* Eric W. Biederman [041021 12:52]:
> > Hello Eric,
> >
> >I searched the linux kernel mail archive and found your
> > patch for x86 boot linuxbios support, but I didn't find the
> > linuxbios table parse code in linux-2.6.8.1, does linux kernel
> > still parse the linuxbios table now?
>
> N
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 22:20, YhLu wrote:
> The problem is no body touch that range. Even init_ecc_memory will skip the
> first 1M range.
>
No. The problem is amd/early_mtrr and amd/mtrr are wrong. The
amd/early_mtrr does not enable MEM forwarding of A-B to
main memory and amd/mtrr is cal
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 22:47, YhLu wrote:
> I add some lines in devices.c and pci_device.c
>
> In case to disable the onboard vga to use add on card.
>
> Please check it.
>
> YH
The way you do it is just add another pass of dev_initialize().
We should fix the AMD MTRR instead.
Ollie
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> Ron. What flash parts are supported by your hotswap trick?
we've never seen one that won't work. So an SST 29 020 ought to work.
Ollie Lo calls this the 'infamous hot plug-and-play'. It scared me the
first time I tried it, but in 5 years I've neve
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, ramesh bios wrote:
> I have been thinking about getting the AMD-PIC at some point to port
> linux on to it. Currently, they're being sold with Windows CE on it.
> Apparently, it has a gensys bios on it that only loads "signed" OSes. I
> did notice that Linspire announced tha
I never use flash programmers. My flash programmer has been in a drawer
for 5 years now. Just hot swap.
ron
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> > Ron. What flash parts are supported by your hotswap trick?
>
> we've never seen one that won't work. So an SST 29 020 ought to work.
Perhaps the question I should have asked is what chip Mfg and types
are supported by your flashing program. Not just the hotswap. All
the flashes have differ
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Ouch! Does anyone know what the problem is?
No
> Also, do you recall which models any of those mainboards were?
every model I've had with a 3V pci bus.
> I figure why not add a few neat features to it as well, since they
> were considering making la
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:30:31 -0700 (MST), Ronald G. Minnich
wrote:
> I never use flash programmers. My flash programmer has been in a drawer
> for 5 years now. Just hot swap.
Your programmer will fit in a drawer? You must have a newer one. *grin*
Ok then refresh me on the details of this. What
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Bari Ari wrote:
> We've been approached at times to design similar platforms for the 3rd
> world. A x86 Linux machine with LinuxBIOS that also supports M$ with
> enough power to run basic apps (word processing, browser, MPEG etc.) and
> is real low cost <$100 and is as idiot
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, ramesh bios wrote:
> >
> > Also, what is the 8a00-000f0d66? that's a really
> > odd range to test. Do
> > you really have that much memory on your geode?
> > Something is not right.
>
> Yup, I had not set up the range at all. So ramtest
> took whatever was in eax, ebx
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 09:50, Richard Smith wrote:
> > > Ron. What flash parts are supported by your hotswap trick?
> >
> > we've never seen one that won't work. So an SST 29 020 ought to work.
>
> Perhaps the question I should have asked is what chip Mfg and types
> are supported by your flashin
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> Perhaps the question I should have asked is what chip Mfg and types are
> supported by your flashing program. Not just the hotswap. All the
> flashes have different programming sequences so I don't see how they all
> could just work.
We just figure
Then Eric need to fix the MTRR for AMD...?
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From: Li-Ta Lo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 6:58 AM
To: YhLu
Cc: Sagiv Yefet; LinuxBIOS
Subject: RE: Running with VGA
On Thu, 2005-01-13 at 22:20, YhLu wrote:
> The problem is no body touch that ran
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> Ok then refresh me on the details of this. What programs to use and so
> forth. I may start using this. I'm turning a lot of revs lately to get
> my IRQ routeing correct and my emulator seems to have an issue.
Build linuxbios.rom
put in your flas
> Build linuxbios.rom
>
> put in your flash part
>
> flash_rom linuxbios.rom
> flash_rom -v linuxbios.rom (verify step)
Cool pretty simple. I don't even have to remove the chip since I
don't care if it waxes it.
I'm assuming that the flash_rom from V2 is the latest and I should use
that over wh
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 10:36, YhLu wrote:
> Then Eric need to fix the MTRR for AMD...?
>
He uses TOP_MEM instead of MTRR for caching
in early_mtrr. I don't know how to fix this
execpt rewrite the whole early_mtrr.
Probably we should add a dev_post() pass
and put the ROM post into device_op::post?
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Richard Smith wrote:
> I'm assuming that the flash_rom from V2 is the latest and I should use
> that over whats in V1?
yes.
> In this case I _am_ the factory BIOS. *grin*
good!
> I've not a clue how to use the mtd stuff. I briefly looked at it but
> found no good docue
The amd_setup_mtrrs that is called by model cpu init is right
So make the amd_early_setup_mtrr work right as later one
YH
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From: Li-Ta Lo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: YhLu
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Subject: RE: Runni
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 09:53:15AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Peter Stuge wrote:
>
> > Ouch! Does anyone know what the problem is?
>
> No
>
> > Also, do you recall which models any of those mainboards were?
>
> every model I've had with a 3V pci bus.
Aha, a 5V PCI
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 09:53:15AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Peter Stuge wrote:
> >
> > > Ouch! Does anyone know what the problem is?
> >
> > No
> >
> > > Also, do you recall which models any of those mainboards were?
>
I think the geode+ddr that you are referring to is the
AMD Geode GX2. It's being sold in India (typically
together with broadband packages) as the basis for a
low cost computer called the AMD PIC. It's priced at
USD$185 without a monitor and has DDR330 128MB RAM,
10GB hdd, audio, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 10:56, Peter Stuge wrote:
>
> > I still think a POST card with a Basic Stamp on it might be the
> > best bet.
>
> Any particular reason to specifically choose a BASIC Stamp rather
> than e.g. a PIC?
>
What is BASIC Stamp and what is PIC ?
Ollie
> Has all email to/from th
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Li-Ta Lo wrote:
> What is BASIC Stamp and what is PIC ?
very nice small devices that are a full CPU with I/Os, and in the case of
basic stamp, a basic interpreter built in.
Basic Stamp is popular for many home robotics apps.
ron
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Adam Sulmicki wrote:
> of curiosity. How much do you guesstimate it would increase cost of the PIC if
> they add added built-in ethernet to it? $0.50 ? (not really sure if Geode cpu
> has build in ethernet or not).
I keep wondering if they did delete ethernet so as to make
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 11:08:39AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Adam Sulmicki wrote:
>
> > of curiosity. How much do you guesstimate it would increase cost
> > of the PIC if they add added built-in ethernet to it? $0.50 ?
> > (not really sure if Geode cpu has build in eth
I check the amd_early_mtrr.c with old amd earymtrr.inc. It seems the only
difference is not enable SYSCFG_MSR_MtrrFixDramModEn before clear MTRR
fixed.
I enable that, but the result shows no change
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Adam Sulmicki wrote:
of curiosity. How much do you guesstimate it would increase cost of the
PIC if they add added built-in ethernet to it? $0.50 ? (not really sure
if Geode cpu has build in ethernet or not).
10/100 would be very cheap, MacPhy+magnetics+passives+RJ45=<$2in high
volume.
Whenever
> VGA is even considered unnecessary, TV out for NTSC/Pal is the display
> of choice.
ick. 10x7 just barely cuts it for me. Surfing at CGA display levels
just seems wrong. But I guess if you don't know any better...
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> than a CD case. I can't seem to find the URL now though.
> I'll send e-mail to him and did that up for you.
