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Re: Store cmos on flash (Russ Whitaker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:37:52 +0100 > From: "todthgie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] google support: automatic build reports: > HOWTO ? > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > hello all, > > sorry about the bad language in this mail, i dont have much time atm. > I'm quite new to linuxbios(this is my first post to te list), but i find it > realy interresting. > in some time i will start to install it in some machines here starting whit > the to be carpc. > I'm more a hardware engineer that a software one (but i concider firmware > almost hardware;-) ) > and i think i can and maybe will design a (new) device for automated testing > > This because i dont realy like to (hot) swap chips. and i think adding > support for new board (i have not found one of my boards on the list) > will not be done i a few builds. So the device for automated building can > help greatly with the 'normal' devolopment. > > but before i start designing i would like to have some input about what > functions the device should have. > > at this moment im thinking about the folowing: > > - as a minimum savior like way to update the bios, but much better is this > can be done remote > im thinking about using the flash chip as a shared memory between a > microcontroler and the motherboard (using tristable drivers for arbitrage) > - have a usb to serial convertor so the test server can talk to the > microcontroler. > - maybe include a way to switch the mains voltage to the target computer > - OR / AND inculde a way to switch off the remaining voltage (+5Vsb) of the > atx power supply (this is easy) > and prevent the mother board from switching on the atx PSU. > - monitor at least some core functions of the target device (power supply > voltage ect) to report state to the host. > - maybe relay the serial debug console of the target to the host. > > - of cource als schematics/layouts/Ucfirmware will be public. > - i have no idea of i price yet. but i hope to come up with something that > can do a lost for not too much money. > > furthermore i would like to know what kind of bios chips are around on > motherboards.. i know of the following: > > Prom like flash devices in DIP or PLCC or SOIC packages that have Address, > Data and Control (CE/RD/WR) busses > Disk on Chip Millenium combo devices that combine a flash 'disk' with a > 'bios' > > Greetings > Reinder de Haan > The Netherlands > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Stuge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 19:14 > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] google support: automatic build reports: HOWTO ? > > > >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 05:44:12PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: >> >>> It might be an interesting idea to integrate the bios savior into >>> the circuit as well, as IOSS does not produce the bios savior >>> anymore. >>> >> No doubt the way to go. >> >> >> //Peter >> >> -- >> linuxbios mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:39:12 -0700 (PDT) > From: Russ Whitaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Store cmos on flash > To: Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Peter Stuge wrote: > > >> Hi Thomas, >> >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 12:53:09PM +0100, Thomas Ekstrand (AL/EAB) wrote: >> >>>> Is there a way to store cmos settings in the BIOS flash chip? >>>> >> Nothing prepared, no. Of course you could put defaults into code for >> your particular target. >> >> >> >>>> Or is there another way of resolving the issue of an unpowered >>>> cmos? (no battery) >>>> > Another issue: the cmos is the hardware clock. With a battery, it keeps > running while the box is powered down. > > russ > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > linuxbios mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > End of linuxbios Digest, Vol 25, Issue 61 > ***************************************** > >
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