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SMP Bootup
by James Hendricks 12 Jun '00

12 Jun '00

> All the code I've seen requires that you build either an ACPI table or > an Intel MP 1.x table. I'll assume you meant APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) instead of ACPI. (Isn't that Advanced Computer Power Interface?) Or is ACPI something different? (too many acronyms) Looks like I have to build both APIC and Intel MP tables; I am not too excited about that. I guess I'll just printk() everything and hardwire everything in to start with. I don't even think I need to store the information where the bios would; I just need to assign variables. I have no idea how we are going to do autodetection.. I am working with kernel 2.4.0-test1; the only file I believe I need to edit is mpparse.c. Does this sound right to everybody? - James - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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[OT] modification of libraries
by Janusz Mlodzianowski 11 Jun '00

11 Jun '00

Hi, Sorry this is slightly off topic. I need to modify standard Turbo C run time libraries made by tlib (cx.lib). All what I need is a change of standard segment names e.g CODE->MY_CODE and TEXT->MY_TEXT. Are there any free tools available? Alternatively, where can I find the information about internal format for Borland lib files? Thanks for any suggestions, janusz - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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linuxbios status
by Ronald G Minnich 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

1) we're booting on two machines from power up: SiS 630 (procomp bst1b mainboard) and L440GX+. No intervention needed, they just come up. 2) we've got a first cut at parameter passing from linuxbios to linux. We're passing memory size and are working on cmdline now. cmdline is being placed in the right place. We're gradually removing the #ifdef LINUXBIOS code from our 2.3.99-pre5 kernel. In the limit we should be able to boot any linux. 3) we're working on nvram writes and SMP startup on the L440GX I'm out for the next week so checkins will quiet down. I'm going to check in the tree as of its current state. I'll be watching email, so if you hit a problem let me know. ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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keybord.c
by Edwin Rhodes 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

hi, what do i have to change in: /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/keyboard.c to make the Numlock come on automatically every time i boot my pc? i've set the bios to put numlock on at boot but every time linux boots i re-initalises the keyboard and turns numlock off.. this is a real pain as i have to keep on remembering to turn it on. thanks edwin

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Re: [fb-d] hda fix
by James Hendricks 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

We have jammed the HD controller on; it now works completely from powerup on the Intel and the SiS.. Next steps: 1) Figure out how to write to NVRAM from Linux on the 440 -- this may take a while. 2) Get SCSI up (which means fixing the PCI setup, I believe). 3) Getting CirrusFB to work without a VGA BIOS.. This will be a pain.. 4) Get the Alpha up. 5) Get the ServerWorks (Dell PowerEdge 2450) board up. 6) Get NT to boot (I know everyone hates it, but...) 7) Figure out how to set IDE registers to make it do more than PIO mode. 8) Get parameter passing from LinuxBIOS to Linux so you can boot any Linux Kernel. 9) SMP support. Anything else? This will go onto the web page. Yippee. - James On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > For now, we're going a primitive fix to make the kernel wait for hda. > > There's some reference in ide-probe.c to a way to make cmdline args cause > the kernel to wait for the drive to spin up. Anybody know what the arg > is? It's not root=/dev/hda1 .... > > thanks > > ron > > > _______________________________________________ > Freebios-devel mailing list > Freebios-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freebios-devel > - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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It's there.
by Ronald G Minnich 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

you should now see a working SDRAM init for L440gx+ ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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L440GX+ SDRAM
by Ronald G Minnich 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

works. James Hendricks and I worked out the last problem today. We'll verify it more tomorrow but it's looking good. I'm updating the cvs tree in a few minutes. ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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sis 630 boots to multiuser from nvram from power-on
by Ronald G Minnich 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

As of today, for the first time, we're booting to multiuser linux from a power-on. This is on the sis 630. The BIOS is dead! caveats: 1) the sisfb code is not working yet, we're using a matrox again. SiS is working hard on this one. 2) from power on, linux boots so fast that our ide hard disk is not ready, so does not show as present. The cdrom doesn't have such a problem. So you have to hit reset :-( This is going to mean a kernel repair possibly. Not sure. I don't want to handle this in the traditional sleep(3) fashion. There's way too much of that nonsense in Linux already, esp. in /etc/rc.d/* 3) It's only going to use 64M of ram, no matter what you put in there. We're working on that. I've figured out how to have linuxbios pass params to the kernel. Hint: it's not something mentioned on this list yet :-) The image at the sourceforge can be used to generate the romimage that works. The bootup really is shockingly fast, it's quite fun. unrelated news: james hendricks may have fixed SDRAM on the L440GX. Memory seems to be working from power-up. We may have two different machines working by Friday. ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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VGA BIOS for SiS 630
by Ollie Lho 06 Jun '00

06 Jun '00

Hello Guys, Finally, the vga bios guys provided us their "trimmed" version of VGA BIOS for 630/300. The source code is in MASM and intended to be used for "Standard BIOS" enviroment. Some hard work is necessary for FreeBIOS and LinuxBIOS project. Jeff, Please take a (deep) look at it. We are going to begin another round of sending out M/B since now it is much easier to make things sync with CVS now. Yes, you will get one, I am counting on you to figure those VGA stuff out ;-) Ollie

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boot times on sis630
by Ronald G Minnich 06 Jun '00

06 Jun '00

Linuxbios: 35 seconds. A fraction of a second of this time is linux, the rest is the rc.d scripts. Next job is to fix this mess. BIOS: 87 seconds. 35 seconds as above, plus 52 seconds for the bios to to its thing. such fun. ron - To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo(a)freiburg.linux.de with 'unsubscribe openbios' in the body of the message

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