[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Tyan S1846: Device tree fixes

[Corey Osgood]

roger wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 06:37 +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:
>> The static device tree of the Tyan S1846 was, um... totally bogus.
>>
>> I'm using the ide0_enble/ide1_enable variables now to enable IDE.
>> Hm, what happens if those variables are not set at all in a Confib.lb
>> file of some mainboard? Do they default to zero?
>>
> 
> I've applied both, this patch, and the 82371 patch.
> 
> 1) I get a random error when in filo/grub menu.lst after pressing "p"
> for password to manually edit my options while in grub.
> A quick typed, not exact copy of the error --> "Attempt to free
> non-allocated memory: 00000006".

Would that be the 640k-768k memory range? I honestly have no clue, but
it seems to make sense...

> 2) /dev/sda2 seems to be easily recognized now.  (I'm guessing this is
> the device tree fix?)

Are you complaining? ;) Yeah, this is probably due to the device tree
fixes. If I were you though, I'd grab a spare IDE drive and try to get
that working first, before trying with add-on cards.

> 3) I now get a long hang at "Loading kernel".  I then get a very very,
> if not sometimes permanent hang after "Jumping to Entry Point" is
> printed to tty.  Sometimes the kernel loads at this point, sometimes it
> never seems to. (82371 patch?)

I'm getting the same thing on the i810 (but it's progress for me!). I
figured it was just because filo was only doing byte reads, or is filo
not in charge any more at this point? Anyways, need to dig up Peter's
patch...

-Corey