Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

2007-03-28 Thread ST
Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2007 01:15 schrieb Stefan Reinauer: * ST [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070328 00:36]: Well the result in pretty raw format right now. Bios Chip is a: PMC 0621 Pm49FLOO4T-33JCE If someone can enlighten me or has pointers to a datasheet, that would be nice.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

2007-03-28 Thread Corey Osgood
Just found this. Gigabyte's DualBios patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htmr=8f=Gl=50d=PALLS1=6651188.UREF.OS=ref/6651188RS=REF/6651188 I'm fairly sure I could have shortened the url, but if you don't like it, just don't use it ;)

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 continuity test on the second plcc socket.

2007-03-28 Thread Beth
Hi guys (and girls). Good morning (at least here GMT+1) ;). Well this morning I did with the help of the multimeter a continuity test between the soldered bios and the pins that seems to be a second bios socket, you know. The majority of the pins are directly connected, but there are a few that

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

2007-03-28 Thread Corey Osgood
Corey Osgood wrote: Just found this. Gigabyte's DualBios patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htmr=8f=Gl=50d=PALLS1=6651188.UREF.OS=ref/6651188RS=REF/6651188 I'm fairly sure I could have shortened the url, but if you don't like

[LinuxBIOS] CN700/VT8237RP support needed. Will pay.

2007-03-28 Thread Magnus Feuer
Hello, First post - please don't kill me. We are in the process of launching an embedded product based on a Jetway mobo (http://www.jetway.com.tw/jetway/system/productshow2.asp?id=383proname=J7F2WE1G), and need LinuxBIOS support for this setup. Since we are a bit short on time, I would like

Re: [LinuxBIOS] RFC - Support for Compaq Deskpro 2000 Motherboard

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 01:19:40PM +0100, Graeme Brett Houston wrote: CPU: Pentium Pro:Socket 8: KB80521EX200 SL22T 256K Northbridge: SB82441FX/SB82442FX I'm guessing 440 FX? The V1 code might work. Southbridge: SB82371SB Don't know about this. BIOS CHIP? CSI CAT28FO10N-15 096077F

Re: [LinuxBIOS] IOSS Product Order / RD1-PMC4 for which board ?

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 10:15:07AM +0200, Quux wrote: so for which boards is RD1-PMC4 matching ? Gigabyte M57SLI ? Any Asus or Elitegroup board ? from internet ads it is hard to tell which BIOS memory the manufacturers put on their boards ? who can tell ? --Q The RD1-PMC4 has a 4Mbit LPC

Re: [LinuxBIOS] filo ide speedup patch!

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
Sorry for the delays here.. On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 03:43:46PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: * Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070320 04:35]: Please test this patch. Note I have only implemented multiread support in fsys_ext2fs.c. I am getting Can't read kernel on a CF: hda: LBA

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Fallback checking normal

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
Hi, On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 04:41:37PM +0200, WarrenHead wrote: May I be of help here by acting as a complete nono? I have been reading the emails fly by here for the last two weeks and been trying to read through the entire website, but I still lack a few reasons for even wanting to begin

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] flashrom: board specific enables based on matching pci-ids.

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 08:00:39PM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: Any idea about sensible naming? chip_enable.c and board_enable.c? Two files? I'd say write_enable, since that's the usual name for the signal. //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

2007-03-28 Thread ST
Hi Peter, Stefan, Corey, Jose Chip pin = (37-yourpin) mod 32 Unfortunately i counted clockwise while the std pin numeration is counter-clockwise. This makes the pinsfunctions somehow weird and your work unfortunately moot... but you managed to motivate me to take a closer look :-). Bios Pins  

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Fallback checking normal

2007-03-28 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 27.03.2007 16:41, WarrenHead wrote: So, as an ordinary person who just owns a pc, what would I get out of using linuxbios instead of the proprietary one that came with my machine already? There's one instant benefit: Better realtime behaviour for Professional Audio/Video applications.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins

2007-03-28 Thread ST
Hi Cory Just found this. Gigabyte's DualBios patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=% 2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htmr=8f=Gl=50d=PALLS1=6651188.UREF.OS=ref/66 51188RS=REF/6651188 Thanks for digging this up. This patent is a joke: Certain variations would be

Re: [LinuxBIOS] CN700/VT8237RP support needed. Will pay.

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
Hi, On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 09:43:30AM -0700, Magnus Feuer wrote: If this offer violates any project rules / etiquette, or it is way off the mark, I sincerely apologize. I for one think this is an excellent way to improve LinuxBIOS and your product at the same time! I just wish I had more

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
Hi, On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 12:23:12AM +0200, ST wrote: Hi Peter, Stefan, Corey, Jose Chip pin = (37-yourpin) mod 32 Unfortunately i counted clockwise while the std pin numeration is counter-clockwise. This makes the pinsfunctions somehow weird and your work unfortunately moot... I hate to

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 continuity test on the second plcc socket.

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 04:52:49PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote: * Beth [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070328 11:22]: Another thing is something that a friend of mine says yesterday: why instead of removing the chip, take and desolder only the vcc pin, put a micro-switch on it, solder another chip on

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 05:21:11AM -0400, Corey Osgood wrote: Just found this. Gigabyte's DualBios patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2Sect2=HITOFFp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htmr=8f=Gl=50d=PALLS1=6651188.UREF.OS=ref/6651188RS=REF/6651188 I interpret this to be

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios, US patent 6892323

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Stuge
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 05:28:55AM -0400, Corey Osgood wrote: Sorry, I'm not sure if that's the right one or not. Here's a list of Giga-byte's patents: This is it: