Re: static and dynamic devices (again)

2003-07-23 Thread ollie lho
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 12:08, ron minnich wrote: We thus have a static tree (representing the static resources) with links at certain places to the dynamic tree (representing dynamic resources). LinuxBIOS can do device-specific operations on devices in the static tree, and can attach

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030723 02:48]: make reset a rel jump to 0xfff0 - (sizeof entry16). Then put entry 16 right before 0xfff0. Entry16 code turns on 32-bit mode and then jumps to the real start of the linuxbios image -- which can now be anywhere in the flash image. I could

Re: alternate startup idea.

2003-07-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030723 03:26]: Well, my alternate startup idea works fine on the K8. Except ... looks like flash rom addressing is not enabled by default for anything but the 0x segment, which means while my idea works, it's useless: if I jump to the 0xfffe

NVidia NForce2

2003-07-23 Thread Marco Hetzel
Hi! The help-fromular on your page isn't working, so I once again try to write here. Are there any Driver for the NForce2 - Chipset? THX, Marco ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

supermicro p4dc6p complier problem

2003-07-23 Thread Tien
Hi guys, Does anyone can complier supermicro P4DC6P with latest version source code? Pls let me know how to do it if anyone know it. Best regards, Tien ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

OT: job offer

2003-07-23 Thread Franz Reinhardt
wenglor sensoric gmbh sucht: PC-HW/SW-Entwickler (Ingenieur/Techniker mit Berufserfahrung) zur Schaltungsentwicklung und Treiberprogrammierung. Anforderung: Fundierte Kenntnisse in der PC-Architektur Aufgabengebiet: Entwicklung von PC-basierten Hauptplatinen Schaltungen in der PC-Peripherie

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: * ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030723 02:48]: make reset a rel jump to 0xfff0 - (sizeof entry16). Then put entry 16 right before 0xfff0. Entry16 code turns on 32-bit mode and then jumps to the real start of the linuxbios image -- which

Re: alternate startup idea.

2003-07-23 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: Hm. On the K8 this might be a special problem as you have to do the non coherent HT enumeration before you can actually access the southbridge registers. On any non-HT system it should be easy to map the missing address space using the southbridge

Re: supermicro p4dc6p complier problem

2003-07-23 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Tien wrote: Does anyone can complier supermicro P4DC6P with latest version source code? I think that works. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030723 16:58]: make reset a rel jump to 0xfff0 - (sizeof entry16). Then put entry 16 right before 0xfff0. Entry16 code turns on 32-bit mode and then jumps to the real start of the linuxbios image -- which can now be anywhere in the flash image.

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: By far the simplest thing to do is make it possible to move c_payload around, say to 0xfffe if this means that we can easily make linuxbios fallback and normal share the same payload, it would be my fav. not sure about that. Currently the

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030723 17:15]: On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Stefan Reinauer wrote: if this means that we can easily make linuxbios fallback and normal share the same payload, it would be my fav. not sure about that. Currently the layout is something like this: ah,.. my fault.. i

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Steve Gehlbach wrote: I suggested this last year, with the comment that this is a more traditional way that embedded systems start up. Your objections at the time were that it would cause trouble with some motherboards, but I don't remember the specifics. I was

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread Steve Gehlbach
ron minnich wrote: make reset a rel jump to 0xfff0 - (sizeof entry16). Then put entry 16 right before 0xfff0. Entry16 code turns on 32-bit mode and then jumps to the real start of the linuxbios image -- which can now be anywhere in the flash image. I could use this now, as could others. I

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030723 18:08]: On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Steve Gehlbach wrote: One caveat I discovered, I could never get Linux to boot with a gdt located higher than 1M. So even if you put a linux compatible gdt high, it has to be moved to ram 1M or linux hangs on boot.

Re: static and dynamic devices (again)

2003-07-23 Thread Greg Watson
At 2:54 PM +0800 23/7/03, ollie lho wrote: On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 12:08, ron minnich wrote: We thus have a static tree (representing the static resources) with links at certain places to the dynamic tree (representing dynamic resources). LinuxBIOS can do device-specific operations on devices in

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread Steve Gehlbach
ron minnich wrote: One caveat I discovered, I could never get Linux to boot with a gdt located higher than 1M. So even if you put a linux compatible gdt high, it has to be moved to ram 1M or linux hangs on boot. Never figured out why (true for 2.4 anyway). we're not seeing this. We have

Re: OT: job offer

2003-07-23 Thread Bari Ari
Franz Reinhardt wrote: wenglor sensoric gmbh sucht: PC-HW/SW-Entwickler (Ingenieur/Techniker mit Berufserfahrung) zur Schaltungsentwicklung und Treiberprogrammierung. Does he/she need to speak German? ;-) -Bari ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL

Can you help me? I'm working on VIA-EPIA

2003-07-23 Thread gimyung han
hi everyone !! I'm trying to burn romimage on the VIA-EPIA (VIA C3-800 Mhz, VT8231) I just succeeded in making romimage, and I cd into /freebios/util/flash_and_burn, and type make to compile. Finally, I got excutive file flash_rom. To test flash_rom, I typed flash_rom without any parameter.

