[LinuxBIOS] Biostar K8T800-A7A

2007-08-14 Thread Donovan Lavinder
I'm wondering if anybody are working on this particular model, K8T800-A7A motherboard? I would like to know, so I would like to have one flashed on my motherboard. Also, what's the recommend steps to flash it onto my motherboard while running Windows 2000? Thanks! -- linuxbios mailing list

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Read SPD issue

2007-08-14 Thread Feng, Libo
Generally, I2C mux has some external pins to set its address. In my Tyan S3992, the address is 0x71, so the function activate_spd_rom is called before accessing SPD. Best Regards ??? Feng Libo @ AMD Ext: 20906 Mobile Phone: 13683249071 Office Phone: 0086-010-62801406 -Original

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Need help with the VGA bios

2007-08-14 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Corey Osgood [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070814 10:18]: Initiailizing VGA... INSTALL REAL-MODE IDT DO THE VGA BIOS found VGA: vid=1106, did=3344 rom base, size: fff8 bus/devfn = 0x100 biosint: INT# 0x6 biosint: eax 0x9f98 ebx 0x1c380 ecx 0x29f98 edx 0x12 biosint: ebp 0x29f74 esp 0xff6 edi

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom -- Current Status

2007-08-14 Thread Darmawan Salihun
Roman Kononov wrote: Darmawan Salihun wrote: As I couldn't find any better replacement to the PCI direct I/O function at the moment (which is needed in chipset_enable and board_enable), I will try to implement them using a quite old kernel mode API, i.e. HalGetBusData and HalSetBusData. I

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Desktop with LinuxBios ?

2007-08-14 Thread Uwe Hermann
Hi, On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 05:52:21PM +0200, Quux wrote: if you get a M57SLI for 84 € it is good bang for the buck. Otherwise there is only the ASUS A8N-E wich is out of stock but many people try to get rid of it at ebay around 30€ or so. There's also the ASUS A8NE-FM/S (which I own), that

Re: [LinuxBIOS] is linuxbios installable on a VAIO VGN-AR21SR?

2007-08-14 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 03:56:37AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: will it erase BIOS config and password?. Yes, if the system was supported and you replaced the factory BIOS with LB there would be nothing left. Note that some laptop hard drives have password protection. LB does not currently

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where are we on the MSI K9N Neo-F?

2007-08-14 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 02:46:53AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: PLCC in socket? Which flash part? For the MSI K9N Neo (MS-7260), which I happen to own: PLCC, in a socket. I'll test flashrom later, but IIRC correctly it didn't work out of the box when I first tried it. Is the problem the flash

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Need help with the VGA bios

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 04:18:12AM -0400, Corey Osgood wrote: I've tried roms from the original and latest jetway bios (that is from the original), and also one from a via epia-cn, all give the same result. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please do dump say 1024 bytes at 0xc before

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom -- Current Status

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 03:07:49PM +0700, Darmawan Salihun wrote: Moreover, direct port I/O was working flawlessly with the older flashrom that I port to windows back then. I think the DPC trick will guarantee the atomic operation and will give us the level of confidence to do the direct port

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Hard drive passwords

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 02:12:28PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: Note that some laptop hard drives have password protection. LB does not currently offer any way to enter the password for such drives, but it will be simple enough to add that once there is support for the laptop itself. I

[LinuxBIOS] Questions to flashing BIOS chips

2007-08-14 Thread Thomas Buschhardt
Hallo, I'm new to BIOS-flashing and have some questions and hopefully you can help me out. I got a Galep5 programmer with a DIL32 to PLCC32 Adapter and samples of some flash-memory chips SST 49LF004B (33-4C-NHE). These samples are from Gneral Software Inc. and Insyde Software. I backup the

[LinuxBIOS] EEPROM/flash device not found error

2007-08-14 Thread pratish ganguly
Hi I am using flashrom to upgrade the BIOS on AMD Geode db800 motherboard. I am getting the following error EEPROM/flash device not found. Please suggest me some pointers to solve the problem. Regards. Pratish Ganguly -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org

[LinuxBIOS] PC Engines ALIX board - flashrom

2007-08-14 Thread Ingmar Schraub
Hi, I got a new PC Engines ALIX board, which comes with the Geode LX800 / CS5536 chip. Since Pascal Dornier from PC Engines has shipped another board to Ron Minnich a few days ago, I contacted him already. Ron is interested in helping, but away for the next two weeks. So I got started, trying

Re: [LinuxBIOS] PC Engines ALIX board - flashrom

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 03:14:40PM +0200, Ingmar Schraub wrote: I got a new PC Engines ALIX board, which comes with the Geode LX800 / CS5536 chip. Since Pascal Dornier from PC Engines has shipped another board to Ron Minnich a few days ago, I contacted him already. Ron is interested in

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where are we on the MSI K9N Neo-F?

