Any ides on how to build a confing for the 82855GME northbridge?
Any ides on how to build a confing for the 82855GME northbridge? I am having no end of problems setting up linux bios on my LV-671 motherboard. Been working on this board for a few weeks now. I have two other system running Linux BIOS with out any problems, but they are both 440bx systems. This system is running a north bridge that is not supported (82855GME), yet. First and for most, to get the system booting. As of yet I have been unable to get the system to boot, console or vga output. So far I have built up a custom config basted on the tyan tiger board already in the motherboard folder, but had very little luck compiling and none booting. The flash ROM chip is 512KB in size; I am hoping to fit the whole Linux bios on that; just enough to boot the main kernel off the disk.. I have a nice flash burner, and have no issues with bad flash's, I can always reflash with the stock bios. I would like to stay away from having to buy a DOC for this system. The motherboard has built on CF (compact flash) if I can't fit the whole Linux bios on the flash ROM, then I am going to try to boot from the ROM and switch to the CF, but this may be the same idea as booting from HDD. The whole point of this is to get my system to boot faster. I would like to build this into my car as an embedded MP3 player. I have almost every thing running correctly in Linux, MP3's, GPS, Hibernate(suspend to disk) but need a faster boot time. Any ideas or help on getting a config running for this board would be of great help. -Adam Talbot System specs: Gentoo Linux 1.5GHz PM CPU 512MB ddr 60GB HDD 32MB CF card Supre IO: w83627hf Northbridge: 82855GME Southbridge: 82801db (The link to my board) http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/LV-671.HTM carcomp # lspci :00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) :00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) :00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02) :00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) :00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) :00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) :00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) :00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) :00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) :00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) :00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) :00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02) :00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02) :00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02) :01:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475 (rev 80) :01:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 02) ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
How do i join
How do i join this mailing list? -Adam
Need a hand with freebios2
I was good with the tools in freebios, but I do not no my way around freebios2. Are there any "How To" guides for setting up a bios in freebios2?? -Adam Talbot
Compile error
Any ideas on this error? What is causing theis? /root/freebios2/src/mainboard/commell/lv-671/auto.c -o auto.incraminit.c:1369.39:member channel1 not presentmake[1]: *** [auto.inc] Error 1make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/linuxbios/lv-671.512kflash/normal'make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 -Adam Talbot
how to read thermal sensor in 82801db
Wow, I think I can help on this one. Try the link. Its for the 82801DBM south bridge and may have what you are hunting for. ftp://download.intel.com/design/mobile/datashts/25233701.pdf Take a look at section 5.12.8.1. That may be able to give you the information you are looking for. section 9.8.3.5 has all the info about throttling but not sure if its what you are looking for.
Re: Compile error
Cool, go that error fixed, syntax error on my part. My configs is based off the digitallogic/adl855pc. I made a new set of folders in the tree commell/lv-671, in mainboards and targets. I put into place a new irq table for my board. After fixing some more "simple" error's I get these two new errors. The first one I can fix, but am not sure why it comes up. My current config file is nearly unchanged from the digitallogic/adl855pc, i have added one line "option ROM_SIZE=524288" static.c:40: error: `mainboard_commell_lv_671_ops' undeclared here (not in a function)static.c:40: error: initializer element is not constantstatic.c:40: error: (near initialization for `dev_root.chip_ops')static.c:24: error: storage size of `mainboard_commell_lv_671_info_0' isn't knownmake[1]: *** [static.o] Error 1make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/freebios2/targets/commell/lv-671/lv-671/normal'make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 This has an easy fix of just going through my static.c and changing it from lv-671 to lv671, easily done under vi, but im not sure it there are any golbal effects from such a mod. After that mod the compile goes right past that point and runs into the memory error. This part is beond my sikll with C. You guy's have any ideas? gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffd] overlaps section .rom [fffd5478 -> fffe67ef]/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: section .id [fffdffd5 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd5478 -> fffe67ef]collect2: ld returned 1 exit statusmake[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/freebios2/targets/commell/lv-671/lv-671/normal'make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 -Adam Talbot
Re: Compile error
OK, turned down my log... I am still stuch on this memory error. Where should i look? what files? -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 7:33 AM Subject: Re: Compile error > > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > The first one I can fix, but am not sure why it comes up. My current > > config file is nearly unchanged from the digitallogic/adl855pc, i have > > added one line "option ROM_SIZE=524288" > > because the C compiler takes your name lv-761 and thinks you're trying to > subtract 671 from lv. > > static.c:24: error: storage size of `mainboard_commell_lv_671_info_0' isn't known > > > That's just another renaming exercise ... > > > gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/l d: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffd] overlaps section .rom [fffd5478 -> fffe67ef] > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/l d: section .id [fffdffd5 -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd5478 -> fffe67ef] > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/freebios2/targets/commell/lv-671/lv-671/normal' > > make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 > > turn down your MAX_LOGLEVEL to 6 or so ... > > ron > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Compile error
Same error when I compile the digitallogic/adl855pc... Well the good news is its not me :-) Now, what is causing this, I am more then willing to try and help fix this problem. - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:23 AM Subject: Re: Compile error > > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > OK, turned down my log... > > I am still stuch on this memory error. Where should i look? what files? > > Try building digitallogic/adl855pc just to see if that goes. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Compile error
Please let me no when the update is commited... - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:12 PM Subject: Re: Compile error > > > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > Same error when I compile the digitallogic/adl855pc... Well the good news is > > its not me :-) > > well, it means I need to commit my latest stuff. OOPS. > > ron > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree.
