Re: [LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread David H. Barr
Ron: >> This might be a good time to start a page on the wiki: LinuxBIOS desktop, >> documenting the boards, and how to build a linuxbios desktop, where to buy, >> etc. Count me in! YH: > I could spend some time to port one AM2 socket based MB, but the MB should > be more popular in the open mar

[LinuxBIOS] 64 bit pref mem patch for ck804

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
Title: 64 bit pref mem patch for ck804 Myles, I can not commit the patch directly, So please apply that in your own tree. YH ck804 64bit pref mem support Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: ck804_pci.c ==

Re: [LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
I could spend some time to port one AM2 socket based MB, but the MB should be more popular in the open market.   Any good candidate?     YH   From: ron minnich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 5:58 PM To: David H. Barr Cc: Lu, Yinghai; linuxbios@linu

Re: [LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread ron minnich
This might be a good time to start a page on the wiki: LinuxBIOS desktop, documenting the boards, and how to build a linuxbios desktop, where to buy, etc. ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
Title: RE: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help Please check the patch. YH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Lu, Yinghai Sent: Fri 11/3/2006 5:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; LinuxBIOS Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help The Kernel pci_read_bases in driver

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
The Kernel pci_read_bases in drivers/pci/probe.c. has problem when size if bigger than 4G. It will first check the 32 bit SPACE_ADDRESS, and pci_size will return 0, So it will skip that resource. And the pre-set values is ignored. And later, it will try to allocate the value. It will fail. I wil

Re: [LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread David H. Barr
On 11/3/06, Lu, Yinghai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems there is platform with mcp55 for AM2. Is that cheap enough? That sounds -very- attractive -- I see several boards in the right range, and the Opteron 12xx has a good price point, as well. I've wanted a student cluster for some time, an

Re: [LinuxBIOS] two x86 emulators in the tree...

2006-11-03 Thread ron minnich
On 11/3/06, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,which of the following x86 emulators in the tree works betterand are there any plans to eliminate one of them?LinuxBIOSv2/src/devices/emulator/x86emu/ part of linuxbios LinuxBIOSv2/util/vgabios/x86emu/src/x86emu/ standalone, for te

[LinuxBIOS] two x86 emulators in the tree...

2006-11-03 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi, which of the following x86 emulators in the tree works better and are there any plans to eliminate one of them? LinuxBIOSv2/src/devices/emulator/x86emu/ LinuxBIOSv2/util/vgabios/x86emu/src/x86emu/ Has anyone recently worked to merge this with current x.org and scitech code? Regards, Carl-Da

Re: [LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
It seems there is platform with mcp55 for AM2. Is that cheap enough? YH -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread David H. Barr
On 11/3/06, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Waguespack wrote: > > Can someone please provide me with a short list of (current / cheap / > > desktop oriented) motherboards that enjoy full support with linuxbios? > > Sorry, there are none. But you are welcome to help us with

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
Your device need 256G pref mem? YH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myles Watson Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 12:42 PM To: 'ron minnich' Cc: 'LinuxBIOS' Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help >>My large device gets disabled some

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
Get one infiband pci-e card, it should works with LinuxBIOS and kernel with 4G above pref-mem. I wonder if the recent pci_assign_unassigned_resources moving around in kernel, broke sth. YH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Myles Watson Sent

Re: [LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Eric Waguespack wrote: > Can someone please provide me with a short list of (current / cheap / > desktop oriented) motherboards that enjoy full support with linuxbios? Sorry, there are none. But you are welcome to help us with the task to get at least one modern bard supported. It would certainly

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread Myles Watson
>>My large device gets disabled somewhere in LinuxBIOS or the kernel. This >>is the encouraging line from LinuxBIOS telling me that the registers are >>indeed set correctly. >>PCI: 05:01.0 18 <- [80 - bf] prefmem64 >>Unfortunately, Linux sees something different and fails to all

[LinuxBIOS] well supported current cheap desktop pc mobo recommendation?

2006-11-03 Thread Eric Waguespack
I have looked at the products page, read the faq, and looked at the supported chipsets, but I thought I would pose the question to the list. Can someone please provide me with a short list of (current / cheap / desktop oriented) motherboards that enjoy full support with linuxbios? you get bonus po

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread Lu, Yinghai
Boot log? In LinuxBIOS, there is CONFIG_PCI_64BIT_PREF_MEM, did you try to enable it in you MB Options.lb In the kernel, there is pci_assign_unassigned_resources that try to allocate resource for some devices, and it could cause problem because Opteron could bave multi ht chain, Aka peer root bus

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread ron minnich
On 11/3/06, Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My large device gets disabled somewhere in LinuxBIOS or the kernel. This isthe encouraging line from LinuxBIOS telling me that the registers are indeedset correctly.PCI: 05:01.0 18 <- [80 - bf] prefmem64 Unfortunately, Linux sees s

[LinuxBIOS] Disabled device help

2006-11-03 Thread Myles Watson
My large device gets disabled somewhere in LinuxBIOS or the kernel. This is the encouraging line from LinuxBIOS telling me that the registers are indeed set correctly. PCI: 05:01.0 18 <- [80 - bf] prefmem64 Unfortunately, Linux sees something different and fails to allocate this r

Re: [LinuxBIOS] #21: Library to unpack, repack, change and use DTB structures

2006-11-03 Thread LinuxBIOS
#21: Library to unpack, repack, change and use DTB structures +--- Reporter: stepan | Owner: segher Type: task| Status: assigned Priority: bl

Re: [LinuxBIOS] #23: Use Doxygen-style comments

2006-11-03 Thread LinuxBIOS
#23: Use Doxygen-style comments -+-- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: minor| Milestone: Cosmetic fixes

Re: [LinuxBIOS] #23: Use Doxygen-style comments

2006-11-03 Thread LinuxBIOS
#23: Use Doxygen-style comments -+-- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: minor| Milestone: Cosmetic fixes

Re: [LinuxBIOS] #14: Rename "stream" to "payload"

2006-11-03 Thread LinuxBIOS
#14: Rename "stream" to "payload" -+-- Reporter: uwe | Owner: somebody Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major| Milestone: Cosmetic fixes

Re: [LinuxBIOS] #22: sed error in abuild

2006-11-03 Thread LinuxBIOS
#22: sed error in abuild +--- Reporter: uwe | Owner: uwe Type: defect | Status: assigned Priority: critical| Milestone: Component: testsys