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Documentation on Open Firmware
by Stefan Reinauer 11 Oct '01

11 Oct '01

Hi,... I've added a new link to the OpenBIOS homepage. Under http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.216.2/@Ab2PDFPrint?Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-885… you find PDF files describing the FCode engine of Open Firmware. I consider this a valuable information source for all developers who do not have the IEEE 1275-1994 specs (which is unfortunately not freely available) Regards, Stefan -- This world is crying to be free; This world is dying, can't you see? We need a turn to do it right; We need a mind revolution To get away from this selfishness. Stop playing blind - BREAK FREE! Your Turn, Helloween '91 - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message http://www.freiburg.linux.de/OpenBIOS/ - free your system..

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K7 Users and Sellers
by Ronald G Minnich 10 Sep '01

10 Sep '01

Would those of you who are: 1) planning to sell linuxbios or other open source bios on K7 nodes 2) planning or hoping to buy linuxbios or other open source bios on K7 nodes Please write me directly (not the list). I am going to put a list of names together. AMD is trying to get an idea of who is interested in using or doing this work. This will help them make the case for releasing chipset details we need for porting. Please no sermons to the list or to me. I know it is obvious that they should do this. That's not the issue. I just need names of users/builders. thanks ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7026026.html?tag=mn_hd (fwd)
by Ronald G Minnich 03 Sep '01

03 Sep '01

Stefan, reference the above URL, I think we should get in touch with those folks named in the article (at AMD and Intel) and let them know what we need, namely the information needed to write a BIOS. If they're serious maybe they'll actually open up the specs to us. Suse gets prominent play in the article so a note from suse might help too. ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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[OT] Freebios
by Tobias Diedrich 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

I don't know if anyone here is interested in this, but some time ago (1998) I started writing a pc-compatible bios for fun, but never finished it. So in case someone is interested in the little code I wrote you may find it at http://ranmachan.dyndns.org/~ranma/freebios-0.0.1.tar.gz (~67KB) ... [As long as my system is up, which should be nearly 24hours/day, and my internet connection and the dyndns.org dns updates are working...] I stopped because I had trouble figuring out how to enable SDRAM on my Pentium Mobo with Intel chipset... However for an older 486 Chipset there were specs in an old c't magazine, so I was able to boot into dos with this piece of code... (Don't know if it's still working, I did not try it recently... The floppy code is buggy IIRC... No HD support) Of course this probably doesn't help a bit with openbios development, but maybe someone will find it interesting to look at :-) GPL license, no reverse engineering of propriatary BIOSes was involved, I had to go with only a few books (Basically "PC Hardwarebook" and "PC Programmers Guide to low level Functions and Interrupts") -- Tobias PGP-Key: 0x9AC7E0BC - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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Re: boy is EFI a kludge!
by ebiederman＠lnxi.com 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Ronald G Minnich <rminnich(a)lanl.gov> writes: > > Ron unless you have something better I'd suggest using one of the > > upcoming dual Itanium/P4 chipsets as a starting point. Then you could > > be certain the chipset worked before on x86 before trying to reverse > > engineer the cpu initialization for the Itanium... > > do we have a vendor name yet? I have seen reports that both Intel and IBM are working on chipsets that will support that. I think the reports were talking many way SMP but possibly that is because where Itanium is positioned. This looks like it may be in the McKinley time frame. I have a strange hunch that McKinley will be bus compatible with the P4. This is what I am picking up through osmosis reading the reviews. Eric - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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Re: [OpenBIOS] award bios source code - end of discussion
by Stefan Reinauer 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

* andye <awe(a)ftt.co.uk> [010828 11:09]: > Please send source > Regards Are you able to read more than 2 lines of mail or are you not able to determine what mails to send to whom? _Any_ other Mail to this list regarding stolen protected, stolen, proprietary source code of Award Bios or whatever software will force me to unsubscribe _everyone_ who asked for such from this list without any further notification _plus_ I will make this list moderated. I am sick of it - This is not a warez trader list. If you have anything to say to the subject OpenBIOS or IEEE 1275-1994 say it. If not, listen or leave. Best regards, Stefan Reinauer OpenBIOS project coordinator -- axiom: electronic devices only work if the smoke stays inside. proof: when smoke comes out they don't work anymore. - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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RE: [OpenBIOS] New power-up graphics BIOS.
by Ralph Stickley 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

SVGA may be standard, but which chip-set are you using ? The system setup can be highly unique for each CPU (PII, PIII, Celeron, Ultra-Low Power, etc), "co-processor" (440BX, 440TX, et. al.) and/or Super I/O.... These devices must be initialized before DRAM, PCI bus, etc will get started, even before the Video driver is loaded. Interested observer.... Ralph > ---------- > From: Gavin R. Brewer[SMTP:gavinbr@gavinbr.worldonline.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 3:27 PM > To: openbios(a)elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de > Subject: RE: [OpenBIOS] New power-up graphics BIOS. > > James, > > I would like to program in Intel generic 8088 mode, and assume an industry > standard SVGA chip. The code is aimed to be as simple as possible. > > All I would like to do, is to be able to program the SVGA registers to > move, > and rescan pixel efficiently. > > This should be done in a few lines of assembler code. Things like > Bresenham's algorithm etc, can be efficiently coded in C++, so there is no > need to overburden ourselves. > > Thanx, > Gavin. <|;-) > > PS. do you know any useful links where I can download asm snippets? > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-openbios(a)freiburg.linux.de > [mailto:owner-openbios@freiburg.linux.de]On Behalf Of James Logan > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:04 PM > To: openbios(a)elvis.informatik.uni-freiburg.de > Subject: Re: [OpenBIOS] New power-up graphics BIOS. > > > > Gavin, > I would love to help. have you started? what > chip will you be using? > James > > > - > To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de > with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message > - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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Re: boy is EFI a kludge!
by ebiederman＠lnxi.com 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

ebiederman(a)lnxi.com (Eric W. Biederman) writes: > Ronald G Minnich <rminnich(a)lanl.gov> writes: > > > OK, looking around, it's about what I expected. > > > > However one thing we might be able to use: EFI is called from something > > called SAL. SAL is real low-level stuff you will never see the source to > > that does all the horrible stuff that Intel won't tell us how to do. > > > > You don't need EFI. You need something to link to SAL that replaces EFI. I > > think that's our hook. > > So if intel won't cooperate we need to plan on reverse engineering SAL. Unless > IA64 dies soon it is probably a worthwhile investment. Ron unless you have something better I'd suggest using one of the upcoming dual Itanium/P4 chipsets as a starting point. Then you could be certain the chipset worked before on x86 before trying to reverse engineer the cpu initialization for the Itanium... That isn't a very aggressive plan but unless we start moving in a hurry it is probably a very workable one. Eric - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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abit motherboard
by Tobak Jeno 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

Hello! I have an abit bx6v2 motherboard. Can i use openbios with this? Jenci - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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Re: [OpenBIOS] Re: boy is EFI a kludge!
by Ronald G Minnich 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Per Jessen wrote: > >Hhmmm, that's just gratuitous eye candy, no? Besides, it's pretty trivial > >to replace those graphics with logos or other stuff. I think that doing > >things that are new and usefull (like serial consoles) would really help > >get people and hardware manufacturers interested. Imagine being able to > >run a server farm with no graphics cards, just a serial console and > >ethernet... > we make it easier. We do all our admin on linuxbios clusters over ethernet. Serial console admin is not our idea of a good time. To buy, see www.linuxlabs.com ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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