Here it is. You will have to unwrap the long URL.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_2330_9863_9864%5E11157,00.html
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On a minimally related note. In the NSC framebuffer driver I saw
mention to a Geode GX1 Pyramid chip which supposedly fixed an issue with
pitch > 1k for 16bpp. I've haven't been able to get an answer from AMD
about what this chip was, or if national ever made it. It was mentioned
in the driver b
Hi,
I just bought 5 old vectra vli8 500 Mhz P3 boxes to build a cluster with for learning purposes. I
obviously don't want to be dragging out my spare monitor every time I want to change something in
the BIOS.
As far as I can tell, they have the Intel 440bx motherboard. I am unclear as to whet
CONFIG_PCI_ROM_RUN added in Option.lb
#if CONFIG_PCI_ROM_RUN==1
And #if CONFIG_CONSOLE_VGA==1
Added in device.c pci_device.c and pci_rom.c and Config.lb in src/devices
Also console/vga_console.c modified.
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> As far as I can tell, they have the Intel 440bx motherboard. I am unclear
> as to whether this
> board is supported or not.
send us a lspci -v and then look on the board and find out what
superIO you have.
The chipset is supppoted but only under V1 for now.. Depending on
what was done with
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 12:45, YhLu wrote:
> I check the amd_early_mtrr.c with old amd earymtrr.inc. It seems the only
> difference is not enable SYSCFG_MSR_MtrrFixDramModEn before clear MTRR
> fixed.
>
Probably I didn't commit all the old code I used to have.
Anyway, the things we have to do in ea
On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 02:57 +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:54:59PM +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> > I found the BIOS chip brand and version: Its a Winbond W290C020-90
> > (84400M282325601VA). Any suppliers available somehere?
>
> Farnell has an equivalent part in stock at t
Richard Smith wrote:
VGA is even considered unnecessary, TV out for NTSC/Pal is the display
of choice.
ick. 10x7 just barely cuts it for me. Surfing at CGA display levels
just seems wrong. But I guess if you don't know any better...
Exactly. It's the village PC for most of the world where indoo
> Exactly. It's the village PC for most of the world
> where indoor plumbing
> is a luxury. An x86 version of the
> http://www.simputer.org/simputer/
> that uses a TV for display.
>
> -Bari
>
Forgive me for starting to drift offtopic.
I'm not sure I understand. The villages lacking indoor
pl
ramesh bios wrote:
The villages lacking indoor
plumbing are not the customer base that I think are
being targeted for broadband+PIC. I believe the target
base are the 50Million or so Indians who are in the
lower middle class. They have a monthly disposable
income of around USD$10 so they could pay
I add the code to amd_earlymtrr.c but found two problem
1. in the cpu init, the second cpu cache can not be enabled. (still using
value set by amd_earlymtrr.c). ( before the amd_mtrr.c called by init).
2. some slow in auto.c stage. Maybe because of before enable cache for
LinuxBIOS rom flash, there
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 08:49:51PM -0600, Bari Ari wrote:
> Why even consider x86?
Didn't someone mention Windows?
//Peter
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> Why even consider x86? ARM SOC + LinuxARM can
> support broadband and all
> the above mentioned apps. for far lower price and
> power consumption. For
> example Freescale has an ARM SOC for <$5 (quan 1M+)
> with MMX type
> instructions, VoIP, SVGA, MPEG-4 decode 30fps, USB +
> Sound.
>
> -Bar
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 11:08:04AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Li-Ta Lo wrote:
>
> > What is BASIC Stamp and what is PIC ?
>
> very nice small devices that are a full CPU with I/Os, and in the
> case of basic stamp, a basic interpreter built in.
Specifically the PIC de
-Ron
OK, so what would you advise is the next step. Where should I start
looking/debugging.
-Adam
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From: "Ronald G. Minnich"
To: "Adam Talbot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: speaker beeper
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Adam Talb
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Adam Talbot wrote:
> -Ron
> OK, so what would you advise is the next step. Where should I start
> looking/debugging.
Well, this is where it gets hard. I think the northbridge is wedging
because something is wrong in the setup. Basically, if you program the
northbridge kind-
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