Re: SC1200-BLDT (fwd)

2003-07-23 Thread Bari Ari
Kyuwan Jung wrote: xpressLoader has different GDT table with linux kernel. If you fix this, lilo rom(?) may work. If you have BootOS source from N.S., porting only linuxbiosmain.c to boot rom works fine with vsa rom. That was my case. What did you get working with the VSA rom? Audio? Power

DoC again

2003-07-23 Thread Martin Schmachtel
These may sound like stupid questions to you, but please bear with me, I'm new to this stuff and have not found anything definitive on google about it. M-Systems apparently no longer produces the Disk-on-chip millenium with the part number MD-2800-D08. The successor MD-2802-D08 is supposed to

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Steve Gehlbach wrote: Hmm... are you sure? I tested this many times, and it was also reported on the Xbox project as well. Since Eric put in c_start.S, it has been located in RAM 1M (moved with the C code), but I don't know how v2 is doing it, haven't looked at it.

Re: freebios2 mod to reset code.

2003-07-23 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Steve Gehlbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030723 19:24]: One caveat I discovered, I could never get Linux to boot with a gdt located higher than 1M. So even if you put a linux compatible gdt high, it has to be moved to ram 1M or linux hangs on boot. Never figured out why (true for 2.4 anyway).

TigerMPX and s2466.

2003-07-23 Thread Oleg Gusev
Is there any difference between these two mainboards, other than s2466-4M having 4Mbit flash ROM? I would like to test linuxbios, but it is not obvious which one to take. Oleg. ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can you help me? I'm working on VIA-EPIA

2003-07-23 Thread Brian G. Rhodes
try using the -w switch with the path to your rom Brian G Rhodes [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 612-741-1191 On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, gimyung han wrote: hi everyone !! I'm trying to burn romimage on the VIA-EPIA (VIA C3-800 Mhz, VT8231) I just succeeded in making romimage, and I cd

Re: OT: job offer

2003-07-23 Thread Adam Agnew
Does he/she need to speak German? ;-) Here's a translated version (done by my good friend Mike Van Opstal) : wenglor sensoric gmbh sucht: Wenglor Sendoric GmbH is looking for: PC-HW/SW-Entwickler (Ingenieur/Techniker mit Berufserfahrung) zur Schaltungsentwicklung und

new config tool, static and dynamic trees

2003-07-23 Thread ron minnich
Greg has implemented the static tree/dynamic tree code mentioned yesterday, and today it passed its first test with flying colors. Greg needed some ide setup done on the southbridge to make his IDE interface work. To effect the change, he had to have certain code execute at a certain pass

Re: DoC again

2003-07-23 Thread Thomas Wehrspann
M-Systems apparently no longer produces the Disk-on-chip millenium with the part number MD-2800-D08. The successor MD-2802-D08 is supposed to be compatible , but I'd like to be a little more certain about it. Has anybody used the new chips with linuxbios successfully? I have no problems with

Re: DoC again

2003-07-23 Thread Roger
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 11:32, Martin Schmachtel wrote: These may sound like stupid questions to you, but please bear with me, I'm new to this stuff and have not found anything definitive on google about it. From what I've seen, only the elite have dabbled into DOC's ;-) You can find other info

Re: about a serial port.....

2003-07-23 Thread Roger
First, you need a 9 pin serial crossover cable to hook-up the two computers. Typically you'll find a 9 pin serial cable at Radio Shack and with an optional crossover adapter that plugs into one end of the cable. I prefer kermit (instead of minicom -- kermit acts more like a common shell) Set

Re: irq routing on TigerMPX.

2003-07-23 Thread ollie lho
On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:37, Oleg Gusev wrote: It seems that linuxbios (and linux) uses the irq routing tables dumped from the bios mptable. Are there any good reasons to reroute 9 pci/agp interrupts (2 64-bit slots on the first pci bus + 1 agp + 4 32-bit slots + builtin ethernet on the

Re:Loading OS from Flash ROM!

2003-07-23 Thread John Praveen
Hi, Sorry if my question sounds stupid. How would LinuxBIOS know that it has to boot from Flash memory. Is something has to be mentioned in the nano.config file? --- ron minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, John Praveen wrote: It

Re: supermicro p4dc6p complier problem

2003-07-23 Thread Tien
Hi Ron, Nice to meet you and get your respond . I am a junior on LinuxBIOS and want to start on p4dc6p.I can't complier it and get a message that No rule to make target '/root/freebios/src/arch/i386/smp/secondary.inc'.I can't find secondary.inc in latest version source code.Could you

Re: about a serial port.....

2003-07-23 Thread Roger
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 18:41, Roger wrote: Or, add to /etc/inittab: S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 -L 115200 vt102 Restart inetd and this inittab addition will only display the later part of the boot process and will give you a login shell via kermit/minicom. Inclusion here. To have the

Re: Can you help me? I'm working on VIA-EPIA

2003-07-23 Thread SONE Takeshi
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:51:00PM -0600, ron minnich wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, gimyung han wrote: and then, I type ./flash_rom /root/epia/romimage. it's annoying, but you have to say: ./flash_rom -w /root/epia/romimage. I thought this was a bug made by me and sent a