Re: [coreboot] Patch file for ld/fedora 8 more issues...

2008-01-23 Thread ron minnich
Good. now if only ubuntu worked. :-) ron -- coreboot mailing list coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

Re: [coreboot] Patch file for ld/fedora 8 more issues...

2008-01-23 Thread joe
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Quoting Marc Karasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> It was not specifically x86_64 related. It was however fedora 8 >> related. I think in my research that it has to do with the version of >> binutils. I had sent out a mail to the reflector with a link to >> another disc

Re: [coreboot] patch: first steps to VSA support in v3

2008-01-23 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 23, 2008 5:09 PM, Marc Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't get to test this today but I will first thing in the AM. OK, the code I sent won't run, the only test I have done so far is compiole. rn -- coreboot mailing list coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/list

Re: [coreboot] patch: first steps to VSA support in v3

2008-01-23 Thread Marc Jones
ron minnich wrote: > On Jan 23, 2008 11:06 AM, Marc Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> BUT, I don't think that you need them. VSA should default to reasonable >> settings without the in15 calls. I need to test it in v2 this afternoon. >> If VSA does require them I would rather change VSA. The

[coreboot] [patch] 'dist' target for 'flashrom' Makefile

2008-01-23 Thread Martin-Éric Racine
Greetings, I just implemented release tarball generation (with ChangeLog generation) in the enclosed patch for flashrom's Makefile, diffed against SVN. This required editing the version parsing rule to make it useful for versioning the tarball filename too. Please check if this still produces the

Re: [coreboot] [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Fix FireWire on GA M57 SLI-S4

2008-01-23 Thread Ward Vandewege
On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 06:23:27PM +0100, Torsten Duwe wrote: > On Thursday 20 December 2007, ron minnich wrote: > > Hi Torsten, why not add the comments and readable indentation right > > now? once it is committed, it won't happen :-) > > > > But, anyway, it's ok. > > > > Acked-by: Ronald G. Minni

Re: [coreboot] patch: first steps to VSA support in v3

2008-01-23 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 23, 2008 11:06 AM, Marc Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BUT, I don't think that you need them. VSA should default to reasonable > settings without the in15 calls. I need to test it in v2 this afternoon. > If VSA does require them I would rather change VSA. There is no reason > it can't g

Re: [coreboot] patch: first steps to VSA support in v3

2008-01-23 Thread Marc Jones
ron minnich wrote: > These are incomplete and will continue to evolve, but I want to see if > I can get it working at all. > > attached. > > ron > vm86.c: make some assembly symbols .globl so that vmssetup.c can use them. > Add two ops to pci21 support that were define in vsmsetup.c in v2. >

Re: [coreboot] Patch file for ld/fedora 8 more issues...

2008-01-23 Thread joe
Quoting Marc Karasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It was not specifically x86_64 related. It was however fedora 8 > related. I think in my research that it has to do with the version of > binutils. I had sent out a mail to the reflector with a link to > another discussion group regarding binutils and

[coreboot] patch: first steps to VSA support in v3

2008-01-23 Thread ron minnich
These are incomplete and will continue to evolve, but I want to see if I can get it working at all. attached. ron This is a first cut at the implementation of VSM support. What has do be done, long term, is to remove almost all of the vsmsetup.c file and use functions in the vm86.c file. The b

Re: [coreboot] Embedding VSA in a LAR

2008-01-23 Thread ron minnich
On Jan 22, 2008 5:33 PM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Besides the obvious stuff (storing the VSA as a file in the LAR) there > are two points to solve which are rather interesting: > - Entry point specification > - Load address specification > Both are not trivial because we

[coreboot] trying to understand the build process of coreboot-v2

2008-01-23 Thread Harald Gutmann
Hello! As now SPI-Chips with more space than 512kB are supported for the Gigabyte M57SLI-4 Mainboard, i want to build a coreboot image with Linux as Payload. First i tried to do that with buildrom-devel, but i wasn't successful. Buildrom-devel created a payload.elf file (in buildrom-devel/work

Re: [coreboot] Embedding VSA in a LAR

2008-01-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Jordan Crouse wrote: On 23/01/08 02:33 +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: Besides the obvious stuff (storing the VSA as a file in the LAR) there are two points to solve which are rather interesting: - Entry point specification - Load address specification Both are not trivial because we get

Re: [coreboot] Embedding VSA in a LAR

2008-01-23 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 23/01/08 02:33 +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Besides the obvious stuff (storing the VSA as a file in the LAR) there > are two points to solve which are rather interesting: > - Entry point specification > - Load address specification > Both are not trivial because we get both specificati

Re: [coreboot] Patch file for ld/fedora 8 more issues...

2008-01-23 Thread Marc Karasek
I hate compiler/tools issues... :-( /* Marc Karasek MTS Sun Microsystems mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ph:770.360.6415 */ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> On 23.01.2008 02:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Quot

Re: [coreboot] Patch file for ld/fedora 8 more issues...

