[coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-02 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Hi ! Ive just joined the mailing list, to see if it is possible to get an Asus G1 (laptop) use coreboot. I recently killed my bios doing some experiments, so i desoldered the chip, and put a nice socket. (it is a PLCC32). Also i have the equipment needed to program this chip, so no worries there.

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-02 Thread Peter Stuge
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > Ive just joined the mailing list, to see if it is possible to get > an Asus G1 (laptop) use coreboot. Maybe. You could try a coreboot image for kontron/986lcd-m and see if you get any serial output. But please check where the serial port is on the kontron board, it may be

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-02 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Ivan Barrera A. wrote: Ive just joined the mailing list, to see if it is possible to get an Asus G1 (laptop) use coreboot. Maybe. You could try a coreboot image for kontron/986lcd-m and see if you get any serial output. But please check where the serial port is on the kon

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-02 Thread Peter Stuge
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: >> you need another debug output method.. > > The G1 does not have any serial port :/ > (and havent find any on the mainboard). > > I guess the screen output will have problems due to the integrated > video rom... > Is there any way to initialize video in this cases ? I'm af

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-02 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Ivan Barrera A. wrote: you need another debug output method.. The G1 does not have any serial port :/ (and havent find any on the mainboard). I guess the screen output will have problems due to the integrated video rom... Is there any way to initialize video in this cases

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-02 Thread Cristi Magherusan
On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 16:03 -0400, Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > Peter Stuge escribió: > > Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > >>> you need another debug output method.. > >> The G1 does not have any serial port :/ > >> (and havent find any on the mainboard). > >> > >> I guess the screen output will have problems

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-02 Thread Peter Stuge
Cristi Magherusan wrote: > I think this could be a good testcase for SerialICE > What do you think? I think it's difficult to use SerialICE without a serial port. :\ //Peter pgptnP8qS4JYZ.pgp Description: PGP signature -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/ma

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-03 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Cristi Magherusan wrote: I think this could be a good testcase for SerialICE What do you think? I think it's difficult to use SerialICE without a serial port. :\ Well... instead of keep trying to find a way to mentally use a serial port, ive decided this weekend to ju

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-07 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Ivan Barrera A. wrote: Ive just joined the mailing list, to see if it is possible to get an Asus G1 (laptop) use coreboot. Maybe. You could try a coreboot image for kontron/986lcd-m and see if you get any serial output. But please check where the serial port is on the kon

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-07 Thread Peter Stuge
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: > flashrom is able to read from the flash chip.. but cannot > erase/write it. Please run flashrom -V to get more debugging info. Maybe it's possible to add a board enable for the system, but I somehow doubt it. //Peter -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-07 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Ivan Barrera A. wrote: flashrom is able to read from the flash chip.. but cannot erase/write it. Please run flashrom -V to get more debugging info. Maybe it's possible to add a board enable for the system, but I somehow doubt it. I included more info of the system in th

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-07 Thread Peter Stuge
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: >> Please run flashrom -V to get more debugging info. Maybe it's >> possible to add a board enable for the system, but I somehow >> doubt it. > > I included more info of the system in the first mail of the thread ;) Sorry. :\ Thanks for indulging me. > [r...@g1 ~]# flashr

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-07 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Ivan Barrera A. wrote: Please run flashrom -V to get more debugging info. Maybe it's possible to add a board enable for the system, but I somehow doubt it. I included more info of the system in the first mail of the thread ;) Sorry. :\ Thanks for indulging me. [r...@g

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-07 Thread Peter Stuge
Ivan Barrera A. wrote: >> It would be interesting if you could measure voltage on the flash >> chip pins 7 and 8. GND is on pin 16 and 28. Pin 1 is top center by >> the small mark on the chip, numbering is counter clockwise. > > Thats just with the laptop on, or when trying to read/write using > fl

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-07 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Peter Stuge escribió: Ivan Barrera A. wrote: flashrom is able to read from the flash chip.. but cannot erase/write it. Please run flashrom -V to get more debugging info. Maybe it's possible to add a board enable for the system, but I somehow doubt it. I included more info of the system in th

Re: [coreboot] coreboot on Asus G1 ... Possible ?

2009-07-10 Thread Ivan Barrera A.
Ivan Barrera A. escribió: Hi ! Ive just joined the mailing list, to see if it is possible to get an Asus G1 (laptop) use coreboot. I recently killed my bios doing some experiments, so i desoldered the chip, and put a nice socket. (it is a PLCC32). Also i have the equipment needed to program this