2 0x0 Probing for M29F040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for 82802ab, 512 KB probe_82802ab: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for 82802ac, 1024 KB probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for F49B002UA, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for LHF00L04, 1024 KB probe_lhf00l04: id1 0xff, id2 0xff Probing for S29C51001T, 128 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x0, id2 0x0 Probing for S29C51002T, 256 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x26, id2 0xd4 Probing for S29C51004T, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d Probing for S29C31004T, 512 KB probe_jedec: id1 0x49, id2 0x4d No EEPROM/flash device found.
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superiotool r2986 Probing for ALi Super I/O at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xff Probing for ALi Super I/O at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xff Probing for Fintek Super I/O at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: vid=0xffff, id=0xffff Probing for Fintek Super I/O at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: vid=0xffff, id=0xffff Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=0x87,0x01,0x55,0x55/0xaa) at 0x2e... Found ITE IT8712F (id=0x8712, rev=0x8) at 0x2e Register dump: idx 07 20 21 22 23 24 2b val 0a 87 12 08 10 1e 00 def NA 87 12 08 00 00 00 LDN 0x00 (Floppy) idx 30 60 61 70 74 f0 f1 val 01 03 f0 06 02 00 80 def 00 03 f0 06 02 00 00 LDN 0x01 (COM1) idx 30 60 61 70 f0 f1 f2 f3 val 01 03 f8 04 00 50 00 7f def 00 03 f8 04 00 50 00 7f LDN 0x02 (COM2) idx 30 60 61 70 f0 f1 f2 f3 val 01 02 f8 03 00 50 00 7f def 00 02 f8 03 00 50 00 7f LDN 0x03 (Parallel port) idx 30 60 61 62 63 70 74 f0 val 01 03 78 00 00 07 04 08 def 00 03 78 07 78 07 03 03 LDN 0x04 (Environment controller) idx 30 60 61 62 63 70 f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 val 01 02 90 00 00 00 80 80 0a 00 80 00 ff def 00 02 90 02 30 09 00 00 00 00 00 NA NA LDN 0x05 (Keyboard) idx 30 60 61 62 63 70 71 f0 val 00 00 60 00 64 00 02 48 def 01 00 60 00 64 01 02 08 LDN 0x06 (Mouse) idx 30 70 71 f0 val 00 0c 02 00 def 00 0c 02 00 LDN 0x07 (GPIO) idx 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2c 60 61 62 63 64 65 70 71 72 73 74 b0 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b8 b9 ba bb bc bd c0 c1 c2 c3 c4 c8 c9 ca cb cc e0 e1 e2 e3 e4 f0 f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7 f8 f9 fa fb fc fd val 00 00 00 00 01 80 1f 00 00 08 00 08 20 00 01 00 38 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 60 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 def 01 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 40 00 01 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 NA 00 LDN 0x08 (MIDI port) idx 30 60 61 70 f0 val 00 03 00 0a 00 def 00 03 00 0a 00 LDN 0x09 (Game port) idx 30 60 61 val 00 02 01 def 00 02 01 LDN 0x0a (Consumer IR) idx 30 60 61 70 f0 val 00 03 10 0b 06 def 00 03 10 0b 00 Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=0x87,0x01,0x55,0x55/0xaa) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for NSC Super I/O at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: port=0xff, port+1=0xff Probing for NSC Super I/O at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: port=0xff, port+1=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x162e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x162e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x164e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x164e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff
Forest Dean Feighner wrote:
Uwe Hermann wrote:
Please post the output of 'lspci -tvnn' and 'superiotool -dV' from the board.
Also, is your BIOS chip in a socket or soldered on the board? Please also run 'flashrom -V' to check if flashrom supports your board (and post the output here).
If you have a backup/spare BIOS chip you can try flashing the epia-m target and see how it goes. Do _not_ do this if you don't have a verified backup ROM chip with your original vendor BIOS!
I attached the output of the three tools above. I'm a newb so I've not flashed the bios on this thing yet. Everything looks soldered.
As far as I can tell the vendor bios is: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/downloads.jsp?motherboard_id=47...
Forest
Ah, this is cn700/vt8237r based. I had these devices working at one point (on a different board), but in the course of some cleanup and attempts at code improvements managed to break it. I think I've pretty much nailed down all the problems, but I can't test it at the moment. Patches should be sent in again by the end of the week, please do not use the previous cn700 patch I sent in, or the vt8237r one, they're both broken. Once the patches are in, porting should be as easy as switching over the super io (it8705f is already supported) and swapping out or modifying the acpi files.
The soldered on BIOS is a killer though, any chance of replacing it with a socket?
-Corey
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Uwe Hermann