Re: [LinuxBIOS] patch: extending LAR, and removing elf from linuxbios (it is not needed)

2007-08-27 Thread ron minnich
Note new patch attached, in response to comments. On 8/27/07, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Index: include/lar.h > > === > > --- include/lar.h (revision 464) > > +++ include/lar.h (working copy) > > @@ -54,7 +54,

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Peter Stuge
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 11:34:21PM +0100, Matthew Bloch wrote: > Okay so now I'll try to flash the new one: > > mnas:~/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/via/epia-m/epia-m# flashrom linuxbios.rom Add -w to actually write. We should add a message to flashrom in case no action option is specified. (-v, -r or -w)

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Matthew Bloch
Corey Osgood wrote: > You'd need an RD1-PL IIRC, and they're sold out every place I know of, > and IOSS has stopped manufacturing them. You can check the compatibility > list at ioss.com.tw to be sure. This might be helpful as well: > http://www.linuxbios.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2007-April/019809.h

Re: [LinuxBIOS] patch: extending LAR, and removing elf from linuxbios (it is not needed)

2007-08-27 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Peter Stuge wrote: >> +for(i = 0, entry = (void *)0; ;i++) { >> +char filename[64]; >> +void *newentry; >> +sprintf(filename, "normal/payload%d", i); >> +archive.len = *(u32 *)0xfff4; >> +archive.start =(void *)(0UL-archive.len); >

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Corey Osgood
Matthew Bloch wrote: > Corey Osgood wrote: > >> Yeah, that's definitely the best practice. There's really no option for >> recovery if something goes wrong, except to hotswap and flash the chip >> in another system. >> > > Hm, I do have another epia-m in a soon-to-be-redundant server in Lon

Re: [LinuxBIOS] patch: extending LAR, and removing elf from linuxbios (it is not needed)

2007-08-27 Thread Peter Stuge
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 10:25:42AM -0700, ron minnich wrote: > LAR is a very capable format. With two simple extensions, we can > use LAR to replace all that we are using ELF for now. Awesome! Some comments on the patch, most are trivial: > Index: include/lar.h > ==

[LinuxBIOS] A8N-E, quad-core? (WAS: hotplugging flash on A8N-E)

2007-08-27 Thread Quux
Janek Kozicki schrieb: > This is a bit OT, but related to A8N-E motherboard. > > Does anybody know if quad-core barcelona processor will fit into this > motherboard? Socket 939. > > I thought there was only a single board out there for that obscure AMD quad core. and it not the A8n-E, I would

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Matthew Bloch
Corey Osgood wrote: > Yeah, that's definitely the best practice. There's really no option for > recovery if something goes wrong, except to hotswap and flash the chip > in another system. Hm, I do have another epia-m in a soon-to-be-redundant server in London and this gave me hope: http://www.vi

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Corey Osgood
Matthew Bloch wrote: > Corey Osgood wrote: > >> Matthew Bloch wrote: >> >>> Corey Osgood wrote: >>> [snip] >>> >>> This is exactly as it says. In src/mainboard/via/epia-m/Config.lb, there should be an XIP_ROM_SIZE and XIP_ROM_BASE, the base must be a multiple of the

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Matthew Bloch
Corey Osgood wrote: > Matthew Bloch wrote: >> Corey Osgood wrote: >> [snip] >> >>> This is exactly as it says. In src/mainboard/via/epia-m/Config.lb, there >>> should be an XIP_ROM_SIZE and XIP_ROM_BASE, the base must be a multiple >>> of the size. I had a bit of trouble working around this mysel

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Corey Osgood
Matthew Bloch wrote: > Corey Osgood wrote: > [snip] > >> This is exactly as it says. In src/mainboard/via/epia-m/Config.lb, there >> should be an XIP_ROM_SIZE and XIP_ROM_BASE, the base must be a multiple >> of the size. I had a bit of trouble working around this myself at one >> point, I think

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Matthew Bloch
Corey Osgood wrote: [snip] > This is exactly as it says. In src/mainboard/via/epia-m/Config.lb, there > should be an XIP_ROM_SIZE and XIP_ROM_BASE, the base must be a multiple > of the size. I had a bit of trouble working around this myself at one > point, I think I determined that I just couldn't

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Corey Osgood
Matthew Bloch wrote: > Hi there, > > I am trying to build a LinuxBIOS setup to turn an Epia-M board into a > NAS server and am stuck on the configuration. > > FILO is built and tested (with grub). > > I've now checked out LinuxBIOSv2, and am trying to use this configuration: > > mnas:~/LinuxBIOSv2/

Re: [LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios with SuperIO Winbond W83627HG-AW

2007-08-27 Thread Marc Jones
Steffen D. wrote: > Dear Mailinglist, > > im trying to build a bios for GeodeLX cpu. I have a development board > from LogicPC. Afaik this is the same board that was used for the > development for OLCP. > I try it with the svn version Linuxbios-3. I have made a image with make > menuconfig an

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations

2007-08-27 Thread Corey Osgood
Stefan Reinauer wrote: > Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> since we're aiming for broader coverage in LinuxBIOS and related tools, >> I think we should publish a "Call for Action" which urges interested >> people to give us dumps of their board configuration etc. >> >> >> > We

[LinuxBIOS] Latest on via epia-m for LinuxBIOS v2?

2007-08-27 Thread Matthew Bloch
Hi there, I am trying to build a LinuxBIOS setup to turn an Epia-M board into a NAS server and am stuck on the configuration. FILO is built and tested (with grub). I've now checked out LinuxBIOSv2, and am trying to use this configuration: mnas:~/LinuxBIOSv2/targets/via/epia-m/epia-m# cat ../Con

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] probe_superio: Cosmetics, cleanup, better structure

2007-08-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 01:41:54PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > This patch makes ITE SuperI/O probing/dumping a little bit more generic, > fixes minor codingstyle issues and prepares the table for supporting > more chips of the ITE IT87xx SuperI/O family. Tested on my two ITE-powered boa

Re: [LinuxBIOS] A8N-E, quad-core? (WAS: hotplugging flash on A8N-E)

2007-08-27 Thread Janek Kozicki
This is a bit OT, but related to A8N-E motherboard. Does anybody know if quad-core barcelona processor will fit into this motherboard? Socket 939. -- Janek Kozicki | -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] [notready] my current v3 diff

2007-08-27 Thread ron minnich
On 8/22/07, Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Looks correct, but using "stages" _and_ "phases" will confuse the hell > out of everyone. I vote for only using stage 0-2, just drop the phases > terminology completely. Or maybe something like "which consists of > multiple steps"? oh, no, I

Re: [LinuxBIOS] patch: extending LAR, and removing elf from linuxbios (it is not needed)

2007-08-27 Thread ron minnich
On 8/27/07, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Streaming decompress for lzma (in the byte-wise decompress meaning) > needs quite a big buffer, so it is not attractive. However, if you mean > segment-wise decompress (if segments are compressed individually), that > would work fine.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] patch: extending LAR, and removing elf from linuxbios (it is not needed)

2007-08-27 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 27.08.2007 19:25, ron minnich wrote: > don't get too scared about the subject line. > > LAR is a very capable format. With two simple extensions, we can use > LAR to replace all that we are using ELF for now. This change can > really make life better: > 1. we can use streaming decompress instea

[LinuxBIOS] patch: extending LAR, and removing elf from linuxbios (it is not needed)

2007-08-27 Thread ron minnich
don't get too scared about the subject line. LAR is a very capable format. With two simple extensions, we can use LAR to replace all that we are using ELF for now. This change can really make life better: 1. we can use streaming decompress instead of the current "uncompress elf to memory and then

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations

2007-08-27 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Hi, > > since we're aiming for broader coverage in LinuxBIOS and related tools, > I think we should publish a "Call for Action" which urges interested > people to give us dumps of their board configuration etc. > > We had such calls before, and people would send i

[LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations

2007-08-27 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi, since we're aiming for broader coverage in LinuxBIOS and related tools, I think we should publish a "Call for Action" which urges interested people to give us dumps of their board configuration etc. Example of such a call (for flashrom only, though): http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/firmwar

[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBios with SuperIO Winbond W83627HG-AW

2007-08-27 Thread Steffen D.
Dear Mailinglist, im trying to build a bios for GeodeLX cpu. I have a development board from LogicPC. Afaik this is the same board that was used for the development for OLCP. I try it with the svn version Linuxbios-3. I have made a image with make menuconfig and configured everything cleary for

[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] probe_superio: Cosmetics, cleanup, better structure

2007-08-27 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
This patch makes ITE SuperI/O probing/dumping a little bit more generic, fixes minor codingstyle issues and prepares the table for supporting more chips of the ITE IT87xx SuperI/O family. Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- LinuxBIOSv2/util/probe_superio/probe_superio.c

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Move common utilities to util/

2007-08-27 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070827 10:16]: > Hi, > > here's my proposal for moving (via 'svn mv') common utilities which are > not specific to a certain version of LinuxBIOS into the global util/ > (they are now in the v2 util/). > > > Todo > > abuild -- needs discussion; wil

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] probe_superio: rewrite, add ITE support, sophisticated dumping

2007-08-27 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070827 10:05]: > Not sure; do we want _all_ utilities replicated in all versions of > LinuxBIOS? I'd say we move all common utilities into util/ > (will send a proposal later), and only replicate very few, often-needed > utilities in the respective v2/v3 trees? Co

[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Move common utilities to util/

2007-08-27 Thread Uwe Hermann
Hi, here's my proposal for moving (via 'svn mv') common utilities which are not specific to a certain version of LinuxBIOS into the global util/ (they are now in the v2 util/). Todo abuild -- needs discussion; will it work for v3 eventually? ADLO -- is/should be version-in

[LinuxBIOS] r2749 build service

2007-08-27 Thread LinuxBIOS information
Dear LinuxBIOS readers! This is the automated build check service of LinuxBIOS. The developer "stepan" checked in revision 2749 to the LinuxBIOS source repository and caused the following changes: Change Log: This patch rewrites probe_superio almost completely. Common code sequences have been f

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] probe_superio: rewrite, add ITE support, sophisticated dumping

2007-08-27 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:30:15AM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> This is a really nice patch, on the long run we can make probe_superio > >> (though I would rename it to 'superio-detect' personally) a > >> general-purpose tool for detecting and investigating Sup

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] probe_superio: rewrite, add ITE support, sophisticated dumping

2007-08-27 Thread Stefan Reinauer
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: >> This is a really nice patch, on the long run we can make probe_superio >> (though I would rename it to 'superio-detect' personally) a >> general-purpose tool for detecting and investigating Super I/Os. >> > > Can you commit? I'll send a followup patch to fix th

[LinuxBIOS] r2749 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/probe_superio

2007-08-27 Thread svn
Author: stepan Date: 2007-08-27 09:28:28 +0200 (Mon, 27 Aug 2007) New Revision: 2749 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/probe_superio/probe_superio.c Log: This patch rewrites probe_superio almost completely. Common code sequences have been factored out, the code has been made more generic, has be