Any one have an idea on this error? I grab a new copy of the freebios2 tree. cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/freebios login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/freebios co freebios2 cd ~/freebios2/targets/ ./buildtarget digitallogic/adl855pc cd digitallogic/adl855pc/adl855pc make gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/l d: section .reset [fffdfff0 -> fffd] overlaps section .rom [fffd54f8 -> fffe686f] /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/l d: section .id [fffdffce -> fffdffef] overlaps section .rom [fffd54f8 -> fffe686f] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [linuxbios] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/freebios2/targets/digitallogic/adl855pc/adl855pc/normal' make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 Here I stand stuck. fixing memory problems is beyond my C skill's -Adam Talbot ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree.
Well if I up my ROM_IMAGE_SIZE, it does go through and compile the digitallogic/adl855pc with out any errors... Rebuilding my configs for my board, I will get back to you in a few hours. -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eric W. Biederman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree. > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > I wish I knew a way to implement a grow down segment in LD. > > I worry that we're asking LD to do more than it should be asked to do. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree.
Woot!!! It compiles and boot, kinda. The compile finishes with out any errors, but when I go to boot the system all I get is garbage on the minicom screen. Same with hyperterm. I have seen this out put in minicom before, simple fix, set minicom to the right speed ( 115200 8N1, no hard/software flow control). I when through all speed, it still does not like me. Any ideas? my current config: target lv671 mainboard commell/lv671 option ROM_SIZE=524288 romimage "normal" option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x15000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Normal" payload /etc/hosts end romimage "fallback" option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1 option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x15000 option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION=".0Fallback" payload /etc/hosts end buildrom ./linuxbios.rom ROM_SIZE "normal" "fallback" ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree.
Clean compile of the adl855pc. I changed 2 lines in the config and added one. added:option ROM_SIZE=524288 normal, changed: option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x1tooption ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x15000 fallback, changed: option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x1tooption ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x15000 Still get garbage to the screen... Bad cable? Switched cables, same. Idea, added console redirect to my grub.conf set the speed to 115200 8n1, works fine. Hummm What does it take to get the onboard VGA running? Can you give me a quick "how to"? -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:47 PM Subject: Re: Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree. > that's odd, in the adl855pc I got output just fine. > > For the heck of it, build an adl855pc target and see if you get the same > problem. > > ron > > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree.
dram issue's, where should I start hunting? -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Stuck. Compile error with a clean tree. > > > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > What does it take to get the onboard VGA running? Can you give me a quick > > "how to"? > > there's nothing quick about vga. stick to serial. YOur problems are in the > dram, so stay with that for now. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Any one have a "How to" on vga?
OK, can any one give me a quick how to on setting up VGA? I have the system booting, kinda, and I would like to see if can get the VGA bios loaded. ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Any one have a "How to" on vga?
855GME intel extream, onboard. What code do I need to find from intel inorder to make my system boot with VGA support? -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "YhLu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:42 PM Subject: RE: Any one have a "How to" on vga? > What's your VGA chip? > Currently ati rage xl initialized in LinuxBIOS stage (dev init). --- via > framebuffer and btext. > Some XGI blade has some code in drivers dir too. > > Otherwise You need to get the system boot into Linux and use vgabios to call > vga rom to init VGA. > > If you have problem before that, you need to stick to serial port to get > debug message. > > YH > > -Original Message- > From: Adam Talbot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 6:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Any one have a "How to" on vga? > > OK, can any one give me a quick how to on setting up VGA? > I have the system booting, kinda, and I would like to see if can get the VGA > bios loaded. > > > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
VIA Northbridge's vt8601 and vt8604
Can any one give the the difference between the VIA Northbridge's vt8601 and vt8604. Will the code from the vt8601 be able to boot the vt8604? -Adam Talbot
AWWWW Crap!
OK, I have a bios chip that my flash ROM programmer cant program... The chip is a Amic A290021TL-70. OK, I would like to buy a new chip from a different manufacture. What do I need to keep in mind when I buy a replacement chip? Here is the data sheet from the off brand chip. http://www.amictechnology.com/pdf/A29002.pdf -Adam Talbot
Re: AWWWW Crap!
No, I have a hardware programmer... I am/was trying to find out if I could use a different chip on my motherboard. My programmer does not support the Amic bios chip that was on the mother board. I found a sst39sf020, its the same speed 70ns and took a flash and works great. By any chance do you no what spec's I need to keep in mind when replacing a bios chip?? I no better then to mix 5v and 3v chips, what else is there?? -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:31 PM Subject: Re: A Crap! > send me the output from flash_rom first, to make sure you are enabling > flash write. > > ron > > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
need a linux floppy
Any one no of a good Linux distro that fits onto a floppy. I have a old laptop that I would like to use as a dumb terminal. So all i need is minicom. Thx -Adam Talbot
Re: need a linux floppy
Hummm. Got both tomsrtbt and coyote Linux running. coyote Linux is very nice and I have other apps for it. But none of those had minicom on them. Any other ideas? -Adam - Original Message - From: "David H. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: Re: need a linux floppy > tomsrtbt, the ltsp boot disk, coyote linux... they may not be what > you're looking for, but those're the three floppy linux distros I use > on a regular basis. > > -dhbarr. > > > On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 22:36:40 -0800, Adam Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Any one no of a good Linux distro that fits onto a floppy. I have a old > > laptop that I would like to use as a dumb terminal. So all i need is > > minicom. > > Thx > > -Adam Talbot > ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Fast question
What files are needed off my target system? I now I need to build irq_tables.c, what else do i need to build, if anything? -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Vga bios?
