Re: [SeaBIOS] Coreboot, Geode LX and VGA

[Nils]

Op maandag 20-02-2012 om 18:54 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Christian
Gmeiner:
> 2012/2/20 Christian Gmeiner :
> > 2012/2/20 Christian Gmeiner :
> > > 2012/2/20 Kevin O'Connor :
> > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 02:39:27PM +0100, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying my luck with coreboot and seabios to get VGA working on an LX800
> > > > > platform. At the moment I am not sure what options I need to enable in coreboot
> > > > > and seabios to enable VGA.
> > > >
> > > > Nils recently reported success using the SeaVGABIOS on his Geode GX2
> > > > based machine.  I don't think anyone has tried recently on the Geode
> > > > LX.
> > > > > Coreboot does its jobs and starts SeaBIOS, but VGA seems not to work.
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks for every hint
> > > >
> > > > Please send the coreboot plus seabios log (with debugging set to 8) to
> > > > the mail list.
> > >
> > > Here it is http://nopaste.info/10545252c4.html
> >
> > After some tipps on irc I get this results:
> > http://nopaste.info/f22222d6d8.html

It is not clear to me if you get some text on your screen now that vga
bios loading is working.

For your boot problem you could try enabling CONFIG_ATA_DMA if i
remember correct it doesn't boot without it on my target also.( i always
set it)

Greetings, Nils.

Coreboot, Geode LX and VGA

[Peter Stuge]

Nils wrote:
> > > After some tipps on irc I get this results:
> > > http://nopaste.info/f22222d6d8.html
>
> It is not clear to me if you get some text on your screen now that vga
> bios loading is working.

No, he doesn't.

//Peter

Coreboot, Geode LX and VGA

[Christian Gmeiner]

2012/2/21 Nils :
> Op maandag 20-02-2012 om 18:54 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Christian
> Gmeiner:
> > 2012/2/20 Christian Gmeiner :
> > > 2012/2/20 Christian Gmeiner :
> > > > 2012/2/20 Kevin O'Connor :
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 02:39:27PM +0100, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am trying my luck with coreboot and seabios to get VGA working on an LX800
> > > > > > platform. At the moment I am not sure what options I need to enable in coreboot
> > > > > > and seabios to enable VGA.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nils recently reported success using the SeaVGABIOS on his Geode GX2
> > > > > based machine.  I don't think anyone has tried recently on the Geode
> > > > > LX.
> > > > > > Coreboot does its jobs and starts SeaBIOS, but VGA seems not to work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > thanks for every hint
> > > > >
> > > > > Please send the coreboot plus seabios log (with debugging set to 8) to
> > > > > the mail list.
> > > >
> > > > Here it is http://nopaste.info/10545252c4.html
> > >
> > > After some tipps on irc I get this results:
> > > http://nopaste.info/f22222d6d8.html
>
> It is not clear to me if you get some text on your screen now that vga
> bios loading is working.

It does not work.. any hints how to debug it. I can say, that linux lxfb works.
> For your boot problem you could try enabling CONFIG_ATA_DMA if i
> remember correct it doesn't boot without it on my target also.( i always
> set it)

On some of your devices UDMA is broken due some wrong schematics. So I
enabled PIO32

Greets
--
Christian Gmeiner, MSc