2007-08-14 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 02:21:22PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: Is the problem the flash chip or the southbridge? Not sure, but I'll find out. OK, seems to be a mainboard issue: $ flashrom -wv foo.bin Calibrating delay loop... ok No LinuxBIOS table found. Found chipset NVIDIA MCP55: Enabling

Re: [LinuxBIOS] EEPROM/flash device not found error

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 06:37:24PM +0530, pratish ganguly wrote: Hi I am using flashrom to upgrade the BIOS on AMD Geode db800 motherboard. I am getting the following error EEPROM/flash device not found. Please suggest me some pointers to solve the problem. Please see the ALIX thread.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Questions to flashing BIOS chips

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 03:00:18PM +0200, Thomas Buschhardt wrote: I'm new to BIOS-flashing and have some questions and hopefully you can help me out. I got a Galep5 programmer with a DIL32 to PLCC32 Adapter and samples of some flash-memory chips SST 49LF004B (33-4C-NHE). Good stuff. These

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom -- Current Status

2007-08-14 Thread Darmawan Salihun
Peter Stuge wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 03:07:49PM +0700, Darmawan Salihun wrote: Moreover, direct port I/O was working flawlessly with the older flashrom that I port to windows back then. I think the DPC trick will guarantee the atomic operation and will give us the level of confidence to

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom -- Current Status

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 08:49:22PM +0700, Darmawan Salihun wrote: Please look into: http://www.hollistech.com/Resources/Misc%20articles/getbusdata.htm http://www.freelists.org/archives/wdmaudiodev/03-2004/msg00010.html for Windows 2000 and newer. I do think we should try to

[LinuxBIOS] Hard drive passwords

2007-08-14 Thread Quux
there is also the issue, that unless BIOS disables the feature, a virus can lock up a modern hard drive for good at run time. this was reported on c't security some time ago. There were no known legacy BIOSes aware of this vulnerability at the time (~2005).--Q Peter Stuge schrieb: Note

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Hard drive passwords

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 04:07:28PM +0200, Quux wrote: there is also the issue, that unless BIOS disables the feature, a virus can lock up a modern hard drive for good at run time. this was reported on c't security some time ago. Hah. :p Well, not for good? It wouldn't be too difficult to

[LinuxBIOS] Setting up ethernet - help

2007-08-14 Thread Joseph Smith
OK I am having a problem setting up my ethernet controller in src/mainboard Config.lb. Quoting from the i82830 Datasheet: Logically, the ICH3-M appears as two PCI devices within a single physical component also residing on PCI bus #0. One of the ICH4 devices residing on PCI Bus #0 is a

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Biostar K8T800-A7A

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 04:07:26AM -0600, Donovan Lavinder wrote: I'm wondering if anybody are working on this particular model, K8T800-A7A motherboard? Not that we know of. There is work being done on another VIA chipset, but not this particular board. I would like to know, so I would like

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Setting up ethernet - help

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:06:25PM -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: lspci-tvv -[:00]-+-1e.0-[:01]08.0 Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (CNR) Ethernet Controller How the heck do I set this up in Config.lb? HELP?? Looks like it's been done before: --8--

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Setting up ethernet - help

2007-08-14 Thread Joseph Smith
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:06:25PM -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: lspci-tvv -[:00]-+-1e.0-[:01]08.0 Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (CNR) Ethernet Controller How the heck do I set this up in Config.lb? HELP?? Looks like it's been done

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Setting up ethernet - help

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:30:14PM -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:06:25PM -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: lspci-tvv -[:00]-+-1e.0-[:01]08.0 Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (CNR) Ethernet Controller How the heck do I set this up in Config.lb? HELP??

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where are we on the MSI K9N Neo-F?