If i have the rom image for the graphics card rom, can I load that into linuxbios? -Adam
No booting
OK, Guys... I am stuck on this one. I have a Shuttle motherboard FV24 running a Via vt8604 chipset. I have the system booting linux and have been tring to install linuxbios. I can never get any output from the com port. I have console redirect running in grub, so I no that part is running and good test point. My current config is just the epia config with an updated irq_tables.c. I make the linuxbios.rom, clean compile, no errors. I flash the system I get nothing. No boot, no output from console, nothing What am I missing? http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_index.html?/main/shuttle-sv24-2.html -Adam Talbot
Re: No booting
Humm, been looking over this board... Cant spot the super IO... Normally that is a very easy thing to ID. Any easy ways to find such things from the Linux command line? A quick googling turned up nothing. -Adam - Original Message - From: Gin To: linuxbios@clustermatic.org Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:47 PM Subject: RE: No booting >I can never get any output from the com port. I have console redirect running in grub, so I no that part is running and good test point. Your com port might not be turned on yet. Check your super IO. See if its the same with what your code is based on.
Re: No booting
Grumble Grumble The super io is built into my southbridge VT82C686B... OK, i hope that via was lazy, I will try to compile with the vt1211 super io, hope that works. -Adam - Original Message - From: "Adam Sulmicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Gin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <linuxbios@clustermatic.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:58 AM Subject: Re: No booting > > Humm, been looking over this board... Cant spot the super IO... Normally > > that is a very easy thing to ID. Any easy ways to find such things from > > the Linux command line? A quick googling turned up nothing.> > i think it is part of your south bridge.. probably.> >
Re: Vga bios?
Humm OK, the main point in asking the question was coming from the stand point that it is easy to obtain a vga rom. Most standard bios images are just a zip file. There are tools on the web that allow one to unzip a bios rom file and grab the rom for the graphics controller. This was an idea that I was toying around with that I think could help the whole linuxbios group of people. I am not at that part yet. Both my board do not boot linux bios yet. The Pentium M board is not supported, yet. The P3 board has the super IO in the southbridge makeing life harder. When I get one of these board booting linuxbios then I will be willing to try to get VGA bios running. -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:01 AM Subject: Re: Vga bios? > > --- Adam Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If i have the rom image for the graphics card rom, > > can I load that into linuxbios? > > Maybe. > > There are 2 methods of doing VGA bios with LB. Both > of these methods are for v1. I can't speak for v2 > since I haven't made the switch yet. > > Method one is to enable the real mode IDT stuff that > sets up a 16 bit enviroment and jumps into the > vgabios. I've attempted this but never took it far > enough to actually make it work. Search the archives > for 'vgabios' or 'vga bios' and you should find lots > of posts describing what to set. > > The second option and the one that I'm most familiar > with is using ADLO. ADLO is a glue layer to the BIOS > used int the bochs project which attempts to set up a > legacy BIOS enviroment. > > Using ADLO and Bochs, I've made LILO and several > vgabios's work under LinuxBios with our Intel 440bx > chipset. > > What chipset are you using? > > -- > Richard A Smith > > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: VGABIOS is working under LinuxBIOS
is/will there be a "How To" released on how to add VGA support? -Adam - Original Message - From: "Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ronald G. Minnich" ; "Li-Ta Lo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "LinuxBIOS" ; "Greg Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Stefan Reinauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:18 PM Subject: Re: VGABIOS is working under LinuxBIOS > > --- "Ronald G. Minnich" wrote: > > > well, Ollie, you have just conquered one of our last > > barriers to desktop > > usage. > > > > Amen. Where I think you are also really going to see > growth is in embedded systems. > > > > = > Richard A. Smith > Bitworks, Inc. > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: VGABIOS is working under LinuxBIOS
Great to hear, Thx -Adam - Original Message - From: "Li-Ta Lo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LinuxBIOS" Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: Re: VGABIOS is working under LinuxBIOS > On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 21:22, Adam Talbot wrote: > > is/will there be a "How To" released on how to add VGA support? > > -Adam > > > > If it is done correctly (by me), you don't need a HOWTO. It work out of > the box like 'BIOS'. > > Ollie > > > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: VGABIOS is working under LinuxBIOS
I have been told that pulling the vgabios is easy with DD. Never tried this my self. Currently I have been decompressing the rom image and adding the vga bios in by hand. Do you think it would be possible to add a script into the buildtarget script, or a vgabios rip script, to rip the vgabios out of the memory? -Adam - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Li-Ta Lo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LinuxBIOS" Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 8:40 PM Subject: Re: VGABIOS is working under LinuxBIOS > > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Li-Ta Lo wrote: > > > If it is done correctly (by me), you don't need a HOWTO. It work out of > > the box like 'BIOS'. > > Ollie, that is true for AGP cards, but for the case of "integrated" > vgabios in the one flash image we'll still need the step where we pull the > VGABIOS out of the factory BIOS. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
855gme chip set support
Just pulled down freebios2 and found that there is now 855pm and i855pm chips in the northbridge. Is the 855gme supported by any of those chips?? Working on getting a Pentium M board running with linuxbios. Can any one give me a quick status report on the 855gme chipset. -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
855GME
-LinuxBios Guy's OK, well if Intel won't play nice then i will have to see what i can do by back tracking a stock 855GME bios... Do-able, but a pain. I am going to try to get linuxbios installed on a LV-671 motherboard... I will keep you guy's informed as to how it goes. If you have any ideas, please pipe up. Thx -Adam Talbot
speaker beeper
Need some way to test if linuxbios is booting correctly. I am debugging and I have reason to believe that my problem is the super io... Does any one know how to get the pc speaker to beep in X second intervals, or some thing that simple, power LED blink... I would like to set up a "speaker beeper" as my payload. I would also like to try to get the new VGA bios running... The graphics card is built on to the board, just to make life more of a pain. If any one is willing to give me a "How To" that would be of great help. Thx -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: speaker beeper
