Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Add initial serial output for Via vt82c686

2007-03-09 Thread ron minnich
On 3/9/07, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This patch is just for initial serial output for the Via vt82c686(a/b) > southbridge, no more and no less. SMBus and the rest of the SuperI/O > functions are yet to be written. I've confirmed that this works on Tyan > S2507 (vt686b), and it shoul

[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Add initial serial output for Via vt82c686

2007-03-09 Thread Corey Osgood
This patch is just for initial serial output for the Via vt82c686(a/b) southbridge, no more and no less. SMBus and the rest of the SuperI/O functions are yet to be written. I've confirmed that this works on Tyan S2507 (vt686b), and it should also work fine on vt686a. This is based rather loosel

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS, VMWare & CMOS

2007-03-09 Thread Joe Pub
Well I can give you my source tree if you like On 09/03/07, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe, how could one of us duplicate your setup so as to be able to try > to help out? > > thanks > > ron > -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinf

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS, VMWare & CMOS

2007-03-09 Thread ron minnich
Joe, how could one of us duplicate your setup so as to be able to try to help out? thanks ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] we got /.'ed again

2007-03-09 Thread ron minnich
On 3/9/07, Alan Carvalho de Assis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 2007/3/9, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/03/09/146215.shtml > > > I think this article title is a misconception or not :), anyway it is > a good news. well, it is slashdot, so any

Re: [LinuxBIOS] we got /.'ed again

2007-03-09 Thread Alan Carvalho de Assis
Hi, 2007/3/9, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/03/09/146215.shtml > I think this article title is a misconception or not :), anyway it is a good news. > Thanks Alan :-) > Thank you, I am glad to help. > ron > Alan -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS, VMWare & CMOS

2007-03-09 Thread Joe Pub
On 09/03/07, Joe Pub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been speaking to someone, but haven't heard anything for a > while. I was hoping the same myself to move the location. > > Well the target is a 512KB ROM, initially it has the usual fallback > and normal image. I have tried to just have a n

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS, VMWare & CMOS

2007-03-09 Thread ron minnich
On 3/9/07, Joe Pub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/03/07, Joe Pub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Haven't had much experience with ldscripts before, could you give me > > an example on how perhaps I might do this. Now you would have to go and ask me that :-) Let's start with the setup you are

[LinuxBIOS] we got /.'ed again

2007-03-09 Thread ron minnich
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/03/09/146215.shtml Thanks Alan :-) ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS, VMWare & CMOS

2007-03-09 Thread Joe Pub
On 09/03/07, Joe Pub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Haven't had much experience with ldscripts before, could you give me > an example on how perhaps I might do this. > > Thanks > > On 09/03/07, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/9/07, Joe Pub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > By enabl

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS, VMWare & CMOS

2007-03-09 Thread ron minnich
On 3/9/07, Joe Pub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By enabling CONFIG_PCI_ROM_RUN for instance, includes extra object > files within the resulting binary, hence making the used part of the > ROM image greater. Here lies my problem. VMWare seems to load the > LinuxBIOS rom, but then overwrite the ad

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Please explain why is some hardware not supported even though it runs fine in linux

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070309 17:40]: > Correct me if I am wrong, can't the SPD-ROM be read through the i2c > (smbus). I know, if you have a supported super IO you can use > lmsensors to read the SPD-ROM. Would that be helpful in this case? Yes, this is correct. SPD-ROM can b

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Please explain why is some hardware not supported even though it runs fine in linux

2007-03-09 Thread joe
Quoting Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > * Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070309 14:25]: >> Are the datasheets enough to get the board supported by LinuxBIOS? >> >> If so, which board has been supported by only relying on the datasheets? > > This depends on the data sheets. The AMD64 (AMD8111

Re: [LinuxBIOS] DOS uniflash vs. linux flashrom : whats easier to modify ?

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Quux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070309 14:30]: > I think I may be useful (tho not overly useful) to flash some stuff from > linuxbios into a PCI expansion BIOS during test phase. > RTL just offers a binary flash tool for Atmel flash mem, which brand I > do not own. This should not be too hard to do.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Please explain why is some hardware not supported even though it runs fine in linux

2007-03-09 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070309 14:25]: > Are the datasheets enough to get the board supported by LinuxBIOS? > > If so, which board has been supported by only relying on the datasheets? This depends on the data sheets. The AMD64 (AMD8111/AMD8131) port has completely been developed from pu

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Please explain why is some hardware not supported even though it runs fine in linux

2007-03-09 Thread Al Boldi
Uwe Hermann wrote: > > What is so special about linux bios that needs special vendor support > > that linux os doesnt? > > One important thing is RAM initialization. When Linux takes over, the > BIOS has already programmed the northbridge/chipset to properly set up > and enable the RAM of your comp

[LinuxBIOS] DOS uniflash vs. linux flashrom : whats easier to modify ?

2007-03-09 Thread Quux
Dear Sirs, I got uniflash open source DOS program to run and debuggable in turbo pascal. It pretends to know my hardware (Am29F010 and the LPC winbond83697 and Vt8237 and RTL8169 NIC). Some source mods required. It's not working, though. The WIKI suggested to check out this proggy. AFAIK flas

[LinuxBIOS] VIA/EPIA -Stops after "Jumping to LinuxBIOS"

2007-03-09 Thread sanjay tiwary
Hi, We are trying to boot our board with LinuxBIOS. When we are trying to start the processor, It stops after debug message "Jumping to LinuxBIOS". We are using Northbridge/Via/vt8606. It was origninally taken from vt8601. Can anybody pls see the two log and tell why not i am a

[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS, VMWare & CMOS

2007-03-09 Thread Joe Pub
Hi All, I am getting closer to having VMWare working with a LinuxBIOS BIOS. I had an issue which I was unsure of, where certain compile options would just not work with VMWare. I have finnaly figured out why that is. By enabling CONFIG_PCI_ROM_RUN for instance, includes extra object files withi

[LinuxBIOS] Programming i2c

2007-03-09 Thread joe
Hello, I have a question. I see in the sources there are drivers for i2c devices. What I am thinking is to write a driver to program and initialize the tv-out chip through the i2c (smbus). The tv-out chip is embedded in the board and programable through i2c. If this is possible I would need