Re: [coreboot] Wyse S10 Information

[Nils]

Hi Oliver,
You wrote:
> I'll check the rom as advised on the list; but I wouldn't be supprised
> if it was; the IDE port is free and unused

I think the operating system is in your ide flash board that is laying
upside down in the corner of your S10 on the photo.(it belongs in the
ide slot)
> I then wonder, how the S50 would look like and compares to the S10 ...

I`l send you a few photos.(i don`t know if the big photos are
appreciated on the list)
But i can say that on first glance it looks like they are the same.

Greetings,Nils

Wyse S10 Information

[Oliver Schinagl]

On 05/28/10 00:27, Nils wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
> You wrote:
> > I'll check the rom as advised on the list; but I wouldn't be supprised
> > if it was; the IDE port is free and unused
>
> I think the operating system is in your ide flash board that is laying
> upside down in the corner of your S10 on the photo.(it belongs in the
> ide slot)
> > I then wonder, how the S50 would look like and compares to the S10 ...
>
> I`l send you a few photos.(i don`t know if the big photos are
> appreciated on the list)
> But i can say that on first glance it looks like they are the same.
>
> Greetings,Nils

The IDE flash unit in the top of the photo, is what I purchased
seperatly. I am trying to get that to work on the S10 :) (Also it covers
up the MAC address :p)

The reason why it's not working now, is because I get a message from the
pata_cs5536 driver that IDE is disabled by the bios; and of course no
option to enable it.

Also, I can boot a Ubuntu 10.04 USB stick (syslinux basically) and pxe
with the module present, but I cannot seem to boot a USB stick with just
grub on it, if the IDE module is in place. I think grub tries to probe
the IDE device, but fails or is on an extremly long timeout. Strings
revealed usernames, hostnames etc used by the OS/rdp/ica clients in the
bios.rom I extracted; I cannot belive a flash image somewhere would
write it's information into the flash chip. I'm very convinced that wyse
OS is somewhere in the 2Megabyte flash and (even according to the specs)
that is all that is available to the thinclient.

Oliver

Wyse S10 Information

[Peter Stuge]

Oliver Schinagl wrote:
> I get a message from the pata_cs5536 driver that IDE is disabled by
> the bios; and of course no option to enable it.

Try adding pata_cs5536.msr=1 to the kernel parameters, to make the
driver use native GeodeLink access to the hardware rather than PCI.
It may or may not ignore the setting then.
> I'm very convinced that wyse OS is somewhere in the 2Megabyte flash

Yes, I also believe you're right about that.

//Peter

Wyse S10 Information

[Oliver Schinagl]

On 05/28/10 01:20, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Oliver Schinagl wrote:
> > I get a message from the pata_cs5536 driver that IDE is disabled by
> > the bios; and of course no option to enable it.
>
> Try adding pata_cs5536.msr=1 to the kernel parameters, to make the
> driver use native GeodeLink access to the hardware rather than PCI.
> It may or may not ignore the setting then.

I allready tried that, didn't know what it was for, but i added it to
the module. This was btw when unloading, and reloading the module
though; i'll try to do it with my custom kernel where cs5536 is built in
and then pass the parameter.
> > I'm very convinced that wyse OS is somewhere in the 2Megabyte flash
>
> Yes, I also believe you're right about that.
>
> //Peter