A morse code decoder for decoding "Audio console". Wow, our geek is hanging out! :-) if some one have that much spair time... But for now, one or two simple beeps would make me VERY happy. As far a POST card, I do not have one... Yet. What POST card have your guys had good luck with (PCI)? -Adam - Original Message - From: "Bari Ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: "Ronald G. Minnich" ; "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:43 AM Subject: Re: speaker beeper > Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > > > I think morse code would actually tie in better with the post code > > infrastructure than general console traffic. That would keep > > the volume of data low enough so as to be meaningful. Even > > if you did not know morse code. > > Then maybe you could use one of these instead of a POST card: > http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/morse/2070.html > > :) > -Bari > > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: speaker beeper
Check put this post card. What do you think. http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SY-TECHAID http://www.soyogroup.com/dl/manuals/peripherals/techaid_manual_v10.pdf -Adam - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Bari Ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:16 PM Subject: Re: speaker beeper > > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > As far a POST card, I do not have one... Yet. What POST card have your guys > > had good luck with (PCI)? > > For 5V PCI bus the company I used to buy from no longer sells it, oops (I > just checked) > > anybody? > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: speaker beeper
-Eric Console... Well "running" is a big word :-). I get garbage to the screen, so I no that "some" of Linux bios is loading. I know that the console connection is good, added console support to GRUB, that works great. Currently I am looking over freebios2/src/northbridge/intel/i855pm/raminit.c. Found that the CAS is hard set to 2.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] that will kill my board REAL quick like, my ram is 2.5 CAS, fixing that, and hoping that will fix my garbage out put problem. I would like to add beep code's to different parts of my boot. So 3 beeps means that RAM failed to load, 2 the Northbridge failed, and so on. Just a good debug to get my console up and running. I am very happy to see the code for the speaker, but that code is way beyond my skills of C. I need to be able to just copy and paste the speaker code, or a function calling the speaker and put that into key parts of the code. I have no clue if this is easy or hard to do. I will keep you up to date if the raminit.c fix cleans up my console. -Adam - Original Message - From: "Eric W. Biederman" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Bari Ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:11 PM Subject: Re: speaker beeper > "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > A morse code decoder for decoding "Audio console". Wow, our geek is > > hanging out! :-) if some one have that much spair time... But for now, one > > or two simple beeps would make me VERY happy. > > As far a POST card, I do not have one... Yet. What POST card have your guys > > had good luck with (PCI)? > > I keep having problems with not having a 5V 32bit PCI slot or an ISA slot... > But in any case the llshell.inc should do the trick just include it and > call it very early on. And the first thing it does when called is beep. > > From romcc the calling convention would look something like: > asm( "movl $1f, %esp\n\t" > "jmp low_level_shell\n\t" > "1:\n\t" > ); > > Of course you won't come back unless you have your serial console working... > > > Eric > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: speaker beeper
-Ron Sorry about that, have not even looked at vga; yes, screen=console. As far as the output i see in minicom... ".. ... .. .. TÜ .¿.Ü.ü. . .. . .. ... Tü. .. .. . . ...û. . . .. .. .. ." Hope that means something to you. Thank you -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" ; Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:01 AM Subject: Re: speaker beeper > > > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > Console... Well "running" is a big word :-). I get garbage to the screen, > > so I no that "some" of Linux bios is loading. I know that the console > > connection is good, added console support to GRUB, that works great. > > you want to send your output to me again? Also, to the'screen' do you mean > vga or serial? > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: speaker beeper
-Stefan Can i set my baud rate in the config, or do i need to go change it in the code? -Adam - Original Message - From: "Stefan Reinauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ronald G. Minnich" ; Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:42 AM Subject: Re: speaker beeper > * Adam Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050113 17:32]: > > -Ron > > Sorry about that, have not even looked at vga; yes, screen=console. > > As far as the output i see in minicom... > > ".. ... .. .. TÜ .¿.Ü.ü. . .. . .. ... Tü. .. .. . . ...û. . . .. > > .. .. ." > > Hope that means something to you. > > Have you tried setting it to half or double baud rate? > > Stefan > > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Console output
-Stefan I had to add in the Options.ld used TTYS0_BAUD. I when with default TTYS0_BAUD=9600 as I have had allot of luck with that speed. .r2öTü.b.3.Z..¬ö.4..W.öut¶t.6.T4.4u.4wWIóu.î¼7UT 1¶.ts1.Q..N4u«W.QQÑ.¢QQQIRQQyQYÑ Any other ideas of what to look at? Tried both hardware and softwareware flow control, I have defaulted back to no flow control. -Adam - Original Message - From: "Stefan Reinauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: Re: speaker beeper > * Adam Talbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050113 20:39]: > > -Stefan > > Can i set my baud rate in the config, or do i need to go change it in the > > code? > > You should be able to set it in the config > ## Select the serial console baud rate > default TTYS0_BAUD=115200 > #default TTYS0_BAUD=57600 > #default TTYS0_BAUD=38400 > #default TTYS0_BAUD=19200 > #default TTYS0_BAUD=9600 > #default TTYS0_BAUD=4800 > #default TTYS0_BAUD=2400 > #default TTYS0_BAUD=1200 > > but I actually meant playing with your terminal program. > A very common problem is that some i2c programming is missing and that > makes the serial console come out with 57600 instead of the configured > 115200 baud.. > > Stefan > > > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: speaker beeper
-Ron OK, so what would you advise is the next step. Where should I start looking/debugging. -Adam - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:05 PM Subject: Re: speaker beeper > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > The board is a Commell board, the LV-671 and embedded ITX system running a > > Pentium Mobile chip, with a 855GME Northbridge. > > "Is this as far as you've gotten?" I am VERY happy to now have some real > > out put to work with!! > > you're about where I am. The northbridge config is wrong :-( > > now we have to find out why. The northbridge is actually locking up, and > we have to see what it is we're not setting up correctly. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Small and fast systerm.
