[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI

[yhlu]

On 6/20/07, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> wrote:
> Yinghai,
> can you look at the mail below?
>
> ST/Ward,
> can you apply the attached patch and then post a LB boot log on
> a GA-M57SLI with BIOS_DEBUG or BIOS_SPEW and additionally dmasg and
> lspci -vvvnx from the same boot? This would help greatly to clear
> up the resource confusion.
>
> Regards,
> Carl-Daniel
>
> On 23.05.2007 00:22, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > On 08.05.2007 22:45, ST wrote:
> >> Hi Carl-Daniel
> >>> could someone with a GA-M57SLI please post a lspci -vvvnx to the
> >>> list, preferably both under LB and factory BIOS? I'm trying to
> >>> verify some code I wrote.
> >> Sorry for the delay, but i somehow missed your message.
> >>
> >> Attached to this mail you will find the output of lspci -vvvnx under the
> >> original bios version f8 and under linuxbios updated from today (2007-05-08).
> >
> > Verifying a LB port is very interesting work and leads to lots of
> > head scratching.
> >
> > Here is a list of more problems, some really serious.
> >
> >> -00:06.0 0604: 10de:0370 (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
> >> +00:06.0 0604: 10de:0370 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> >
> > Does changed decode mean anything?
LPC/PCI, there are some conf. Some MB could let you select the conf on
decoding in BIOS.
> >
> >> -       Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> >> +       Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
> >
> > SERR- changed to SERR+.
> >
> >>         Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> >>         Latency: 0
> >> -       Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
> >> +       Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
> >
> > sec-latency=32 probably had a reason in the vendor BIOS. Why change?
We don't touch it, Kernel driver will fix it if necessery.
> >
> >> -       I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
> >> +       I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
> >
> > The LinuxBIOS I/O range is backwards (end before start) and has
> > a different size. Same for other I/O ranges.

mean it is disabled for that device.

> >
> >> -       Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fcffffff
> >> +       Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
> >
> > The LinuxBIOS memory range is backwards and has a different size.
> > Same for other mem ranges.
> >
> >> -       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 50000000-500fffff
> >> +       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
> >
> > Same here.
> >
> >>         Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
> >> -       BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
> >> +       BridgeCtl: Parity+ SERR+ NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
> >
> > Parity- changed to Parity+.
> >