[coreboot] [PATCH] v3: fix bugs in Geode LX RAMinit

Ward Vandewege ward at gnu.org
Fri Apr 18 16:57:36 CEST 2008


On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 07:45:20AM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:35 AM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:11:38PM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> >  > I need some help on the LX, if anyone else out there has one ....
> >  > I am stuck on MFGPT issues.
> >
> >  Am waiting for delivery. Can you describe the problem?
> 
> it's easy. Enable MFGPT, and watch the machine hang on boot. It's not
> a hard one to exercise. What system are you getting again?
> 
> Also, for dbe62, we need to have usb or ethernet working from whatever
> booter we choose. We need a way to load or reload the dbe62. I am
> thinking etherboot may be best, save that I have never succeeded for
> years in building a working etherboot ;-)

Buildrom generates a working etherboot payload. We've got half a dozen
workstations that boot that way.

I don't have a dbe62 but I do have alix.1c and 2c3. Have we established if
the MFGPT problem manifests itself on all LX boards?

Thanks,
Ward.

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Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator




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