Well my commell board is driving me nuts. OK, plan B. I am looking for alternet motherboard. ITX form factor or smaller, preferred. The application is a embedded car system for playing music and GPS. I want to run linux on the embedded systerm; the whole point of running linuxbios is to cut down on my boot time. Any ideas on a board that is supported by linuxbios V2, the smaller the better. -Adam Talbot ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Small and fast systerm.
Currently that is the best option I have. The EPIA-M2 or the new EPIA ML. I really like the ML, it meets all my spec's very nicely. What is the compatibility with linuxbios and the ML, it runs the same chipset as the M2, so I would guess it would be easy, I hope. -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:36 PM Subject: Re: Small and fast systerm. > > adam, what about EPIA M2? Support on Linuxbios v2, no pain with intel NDA > info, works today. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Small and fast systerm.
The Nano is a very nice system and meats all the system spec's i need, but i am tired of fighting with code... I think I will take the lazy road on this one :-) -Adam - Original Message - From: "Bari Ari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ronald G. Minnich" ; Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:58 PM Subject: Re: Small and fast systerm. > Adam Talbot wrote: > > > Currently that is the best option I have. The EPIA-M2 or the new EPIA ML. > > I really like the ML, it meets all my spec's very nicely. What is the > > compatibility with linuxbios and the ML, it runs the same chipset as the M2, > > so I would guess it would be easy, I hope. > > -Adam Talbot > > Just FYI we're working on V2 for the CN400 (Epia-nano). > > -Bari > > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Small and fast systerm.
Thats it. The LV-671 board is out on E-bay. If any one wants a very fast systerm, have a look. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6737466248 -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:46 PM Subject: Re: Small and fast systerm. > > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > Currently that is the best option I have. The EPIA-M2 or the new EPIA > > ML. I really like the ML, it meets all my spec's very nicely. What is > > the compatibility with linuxbios and the ML, it runs the same chipset as > > the M2, so I would guess it would be easy, I hope. > > I would guess it would just work. If you have a favorite mobo you use and > a good supplier let me know who that is -- we're happy to buy a few and > test. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Small and fast systerm.
Does any one have a EPIA-MII 1.2GHz &, or the 1.0GHz?? If you would be so kind as to give me a copy of the output from "cat /proc/cpuinfo"? Just would like to no what CPU is on the board. More info then what I can get off via's web site. Thank you -Adam Talbot ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Best price on the EPIA-MII 1.2GHz?
What is the best price out there on the EPIA-MII 1.2GHz. Can you beat $189 + $9 shipping ($198) http://www.provantage.com/buy-7VIAT00F-via-cle266-ddr-motherboard-technologies-epiamii12000ccm01-shopping.htm -Adam
Re: Best price on the EPIA-MII 1.2GHz?
-Ron I am hunting for just the board, I have not been looking very much at case's. I was looking at a case a while ago, but was unable to find one I liked for a price i was willing to pay.. Here is the cheapest case I was able to find. http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=CA-2699RB&c=pw But if money was not an issue. http://www.shentech.com/cac1sicomica2.html -Adam - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Best price on the EPIA-MII 1.2GHz? > > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > What is the best price out there on the EPIA-MII 1.2GHz. Can you beat $189 + $9 shipping ($198) > > http://www.provantage.com/buy-7VIAT00F-via-cle266-ddr-motherboard-technologies-epiamii12000ccm01-shopping.htm > > > this is no case, right? What's your best with case? > > ron > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Boot Windows Please!
-Ron (Linuxbios team) Humm, had one of my strange ideas. Would it be possible to use the linuxbios kernel as the system kernel?? So instead of calling a new kernel through FILO or booting from etherboot, could I just have Linux bios call INIT, like a normal kernel. I am looking to get the best possible boot time. 1 kernel loads MUCH faster then 2 kernels. You thoughts?? -Adam Talbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Boot Windows Please!