2008-01-23 Thread Marc Karasek
It was not specifically x86_64 related. It was however fedora 8 related. I think in my research that it has to do with the version of binutils. I had sent out a mail to the reflector with a link to another discussion group regarding binutils and a bug that looked like it was this. According

Re: [coreboot] [cbv2]Add serial port information to lbtable

2008-01-23 Thread Patrick Georgi
Stefan Reinauer schrieb: > Note: There's another patch from Jens Freimann which puts all of the > device tree into the cb table. Unlike Patrick's patch, Jens' does not > reveil any information like "coreboot is actually using this device in > this and that manner". So I think those are two diffe

Re: [coreboot] LAR gaps and climbing trees

2008-01-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Peter Stuge wrote: Hi, On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:31:23PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: New plan: Scratch all "special" LAR member stuff and simply add a normal file called "foo" or "placeholder" with the nocompress: parameter to the LAR. No new code needed, gives us almost everythin

Re: [coreboot] [cbv2]Add serial port information to lbtable

2008-01-23 Thread Torsten Duwe
On Tuesday 22 January 2008, Peter Stuge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:43:35PM +0100, Patrick Georgi wrote: > > This patch adds a new record type for lbtable to provide information > > about a serial port. If a port is defined in the board configuration, > > add it to lbtable. > > > > Signed-o

Re: [coreboot] progress on lx

2008-01-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
ron minnich wrote: Thats fine with me, it is not really the "standard" for the dts but I think we'd be better off making it clear. The DTS is coming from the ePAPR standard afaik. Because that is all written for POWER cpus only, we should grab the opportunity and redesign it for our purpose

Re: [coreboot] I just can't believe it

2008-01-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Florentin Demetrescu wrote: yes but they DO have access to datasheets.. we don't... Some of us certainly do. They might not be able to put them on a web page for download but still write ports. I am working on support for newer Intel chipsets at the moment. they are "trusted" bussiness part

Re: [coreboot] OT: I just can't believe it

2008-01-23 Thread Torsten Duwe
On Wednesday 23 January 2008, Rudolf Marek wrote: > Hi all, > > > It appears to be funny. But it's true. > > Well most of them run DOS games too - graphics vendors because of old > video modes (they check pixel clock etc) When was the last time you actually _played_ a DOS game on a current machine

Re: [coreboot] [cbv2]Add serial port information to lbtable

2008-01-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Peter Stuge wrote: On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 11:45:08AM +0100, Torsten Duwe wrote: I cannot think of a good use a payload can make of a serial port other than console Some kind of recovery, management, whatever. I can't think of all uses either, but I certianly do not want to impose an a

Re: [coreboot] OT: I just can't believe it

2008-01-23 Thread Rudolf Marek
Hi all, > It appears to be funny. But it's true. > Well most of them run DOS games too - graphics vendors because of old video modes (they check pixel clock etc) And BIOS vendors because of SMM usb keyboard emulation, which is tricky because of A20 stuff etc etc. I have some legal obligations

Re: [coreboot] I just can't believe it

2008-01-23 Thread Torsten Duwe
On Tuesday 22 January 2008, Florentin Demetrescu wrote: > yes but they DO have access to datasheets.. > we don't... > they are "trusted" bussiness partners.. > we aren't.. It's not trust. it's the million-flies-syndrome along with percieved "business demands". Virtualisation can help here. Some

Re: [coreboot] I just can't believe it

2008-01-23 Thread Torsten Duwe
On Tuesday 22 January 2008, ron minnich wrote: > brand new shuttle box > > phoenix-award bios > > "keyboard error or no keyboard present" > > "Press F1 to continue" > > It's just too funny. Imagine a beowulf of these! The Legacy BIOS vendors' QA process is properly described in linux/arch/i386/ke

Re: [coreboot] LinuxBIOS on VIA EPIA EN15000

2008-01-23 Thread Corey Osgood
Corey Osgood wrote: > It also needs the MA map type set manually, look for this bit in > raminit.c: > > /* Set to 2T, MA Map type 1. > * TODO: Needs to become dynamic */ > pci_write_config16(ctrl->d0f3, 0x50, 0x0020); > > The correct values for your dimm can be found with 'lspci -xxx -s > 0:0.3'

[coreboot] Support for MSI K9A2 Platinum

2008-01-23 Thread Joop Boonen
Dear all, I'd like to know if there are plans to support the MSI K9A2 Platinum main board? I'm looking at this main board as it also supports SAS. Regards, Joop Boonen. -- coreboot mailing list coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot

Re: [coreboot] LinuxBIOS on VIA EPIA EN15000

2008-01-23 Thread Corey Osgood
Peter Stuge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 10:29:17AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I own a VIA EPIA EN15000 Motherboard >> > .. > >> Is there a chance to get my board working ? >> > > Some, if you have time to hack a bit. > > > >> Can anybody tell me what to do ? >>