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 03:28:10PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 02:21:22PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: Is the problem the flash chip or the southbridge? Not sure, but I'll find out. OK, seems to be a mainboard issue: Found chipset NVIDIA MCP55: Enabling flash

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Setting up ethernet - help

2007-08-14 Thread Joseph Smith
Quoting Peter Stuge [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:30:14PM -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:06:25PM -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: lspci-tvv -[:00]-+-1e.0-[:01]08.0 Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (CNR) Ethernet Controller How the

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom -- Current Status

2007-08-14 Thread Roman Kononov
On 08/14/2007 07:56 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: Roman did make a good point about IRQL but that does not eliminate the problem, we will still be changing hardware state underneath the OS and that is ALWAYS a bad idea. The CF8/CFC sequence can preserve CF8 port value. What other hardware state

Re: [LinuxBIOS] EEPROM/flash device not found error

2007-08-14 Thread Marc Jones
Peter Stuge wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 06:37:24PM +0530, pratish ganguly wrote: Hi I am using flashrom to upgrade the BIOS on AMD Geode db800 motherboard. I am getting the following error EEPROM/flash device not found. Please suggest me some pointers to solve the problem. Please

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Setting up ethernet - help

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:54:04PM -0400, Joseph Smith wrote: Does that mean I would have to cat in a ethernet rom? Do you or the chip need one? Is there one in the factory BIOS or in a standalone flash chip or none at all? I don't need an ethernet rom. Etherboot would take care of that

Re: [LinuxBIOS] #87: flashrom issues on m57sli-s4

2007-08-14 Thread LinuxBIOS
#87: flashrom issues on m57sli-s4 -+-- Reporter: ward | Owner: somebody Type: defect|Status: new Priority: major | Milestone:

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where are we on the MSI K9N Neo-F?

2007-08-14 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 06:42:27PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 03:28:10PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 02:21:22PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: Is the problem the flash chip or the southbridge? Not sure, but I'll find out. OK, seems to be a

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where are we on the MSI K9N Neo-F?

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 08:52:44PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: All other problems have also been with the PMC parts IIRC. Do you have any other LPC flash chips? I don't think the chip is the problem; Not the particular chip, but I would like to rule out the chip type. I just tested

Re: [LinuxBIOS] EEPROM/flash device not found error

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 11:25:38AM -0600, Marc Jones wrote: Is it worth adding rdmsr/wrmsr to flashrom? Is there a better option? Is it neccessary to always write all 64 bits of the MSR by the way? //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom -- Current Status

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 12:14:22PM -0500, Roman Kononov wrote: On 08/14/2007 07:56 AM, Peter Stuge wrote: Roman did make a good point about IRQL but that does not eliminate the problem, we will still be changing hardware state underneath the OS and that is ALWAYS a bad idea. The CF8/CFC

Re: [LinuxBIOS] EEPROM/flash device not found error

2007-08-14 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 14/08/07 21:28 +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 11:25:38AM -0600, Marc Jones wrote: Is it worth adding rdmsr/wrmsr to flashrom? Is there a better option? Nope. You need MSR acess, and thats the only way to get it from userspace. Is it neccessary to always write all 64

[LinuxBIOS] Any VIA C7 Support?

2007-08-14 Thread bari
Has anyone started on supporting the VIA C7 cpu's yet? -Bari -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Any VIA C7 Support?

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 05:05:46PM -0500, bari wrote: Has anyone started on supporting the VIA C7 cpu's yet? I think that's what Corey has working, to a point at least. C7+DDR2+CN700 //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Winflashrom -- Current Status

2007-08-14 Thread Roman Kononov
On 08/14/2007 02:47 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: The CF8/CFC sequence can preserve CF8 port value. What other hardware state would be changed? The bits that are changed in the device config space. I cannot imagine why the OS would care about a couple of configuration bits in the SB. Yup. Are

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Any VIA C7 Support?

2007-08-14 Thread Corey Osgood
Peter Stuge wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 05:05:46PM -0500, bari wrote: Has anyone started on supporting the VIA C7 cpu's yet? I think that's what Corey has working, to a point at least. C7+DDR2+CN700 //Peter The C7 itself works fine with the via model_centaur code, just add

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Need help with the VGA bios

2007-08-14 Thread Corey Osgood
Peter Stuge wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 04:18:12AM -0400, Corey Osgood wrote: I've tried roms from the original and latest jetway bios (that is from the original), and also one from a via epia-cn, all give the same result. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please do dump

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Need help with the VGA bios

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 09:53:44PM -0400, Corey Osgood wrote: Please do dump say 1024 bytes at 0xc before doing the BIOS init. Alright, I'll give it a shot. I assume you mean after the bios is copied, but before it runs? Yep. //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list