-Linuxbios Team I one loud voice you guys said yes. :-) But I did notice, and you have pointed out, that the linuxbios kernel is missing some key parts. OK, the end goal is an embedded car computer. For that I need so function not offered by the 2.4 kernel. Suspend-to-disk (Hibernate for the Windows people). So I went to http://www.selenic.com/tiny-about/ and took a look at there 2.6 kernel. I will have to patch it to add suspend-to-disk, but that's not hard. Now what else do I need to do to turn this kernel into a "linuxbios" kernel?? Do to size constraints I will be unable to add a fallback image, no great loss. I am loadding this onto an EPIA-MII with a 512kb SST 39SF040 bios chip. -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Peter Stuge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 7:49 AM Subject: Re: Boot Windows Please! > > > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Peter Stuge wrote: > > > That's how LinuxBIOS was initially designed. > > > > LinuxBIOS in itself is "only" minimal code for initializing a > > mainboard with peripherals just enough for a Linux kernel to take > > over and to the rest. > > > > LinuxBIOS does not contain a kernel per se. > > > > After the initialization, LinuxBIOS jumps to a payload and while > > there has been discussion about stacking payloads that's currently > > not in practice. > > > > The payload was originally intended to be a Linux kernel stored in > > flash. Flash ROM grow rate was anticipated optimistically however, > > today there are not many mainboards that actually have enough flash > > ROM room for a kernel. 512KB can be seen here-and-there and a few > > boards come with 1MB. Recent kernels really want that MB, and then > > you'll only have room for 3-400 KB of initial ramdisk, which could > > be too small too, depending on the application. > > > > So, other payloads are used; the two major ones are FILO and > > Etherboot. FILE loads a kernel from a filesystem on an IDE device and > > Etherboot loads a kernel from the network or from a filesystem on an > > IDE device. > > > > If you're using FILO there is no Linux kernel until FILO loads it, > > and the kernel loaded by FILO (or Etherboot) can absolutely be the > > one you want to run in your system. Just set it up with the correct > > root and init commandline so that it can start init. > > > > Another option is to chain two kernels after each other, this is > > useful for loading a system kernel from some place that FILO or > > Etherboot can not reach, but which a Linux kernel can. Imagine all > > sorts of "strange" storage ranging from local JFS to "unusual" > > network systems and beyond. This uses the kexec feature in 2.6, > > where a kernel can execute another kernel. > > > > Hope this helps. > > looks like a great FAQ entry to me > > ron > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Open Source BIOS is not only choice.
What would be the point of that!, the whole reason to use Linux bios is for a clustering environment. Linuxbios was built for booting off the network in ways that bootp and PXE cant. (stock with some bios's) In my applaction speed of boot time is my only concern. Stock bios's a VERY slow! -Adam - Original Message - From: "Digital Infra, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:40 AM Subject: Open Source BIOS is not only choice. > > Sorry for forking a new thread. > > I have read your discussion about booting Windows from linuxbios and > understand that compatibility of open source bios is the issue. > then, how about this idea. > WARN: I dont know this is legal in your country. consult an attorney > before you do something. > > Proposal: > Just use proprietary BIOS. you can buy it from BIOS upgrading company. > and even I think you MIGHT be able to use a BIOS comes with your PC. > I mean, you back up your proprietary BIOS before burn linuxBIOS and > use it. For example, you save the bios image to HDD and use it. > > --- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan. > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Via passing out linuxbios with out GPL?
-Linux bios team http://www.viaarena.com/guides/WinCE/fastboot%20v2.03.zip Looks like via is passing out linux bios, with out ever saying any thing about GPL or linuxbios.org... -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Via EPIA-MII
Looking for the configs for the EPIA-MII, i dont see them in the freebios2 tree. Should I just build them from scratch? -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Via EPIA-MII ROM speed?
How fast is the ROM chip MB/s. In my case a SST 39SF020A 70-4C-NH. I was trying to figure out what would be faster... Linuxbios calling a 2.6 kernel off the hard drive, or loading my 2.6 kernel out of the rom file. I have the 512k rom chips, so I have room to add my kernel. If I put my kernel into the rom, can I just call it as a payload? -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Build error on the EPIA-M
build_dir=via/epia-m/epia-m Trying to find one of TARGET on line 4: > loadoptions > ^ List of nearby tokens: ===> ERROR: Could not parse file via/epia-m/Config.lb:0 Any ideas? -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
I am more then willing to do the updating. Just need to no why its failing. -Adam - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:03 AM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > it's clear we failed to update that target. I have some epia work to do > and we will look at this next week. > > ron > > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
Well, its a step in the right direction, I updated the configs and started the compile... ERROR!! Any ideas on this one. Am I missing something in my configs? /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:523: warning: `enum chip_pass' declared inside parameter list /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:523: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:523: warning: `struct chip' declared inside parameter list /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:524: error: parameter `pass' has incomplete type /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c: In function `southbridge_init': /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:527: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:530: error: `CONF_PASS_PRE_PCI' undeclared (first use in this function) /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:530: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:530: error: for each function it appears in.) /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:534: error: `CONF_PASS_POST_PCI' undeclared (first use in this function) /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:538: warning: implicit declaration of function `setup_i8259' /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:543: warning: implicit declaration of function `vga_fixup' /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:549: error: `CONF_PASS_PRE_BOOT' undeclared (first use in this function) /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c: At top level: /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:562: error: unknown field `enable' specified in initializer /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:562: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type /root/freebios2/src/southbridge/via/vt8235/vt8235.c:102: warning: `nvram_on' defined but not used make[1]: *** [vt8235.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/freebios2/targets/via/epia-m/epia-m/normal' make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1 -Adam Talbot ----- Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > I am more then willing to do the updating. Just need to no why its failing. > > the syntax of config files has changed. Look at a working one in the tyan > directories to see how they should look. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
-LinuxBios Team Humm, ok been working out some boot issues that I may/will have on the EPIA-MII. I think I remember hearing something about booting of the CF card on the EPIA-MII if I have linuxbios. If I can boot off the onboard CF device what device does it come up as? still hde? Here is the problem I am running into: On the stock bios I can not boot off the CF, so I boot off a hard disk. Well, when I add linuxbios, the system will be asking for data before the hard disk will be ready. My hard disk has a 5~7 sec spin up time. So in turn I plan to boot off the CF so solve this problem. OK, fixed the spin up time problem, but brought up a new problem. My current kernel config loads the ide-cs (access to the CF) after software suspend 2. So software suspend does not work, as it can't read the software suspend file during boot; ide-cs is not loaded yet, and I don't know how to change the device loading order in the kernel. Any ideas?? -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > I am more then willing to do the updating. Just need to no why its failing. > > the syntax of config files has changed. Look at a working one in the tyan > directories to see how they should look. > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
-Adam Sulmicki On the EPIA-MII the CF is part of the PCMCIA and does not connect to the ide bus at any time... So the only way I can get access to the CF is through ide-cs. I do have an adaptor on order (CD-IDE) to help with this issue, but I would much rather use the onboard CF. The less cables the smaller the case. -Adam Talbot - Original Message - From: "Adam Sulmicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ronald G. Minnich" ; Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 5:35 AM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > > If I can boot off the onboard CF device what device does it come up as? > > still hde? > > yes, ide. > > > Here is the problem I am running into: > > On the stock bios I can not boot off the CF, so I boot off a hard disk. > > Well, when I add linuxbios, the system will be asking for data before the > > hard disk will be ready. My hard disk has a 5~7 sec spin up time. So in turn > > I plan to boot off the CF so solve this problem. OK, fixed the spin up time > > problem, but brought up a new problem. My current kernel config loads the > > ide-cs (access to the CF) after software suspend 2. So software suspend does > > not work, as it can't read the software suspend file during boot; ide-cs is > > not loaded yet, and I don't know how to change the device loading order in > > the kernel. > > ide-cs ? that's part of pcmcia, it shouldn't have anything to do with cf > at all if you are are connecting CF via IDE bus (which is the way you > should do it, and which should the the way if it is on board cf device). > ___ > Linuxbios mailing list > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
Software suspend for Linux, gives me stuff like "hibernate" http://softwaresuspend.berlios.de/ I have most every thing compiled into my kernel, there are thing's that I still have as modules, but those are things that I don't need most of the time. When I boot in a normal case the system will be coming out of hibernate, not doing a full boot. This means that software suspend (the program that allows hibernate) will be loading its hibernation image off the disk. Well if that image happens to be the on my 1GB CF card, I need to have ide-cs loaded... Well with the way that software suspend works, it loads about half way through the kernel loading process, ide-cs loads after that. This means that software suspend cant see the CF, yet. I need linuxbios for speed reasons, not the fact that it can boot from CF, but that helps. This is all going into and embedded car computer to play music, GPS, wireless. So first and formost is the boot time. With software suspend and linuxbios I will be looking at a cold boot, to playing music in about 12~14 seconds. - Original Message - From: "Adam Sulmicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 1:41 PM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > >> yes, via PCMCIA it is still an ide device.. > > Ya. CF is ide, but it never hits the onboard ide controller only the PCMCIA > > controller. I cant get to the CF with out the correct drivers in place. > > i'm not sure i follow.. > > ..it does if you use pcmcia it will not use the onboard ide controller > since it just an emulated ide driver via pcmcia/cardbus, nothing to do > with ide on board. > > > As of right now I can only get option B to work. Option A can not work > > because of software suspend loading before ide-cs. I was hoping that I > > could use linuxbios to start the onboard CF and pass it to the system as > > just another ide or scsi device. I know that linuxbios can start the CF > > and boot from it; can it pass it to the OS as generic storage device? > > well part of reason to use linux kernel was to allow booting from complex > devices like uh, Infiniband, etc.. so cf over pcmcia should fall into the > same category. > > i'm not sure what you mean by software suspend > > either way you should compile everything built in, not as as module and > that way linux kernel should able to find all devices on boot.. so > root=/dev/hde or some such would work. > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
Humm Ok, I will start talking it up with the sus people. - Original Message - From: "Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Sulmicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:26:31 -0500 (EST), Adam Sulmicki > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > sounds to me like chicken and egg problem. > > > > Looks to me like you are going to have to work with the softsus2 folk > and figure out how to make it restore pcmica devices prior to trying > to load your sus image. > > > -- > Richard A. Smith > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
Cool, thank you for the test. I think I will fall back and go with the ide-->cf adaptor. That will take a few days to come in. After that I will be looking to get linuxbios installed on my EPIA-MII. - Original Message - From: "Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Sulmicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > > > > it was my understanding that the reason the pcmcia/cardbus stuff got > > integrated into kernel in the first place was to support booting from such > > devices. > > I believe you are correct but I seem to remember that it will only be > posible via early userspace due to the database lookup cardmgr has to > do. > > I just did a test with my adapter. I compiled bot the bridge driver > and the ide-cs into my 2.6.10 kernel, moved cardmgr to cardmgr.norun > and re-booted. The bridge was found but the ide-cs device was not. > Running /sbin/cardmgr.norun by hand enabled the ide-cs like normal. > So looks to me like its still dependent on cardmgr. > > -- > Richard A. Smith > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Build error on the EPIA-M
I bought an IDE based CF adaptor that I should have in the next 2~3 days. Its small and has the laptop style interface (44 pin) and status lights. I like blinky lights :-) http://www.acscontrol.com/Index_ACS.asp?Page=/Pages/Products/CompactFlash/SFF_IDE_To_CF_Adapter.htm - Original Message - From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: Re: Build error on the EPIA-M > > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Adam Talbot wrote: > > > I think I remember hearing something about booting of the CF card on the > > EPIA-MII if I have linuxbios. > > we used the ituner which has an ide->cf adapter. > > How is your CF hooked up? > > ron > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Can any one ID this board?
