Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Joseph Smith
>> Aha. >> However, lspci (and the specs) shows that my board is i945. >> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML >> and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) >> (Mobile Intel® 945 PM Express Chipset + ICH7M) > Oh, interesting... Then there must be different v

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
However, lspci (and the specs) shows that my board is i945. 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) (Mobile Intel® 945 PM Express Chipset + ICH7M) Oh, interesting... Then there must be different versions of the Lapt

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Ivan Barrera A. wrote: The other option would be putting inside 2 flash chips, and an external switch to enable one or the other. Im not sure if this is possible using not so many wires... This can certainly be a very doable hack. You will of course have to reboot a lot a

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: Downside: it requires a serial port (though adding EHCI debug port support or something like that should be feasible - but "adding" requires some effort). >>> Aha... >>> I did read about SerialICE, but didnt get anywhere because the laptop >>> doesnt have seria

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Peter Stuge
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > The other option would be putting inside 2 flash chips, and an > external switch to enable one or the other. Im not sure if this is > possible using not so many wires... This can certainly be a very doable hack. You will of course have to reboot a lot and that is fairly ti

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Downside: it requires a serial port (though adding EHCI debug port support or something like that should be feasible - but "adding" requires some effort). Aha... I did read about SerialICE, but didnt get anywhere because the laptop doesnt have serial ports. (and havent found one on the board, tho

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > Patrick Georgi escribió: >> Ivan Barrera A. schrieb: >>> Is it possible ? Or, do you have any other sugestions to keep >>> trying ? >> SerialICE might be an option: >> http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot-announce/2009-June/02.html >> >> >> That way, the chip on

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 09:36:20AM -0400, Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > Hi ! > > My previous attemps to put coreboot on my laptop (Asus G1, with > vgarom on bios) have failed. > I want to keep trying to get something to work but it is a real pain > in the behind to keep taking out the flash chip

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Patrick Georgi escribió: Ivan Barrera A. schrieb: Is it possible ? Or, do you have any other sugestions to keep trying ? SerialICE might be an option: http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot-announce/2009-June/02.html That way, the chip only has to be flashed once (at least until seri

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger escribió: On 29.07.2009 15:36, Ivan Barrera A. wrote: My previous attemps to put coreboot on my laptop (Asus G1, with vgarom on bios) have failed. I want to keep trying to get something to work but it is a real pain in the behind to keep taking out the flash chip and repro

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Patrick Georgi
Ivan Barrera A. schrieb: > Is it possible ? Or, do you have any other sugestions to keep trying ? SerialICE might be an option: http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot-announce/2009-June/02.html That way, the chip only has to be flashed once (at least until serialice works enough, but tha

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Cristi Magherusan escribió: On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 09:36 -0400, Ivan Barrera A. wrote: Hi ! My previous attemps to put coreboot on my laptop (Asus G1, with vgarom on bios) have failed. I want to keep trying to get something to work but it is a real pain in the behind to keep taking out t

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Cristi Magherusan
On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 09:36 -0400, Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > Hi ! > >My previous attemps to put coreboot on my laptop (Asus G1, with > vgarom on bios) have failed. >I want to keep trying to get something to work but it is a real pain > in the behind to keep taking out the flash chip and r

Re: [coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 29.07.2009 15:36, Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > My previous attemps to put coreboot on my laptop (Asus G1, with vgarom > on bios) have failed. > I want to keep trying to get something to work but it is a real pain > in the behind to keep taking out the flash chip and reprogramming it. > I think it co

[coreboot] Original bios as payload

2009-07-29 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Hi ! My previous attemps to put coreboot on my laptop (Asus G1, with vgarom on bios) have failed. I want to keep trying to get something to work but it is a real pain in the behind to keep taking out the flash chip and reprogramming it. I think it could be easier to have coreboot booting t