Need some suggestions/help. I think I figured out why coreboot for RCA RM4100 will not work on the Thomson IP1000. The only difference is that the IP1000 only has 64MB of onboard memory and the RCA RM4100 has 128MB of onboard memory. coreboot chokes because there is no onboard spd, so the spd settings are manually set via an array (see spd_table.h). If you want to see a high res pic of the boards, they are on my site: www.settoplinux.org
So I guess with that being the only difference, should we create a new target for the Thomson IP1000 ???
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
Need some suggestions/help. I think I figured out why coreboot for RCA RM4100 will not work on the Thomson IP1000. The only difference is that the IP1000 only has 64MB of onboard memory and the RCA RM4100 has 128MB of onboard memory. coreboot chokes because there is no onboard spd, so the spd settings are manually set via an array (see spd_table.h). If you want to see a high res pic of the boards, they are on my site: www.settoplinux.org
So I guess with that being the only difference, should we create a new target for the Thomson IP1000 ???
Yeah, that's the easiest way. I also see a memory slot that needs to be accounted for, and a pci slot that might need a change to the irq routing.
-Corey
On Thu, 15 May 2008 00:31:46 -0400, "Corey Osgood" corey.osgood@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org
wrote:
Need some suggestions/help. I think I figured out why coreboot for RCA RM4100 will not work on the Thomson IP1000. The only difference is that
the
IP1000 only has 64MB of onboard memory and the RCA RM4100 has 128MB of onboard memory. coreboot chokes because there is no onboard spd, so the
spd
settings are manually set via an array (see spd_table.h). If you want to see a high res pic of the boards, they are on my site:
www.settoplinux.org
So I guess with that being the only difference, should we create a new target for the Thomson IP1000 ???
Yeah, that's the easiest way. I also see a memory slot that needs to be accounted for, and a pci slot that might need a change to the irq
routing.
Yeah, I think it is a good idea. I will work on a patch.
On Thu, 15 May 2008 10:19:20 -0400, "Joseph Smith" joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
I also see a memory slot that needs to be accounted for, and a pci slot that might need a change to the irq routing.
Hmm, this might be a little tricky.
Not the memory part, that should work fine, although I don't have any PC133 so-dimms yet to test it. The irq routing for the PCI slot that will get me, it ssems to confuse me easily :-(
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
The irq routing for the PCI slot that will get me, it seems to confuse me easily :-( --
consider whether you need it, given the kernels' issues with PIR and geode. You can always set IRQs in coreboot itself and the kernel, if it sees IRQs set, won't even need to do anything.
A new target is a good idea .
thanks
ron
On Sat, 17 May 2008 10:19:09 -0700, "ron minnich" rminnich@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org
wrote:
The irq routing for the PCI slot that will get me, it seems to confuse
me
easily :-(
consider whether you need it, given the kernels' issues with PIR and geode. You can always set IRQs in coreboot itself and the kernel, if it sees IRQs set, won't even need to do anything.
Could I just put a PCI card in it, boot it up and see what happens? I could always try the kernel option.. I think it was irq_poll? The option that probs the hardware directly for irq's. It also tells you how it is conneted, via A, B, C, or D. What do you think?
A new target is a good idea .
Done r3328.
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
Could I just put a PCI card in it, boot it up and see what happens? I could always try the kernel option.. I think it was irq_poll? The option that probs the hardware directly for irq's. It also tells you how it is conneted, via A, B, C, or D. What do you think?
always try to run getpir first, and never trust the results until verified with at least one card .
ron
-----Original Message----- From: coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org] On Behalf Of ron minnich Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:34 PM To: joe@settoplinux.org Cc: Corey Osgood; coreboot@coreboot.org Subject: Re: [coreboot] RCA RM4100 vs Thomson IP1000
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
Could I just put a PCI card in it, boot it up and see what happens? I
could
always try the kernel option.. I think it was irq_poll? The option that probs the hardware directly for irq's. It also tells you how it is conneted, via A, B, C, or D. What do you think?
always try to run getpir first, and never trust the results until verified with at least one card .
Not sure what you mean. Run getpir with the original bios? As I told Uwe, this option is not possible. There was no possible way to run Linux with the original bios. Now that Linux is running on it is a real milestone.
Or
Could I just put a PCI card in it, coreboot it up, run getpir and see if the card is detected???
Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
Could I just put a PCI card in it, coreboot it up, run getpir and see if the card is detected???
no, this won't work.
Sorry, I forgot the getpir problem.
I forget: is flash pluggable? If so: boot LB boot linux put old flash in run getpir
ron
-----Original Message----- From: coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org] On Behalf Of ron minnich Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:43 AM To: joe@settoplinux.org Cc: Corey Osgood; coreboot@coreboot.org Subject: Re: [coreboot] RCA RM4100 vs Thomson IP1000
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
Could I just put a PCI card in it, coreboot it up, run getpir and see if
the
card is detected???
no, this won't work.
Sorry, I forgot the getpir problem.
I forget: is flash pluggable? If so: boot LB boot linux put old flash in run getpir
Yes, it has a PLCC32 socket. Will this work?? Doesn't getpir get the irq table from memory??
Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
Yes, it has a PLCC32 socket. Will this work?? Doesn't getpir get the irq table from memory??
easiest way to find out is to try it.
ron
-----Original Message----- From: coreboot-bounces+joe=settoplinux.org@coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot- bounces+joe=settoplinux.org@coreboot.org] On Behalf Of ron minnich Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 3:36 PM To: joe@settoplinux.org Cc: Corey Osgood; coreboot@coreboot.org Subject: Re: [coreboot] RCA RM4100 vs Thomson IP1000
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
Yes, it has a PLCC32 socket. Will this work?? Doesn't getpir get the irq table from memory??
easiest way to find out is to try it.
I'll give it shot, thanks Ron.
Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org
On Sun, 18 May 2008 13:27:06 -0400, "Joseph Smith" joe@settoplinux.org wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org
[mailto:coreboot-bounces@coreboot.org]
On Behalf Of ron minnich Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 11:43 AM To: joe@settoplinux.org Cc: Corey Osgood; coreboot@coreboot.org Subject: Re: [coreboot] RCA RM4100 vs Thomson IP1000
On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 5:36 AM, Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org
wrote:
Could I just put a PCI card in it, coreboot it up, run getpir and see
if
the
card is detected???
no, this won't work.
Sorry, I forgot the getpir problem.
I forget: is flash pluggable? If so: boot LB boot linux put old flash in run getpir
Sorry it took so long to get back on this, it didn't work, they were both the same. I think getpir gets the irq table from memory.
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Joseph Smith -
ron minnich