Well, I have been googling this board for the last 2 day's and have found nothing. Can any of your guys ID this board? Or perhaps point me in the right direction. I put the BIOS into my programer and grabed a copy of the ROM, but that has given me no new information. I am looking for the pin outs, VGA, PS/2, network. Any ideas? http://www.etministries.com/webfolders/top.JPG http://www.etministries.com/webfolders/bottom.JPG -Adam ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
wiki.linuxbios.org update
-Ron Love the new page. As I do not have edit permissions, but would like to help, here is the specs for the Via board's to put under your "(Unfinished re-organization: Supported Motherboards)" section. You may need to do a little formatting, but they should be for the most part, copy and paste. Also more then willing to write the tutorial for the epia-mII, and the sample configs. If you would be so kind as to fix via south bridge stuff. -Adam a.. Via EPIA b.. Spec: Via C3/EDEN CPU, up to 1GB PC133, LAN, IDE, Video c.. Chipset(s): PLE133, VT8231 d.. Location in source tree: /targets/via/epia e.. Status: Supported a.. Working perpherials: (???) b.. Known broken perpherials: (???) c.. Diffrences between revisions: (???) a.. (Working/known broken perpherials (per revision)) f.. Sample configuration(s): (???) g.. Motherboard specific configuration items: (???) h.. Build tutorial: i.. a.. Via EPIA-M a.. Spec: Via C3/EDEN CPU, up to 1GB DDR266, LAN, IDE, Video b.. Chipset(s): CLE266, VT8235 c.. Location in source tree: /targets/via/epia-m d.. Status: Supported a.. Working perpherials: (???) b.. Known broken perpherials: (???) c.. Diffrences between revisions: (???) a.. (Working/known broken perpherials (per revision)) e.. Sample configuration(s): (???) f.. Motherboard specific configuration items: (???) g.. Build tutorial: a.. Via EPIA-MII b.. Spec: Via C3/EDEN CPU, up to 1GB DDR266, LAN, IDE, PCMCIA, CF, Video c.. Chipset(s):CLE266, VT8235 d.. Location in source tree: /targets/via/epia-mii e.. Status: Supported a.. Working perpherials: (PCMCIA, CF) b.. Known broken perpherials: (???) c.. Diffrences between revisions: (???) a.. (Working/known broken perpherials (per revision)) f.. Sample configuration(s): (???) g.. Motherboard specific configuration items: (???) h.. Build tutorial: ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: Can any one ID this board?
don't no of a source, or even who makes that board. - Original Message - From: "Geoffrey McRae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ronald G. Minnich" Cc: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 6:30 PM Subject: Re: Can any one ID this board? > Does anybody know of a source for these in Australia, I would love to get > my hands on one or two to play with > > Geoff > > > don't know, but it sure looks like yer basic geode board to me. > > > > ron > > > > ___ > > Linuxbios mailing list > > Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > > http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > > > > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: wiki.linuxbios.org update
Thank you Justin -Adam - Original Message - From: "Justin C. Darby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Ronald G. Minnich" ; Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: Re: wiki.linuxbios.org update > This is beautiful. I'll add it right away. > > Justin > > Adam Talbot wrote: > > >-Ron > >Love the new page. As I do not have edit permissions, but would like to > >help, here is the specs for the Via board's to put under your "(Unfinished > >re-organization: Supported Motherboards)" section. You may need to do a > >little formatting, but they should be for the most part, copy and paste. > >Also more then willing to write the tutorial for the epia-mII, and the > >sample configs. If you would be so kind as to fix via south bridge stuff. > >-Adam > > > >a.. Via EPIA > >b.. Spec: Via C3/EDEN CPU, up to 1GB PC133, LAN, IDE, Video > >c.. Chipset(s): PLE133, VT8231 > >d.. Location in source tree: /targets/via/epia > >e.. Status: Supported > > a.. Working perpherials: (???) > > b.. Known broken perpherials: (???) > > c.. Diffrences between revisions: (???) > >a.. (Working/known broken perpherials (per revision)) > >f.. Sample configuration(s): (???) > >g.. Motherboard specific configuration items: (???) > >h.. Build tutorial: > >i.. > > > >a.. Via EPIA-M > >a.. Spec: Via C3/EDEN CPU, up to 1GB DDR266, LAN, IDE, Video > >b.. Chipset(s): CLE266, VT8235 > >c.. Location in source tree: /targets/via/epia-m > >d.. Status: Supported > > a.. Working perpherials: (???) > > b.. Known broken perpherials: (???) > > c.. Diffrences between revisions: (???) > >a.. (Working/known broken perpherials (per revision)) > >e.. Sample configuration(s): (???) > >f.. Motherboard specific configuration items: (???) > >g.. Build tutorial: > > > >a.. Via EPIA-MII > >b.. Spec: Via C3/EDEN CPU, up to 1GB DDR266, LAN, IDE, PCMCIA, CF, Video > >c.. Chipset(s):CLE266, VT8235 > >d.. Location in source tree: /targets/via/epia-mii > >e.. Status: Supported > > a.. Working perpherials: (PCMCIA, CF) > > b.. Known broken perpherials: (???) > > c.. Diffrences between revisions: (???) > >a.. (Working/known broken perpherials (per revision)) > >f.. Sample configuration(s): (???) > >g.. Motherboard specific configuration items: (???) > >h.. Build tutorial: > > > > > >___ > >Linuxbios mailing list > >Linuxbios@clustermatic.org > >http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > > > > > > ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
Re: How to add VGA function into Linuxbios
-HJ take a look at this link. http://wiki.linuxbios.org/data/vgabios/ Hope that helps -Adam - Original Message - From: "Huang-Jen Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 6:48 PM Subject: How to add VGA function into Linuxbios Dear all, I built a Linuxbios for Arima Hdama, but it just has console mode. The mainboard's graphic card is Ati Ragexl, onboard chip.I have got its own vgabios, could any one teach me how to add the vgabios into Linuxbios , thank advanced! HJ Wang ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
