Re: epia800

2003-09-24 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Steve Gehlbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > > Steve how does your 1.2G Caviar fail? Is it not detected or is the > > problem something else? > > Everything works fine, it just gets the wrong data. I put in lots of printf's, > it is using ide_read_sector_lba, all r

Re: epia800

2003-09-24 Thread Eric W. Biederman
SONE Takeshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:27:08AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Actually the FILO polled IDE derives most directly from etherboot 5.1. > > > > There are a couple of small differences but nothing that looked too > > substantial. The biggest is the

A case for your epia

2003-09-24 Thread Ronald G. Minnich
http://www.idot.com/TheStore/Desktop/777spec.asp?Product.id=777&Cate.id=14&Product.status=green $45. So we can get our EPIA with linuxbios from cwlinux.com, and then load them into this case. Might be a way to go. if only we could get 1 Mbyte flash parts for EPIA ... ron

[FILO] prompt doesn't work...

2003-09-24 Thread NEWBELL7
Hi, long time no see. I did build a filo with default config. ( make  & make )  serial debug message is like below. But I can't type any command.VGA Console prompt has also the same problem.My Board is likely to EPIA 5000. Does FILO use only PS/2 keyboard as Input Device Driver?FILO !!! Good Id

8MB DiskOnChip

2003-09-24 Thread Thomas Fritz
heh...asking questions without thinking.. [slaps forehead]...of COURSE it's writable! Now I just have the question...if I can install linux to the DOC, then I don't have to muck about with the BIOS, right? My calculus professor always said, "If you not want to make mistake, do nothing." Oh we

RE: Windows-based terminals - what can be done?

2003-09-24 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine Thomas, where'd you find these things? You've got my curiosity piqued. And can you post a digital photo of the actual unit some place? --- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Force will be with

Re: Windows-based terminals - what can be done?

2003-09-24 Thread Thomas Fritz
What kind of ROM is this, exactly? Can you peel off the label and read what's printed on the chip(s)? probably a DiskOnChip, This looks like the GX1 board I have. Peel off the labels? Shucks, I can't do that...it'd be against Microsoft policy or something... [scampers off to peel the labels]

BIOS Savior for cv860a (epia based)

2003-09-24 Thread Stefan Bambach
Hi Andrew, I'm searching for a working BIOS Savior for my epia based board. I have a 860a model, but the 860b and 860c are interesting too. see also http://www.lex.com.tw/case-light.htm and follow the links. There is a PLCC socket and a 2M Flash (AMIC a290021T). What exact model do I need ? Ste

linuxbios compatiblity for cv860a (epia based)

2003-09-24 Thread Stefan Bambach
Hi, Can somebody say something about compatibility with linuxbios ? I need: - USB - VGA (framebuffer with epiafb :-)) - Sound - IDE for booting from CF - network (for LAN support) - 256MB RAM additional PS2 (keyboard/mouse) and serial for development. Any experiences with these nice boards ? I

Re: supporting the EPIA-M 10000 VGA [PMX:##]

2003-09-24 Thread ron minnich
David Hendriks has tested and I have committed these new idt.c and vgabios.c ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

RE: NS Geode GX1 + CS5530 +PC 97317 superio

2003-09-24 Thread Brian G. Rhodes
They have to still support the chips they sold. They have stopped selling anything other than d3 gx1 processors as of june this year, but the dealer market is still flooded with older ones. what, what am I talking about. national never had support even when they said they had support. they're th

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread Andrew Ip
Hi, I will try to use Dave's sample code to fix it this weekend. Since I have noticed more and more people are using it, it definitly has to be fixed. -Andrew On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 08:12:57AM -0600, ron minnich wrote: > we need to really fix this epia platform. This juggling of constants is

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread ron minnich
what machine are you on, what install of what os? ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread ron minnich
we need to really fix this epia platform. This juggling of constants is the wrong thing to do. If somebody has the time they need to go in and get rid of the magic numbers use the SPD properly. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://w

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > no. executed memtest86 from lilo -- not as payload. ah, so we really don't know anything from that test. OK. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxb

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > instead of copying to ram, execute the code directly from the rom? yes indeed, the original way we used to run linuxbios. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/l

memory epia-m 127M != 512M

2003-09-24 Thread Niki Waibel
i use a 512MByte mem module in the epia-m 600mhz and linuxbios sayes: === totalram: 127M === i modified src/northbridge/via/vt8623/northbridge.c === diff -u -N -r freebios-20030924.old/src/northbridge/via/vt8623/northbridge.c freebios-20030924/src/northbridge/via/vt8623/north bridg e.c

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread Niki Waibel
. Jumping to LinuxBIOS. === reason a) in freebios-20030924/src/northbridge/via/vt8623/raminit.inc i switched 0x350 to 0x150, because i have a 512MByte, DDR, 133MHz, CL2 infineon memory. === /* 0x150 if CAS Latency 2 or 0x350 CAS Latency 2.5 */ movl $0x150, %esi movl

Re: Does anyone has text console or framebuffer working on SC1200 without VGA-BIOS ?

2003-09-24 Thread Bernd Mödeker
Hi all, after googleling for "xpressloader" I found some information about the vga architecture of SC1200. All known VGA bioses need an VSA-Bios which emulates the standard vga registers and mappings. So Linuxbios is not able to use vga at SC1200. Also the framebuffer driver nsc.o (v 2.77) needs t

Re: supporting the EPIA-M 10000 VGA [PMX:##]

2003-09-24 Thread SONE Takeshi
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 05:00:39PM -0600, ron minnich wrote: > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, SONE Takeshi wrote: > > I saw an old version of my fixes to idt.c and vgabios.c is commited. > > This version does not pass dev/busfn to the VGABIOS correctly. > send me the fix. I thought this was the right one. So

Re: Windows-based terminals - what can be done?

2003-09-24 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* elife elife <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030924 11:30]: > Hi stepan, > Have you let linuxbios works with VGA support in your GX1 board ? No, I didn't get it working, but there were some reports that it can be done some time ago. Stefan -- Architecture Team SuSE Linux AG ___

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread elife elife
Maybe you can dump data in init_bytes() to ensure they are the payload you want. From: Niki Waibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Niki Waibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Andrew Ip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working Da

Re: Windows-based terminals - what can be done?

2003-09-24 Thread elife elife
Hi stepan, Have you let linuxbios works with VGA support in your GX1 board ? Best Regards! From: Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Windows-based terminals - what can be done? Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:28:19 +0200 * Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030924 02:3

Re: Possible bug in DDR SDRAM init code for VT8623?

2003-09-24 Thread Andrew Ip
It is committed. Thanks, Ian. -Andrew On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:35:53PM +0100, Ian Smith wrote: > I've been working on bringing up Linuxbios on a board which is based > closely on the EPIA-M and I think I may have found a bug in the DDR > SDRAM init code in src/northbridge/via/vt8623/raminit.

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread Niki Waibel
i just got a romimage from ian smith (thanks a lot!). see this!!! === LinuxBIOS-1.0.0 Tue Sep 23 21:19:35 BST 2003 starting... Testing SDRAM : -0009 SDRAM fill: 0009 SDRAM verify: 0009 Done. Copying LinuxBIOS to ram. 000f0fd4 4000 Jumping to LinuxBIOS.

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread Andrew Ip
Hi, > no. executed memtest86 from lilo -- not as payload. > as i sayed, the payload code is not executed / not reached. > linuxbios seems to stop in c_start.s and it never reaches > src/arch/i386/lib/hardwaremain.c (i think so, because there > are some printk's in harwaremain which i never see on

Re: epia-m 600 -- still not working

2003-09-24 Thread Niki Waibel
On 23-Sep-2003 ron minnich wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > >> any idea why linuxbios is not starting on the epia-m 600? >> i run memtest86 -- all tests (took about 24hours ;-) -> everyting ok. >> (run memtest86 from lilo). >> i also tried the patch of Ian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Windows-based terminals - what can be done?

2003-09-24 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030924 02:31]: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 05:04:37PM -0400, Thomas Fritz wrote: > > The board has an Award BIOS little square-like ROM, > > This is probably a regular flash ROM in a PLCC package. > > > and a larger 8MB ROM which holds Windows CE. > > What kind o

RE: EPIA-M serial port information

2003-09-24 Thread Niki Waibel
> Based on some emails from Andrew I started poking around into the > epia-m serial port problem. Here are my observations: > The 9 pin internal serial port is part of the VT1211 chip, not > the VT8235, or other chips with serial ports. > > Under linux all baud rates are 1/2 what they should be. S