Do you need me to send one prebuilt image to test? YH
On 12/12/05, Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > First of all, thanks for upgrading the SVN tree, it now compiles without > problems (but still lots of warnings ;) for the Tyan s2881. > > I've managed to build a Linuxbios image, using FILO 0.5 and the latest > subversion revision of the Linuxbios tree (2141). > > So I've compiled filo, built the rom image, and burned the rom into our > biossavior. This is the filo configuration file I used: > > USE_GRUB = 1 > MENULST_FILE = "sda1:/grub/menu.lst" > AUTOBOOT_FILE = "sda1:/vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic root=/dev/sda4 > console=tty0 console=ttyS0,19200n8" > AUTOBOOT_DELAY = 4 > IDE_DISK = 1 > VGA_CONSOLE = 1 > PC_KEYBOARD = 1 > SERIAL_CONSOLE = 1 > SERIAL_IOBASE = 0x3f8 > SERIAL_SPEED = 19200 > FSYS_EXT2FS = 1 > FSYS_FAT = 1 > FSYS_REISERFS = 1 > FSYS_ISO9660 = 1 > ELTORITO = 1 > SUPPORT_PCI = 1 > PCI_BRUTE_SCAN = 1 > LINUX_LOADER = 1 > PCI_CONFIG_1 = 1 > > I'm unsure about the references to sda in the MENULST_FILE and AUTOBOOT_FILE > parameters. This is how my running kernel sees the SATA drives; Linuxbios > supports booting from SATA, right? > > The Config.lb I'm using is: > > target s2881 > mainboard tyan/s2881 > > # Tyan s2881 > romimage "normal" > option ROM_SIZE = 475136 > option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0 > option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000 > option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 > option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Normal" > payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf > end > > romimage "fallback" > option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1 > option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000 > option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000 > option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Fallback" > payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf > end > > That's pretty much the stock version from the SVN tree. > > I used the flashrom tool to burn & verify the image. That works perfectly. > > Unfortunately, when trying to boot it, nothing happens. Nothing on the screen > (but I didn't expect that as I'm still not clear about the whole vga bios > thing). I've hooked up another linux box for capturing the serial output, and > verified that that setup works (serial login to s2881 works, running the > proprietary bios). > > When booting linuxbios, there is no output on the serial line. > > This MB has POST leds onboard; when booting from poweroff, they remain stuck > at FF when using the linuxbios image. When booting the proprietary image, > they cycle through a whole range of numbers, to finish on 00 once the system > is up. > > I have a feeling I'm missing something important. Any pointers? > > Thanks, > Ward. > > -- > Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator > > -- > LinuxBIOS mailing list > LinuxBIOS@openbios.org > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- LinuxBIOS mailing list LinuxBIOS@openbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios