[LinuxBIOS] Random Bios Postcodes after 0x88 with 440BX

roger roger at eskimo.com
Thu Apr 26 04:51:34 CEST 2007



On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 19:26 -0700, roger wrote:
> Using a PCI Bios Postcard here and seeing some random Bios Postcodes.

> 0x80, 0x88, E7
> 0x80, 0x88, 27
> 0x80, 0x88, A1, AC
> 
> (Notice the 3rd and 4th post_code reported appear random.)

> 
> >From what I'm guessing, superio devices are configured by the 0x88
> post_code, but enabling the devices fails???

Still looks like I'm getting no console output via serial port.

(...am getting serial output from linux kernel on a normal boot with
default award bios.)

Currently, I'm scanning the source trying to follow the flow it.

--
Roger
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Wed Apr 25 19:50:06 PDT 2007





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