Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Al Boldi
Jordan Crouse wrote: > On 16/11/07 14:58 -0800, Steve Isaacs wrote: > > Jordan Crouse wrote: > >> Well, first and foremost, because the tiny kernel already knows how to > >> do > > > > I'm sorry, can someone enlighten me as to what a "tiny kernel" is? Is > > that anything similar to this? http://ww

[LinuxBIOS] just for fun

2007-11-16 Thread ron minnich
http://www.vibelights.com/elwirebyfoot.html ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Setup of Memory Controller

2007-11-16 Thread ron minnich
modify linuxbios early setup to route all memory requests from socket 0 to socket 1. Bypass (i.e. skip) memory setup code. I don't think it's too hard. intriguing project. Where are you from? ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/lin

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Ward Vandewege
On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 01:27:12AM +0200, Fridel Fainshtein wrote: > VxWorks "bootrom" is an example of such a tiny-kernel as well as I understand. > > But in my case LAB's solution is the only way. So, debug is the only > way in the nearest future. > > ... and then the tiny-kernel Look at build

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Fridel Fainshtein
VxWorks "bootrom" is an example of such a tiny-kernel as well as I understand. But in my case LAB's solution is the only way. So, debug is the only way in the nearest future. ... and then the tiny-kernel And whether the linuxbios would have AMD K10 support the world would be perfect and smiling

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] v3: update design doc to new realities

2007-11-16 Thread ron minnich
Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> meta-comment: let's leave phase 1 in for now. I am not convinced we will never need it. yet. ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 16/11/07 14:58 -0800, Steve Isaacs wrote: > Jordan Crouse wrote: >> Well, first and foremost, because the tiny kernel already knows how to do > > I'm sorry, can someone enlighten me as to what a "tiny kernel" is? Is that > anything similar to this? http://www.selenic.com/linux-tiny/ Well, typi

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Steve Isaacs
Jordan Crouse wrote: > Well, first and foremost, because the tiny kernel already knows how to do I'm sorry, can someone enlighten me as to what a "tiny kernel" is? Is that anything similar to this? http://www.selenic.com/linux-tiny/ Steve -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http:

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Via CN700

2007-11-16 Thread ron minnich
Corey, your responses to these answers are good and I wonder if they might go as comments in the code. In general, if a register setting is so confidential we can't talk about it, we could just tag the block with /* NDA required */ /* Done NDA required */ or some such couldn't we? On Nov 16, 200

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Jordan Crouse
On 17/11/07 00:09 +0200, Fridel Fainshtein wrote: > Usb boot loader would be just a nice feature to have in an existent > application. > > Why should one use "tiny kernel + kexec", if there are such a wonderful things > like linuxbios and filo? Well, first and foremost, because the tiny kernel a

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Fridel Fainshtein
Usb boot loader would be just a nice feature to have in an existent application. Why should one use "tiny kernel + kexec", if there are such a wonderful things like linuxbios and filo? On Nov 16, 2007 8:07 PM, yhlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 16, 2007 4:42 AM, Fridel Fainshtein <[EMAIL PR

Re: [LinuxBIOS] lzma compression and filo/etherboot payloads in buildrom

2007-11-16 Thread Ward Vandewege
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 01:11:27PM -0700, Myles Watson wrote: > > If I disable CONFIG_COMPRESSED_PAYLOAD_LZMA and > > CONFIG_PRECOMPRESSED_PAYLOAD > > in Config.lb and disable the LZMA compression in buildrom's kconfig the > > Etherboot payload works just fine. > > I just tried it with serengeti_c

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Socket 370 thought....

2007-11-16 Thread popkonserve
>> THOSE adapters only reroute some signals. they leave the vcore >> generation completely untouched and you can easily burn your board's >> regulators. > > How? I thought FC-PGA2's have a lower voltage requirment than FC-PGA's. yes, lower voltage but HIGHER current. the problem is that the mosfe

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Complete and generic 32bit/64bit support

2007-11-16 Thread Ward Vandewege
On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 10:43:49AM -0700, Myles Watson wrote: > > > > This needs to be added on top of your big patch to make the m57sli-s4 > > build: > > > > --- config/platforms/m57sli.conf-orig 2007-11-22 11:11:08.0 - > > 0500 > > +++ config/platforms/m57sli.conf2007-11-22 1

[LinuxBIOS] Setup of Memory Controller

2007-11-16 Thread Linux Bios
I'm a student researching digital forensics and acquisition of memory using hardware. I had a few ideas I'm hoping is ok that I run by everyone here. I have Tyan s2891 motherboard with one dual core Opteron and an fpga in the second cpu socket. I would like to research two things that I would l

Re: [LinuxBIOS] From slashdot - a company possibly using linuxbios.

2007-11-16 Thread Robert Vogel
Well...yes there is a reason the GA-M57SLI doesn't really work for me. To see why take a look at Ward's tutorial at http://linuxbios.org/GIGABYTE_GA-M57SLI-S4_Build_Tutorial The obstacles are obvious from the tutorial. If somebody could make these modifications and ship me a working board, I c

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread yhlu
On Nov 16, 2007 4:42 AM, Fridel Fainshtein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Etherboot does not work with gcc 4. At least filo part. > As I remember, I found a few strange things like > #if 0 <-- original > #define isdigit(c) ((c & 0x04) != 0) > #define islower(c) ((c & 0x02) != 0) > //#define

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Complete and generic 32bit/64bit support

2007-11-16 Thread Myles Watson
> This needs to be added on top of your big patch to make the m57sli-s4 > build: > > --- config/platforms/m57sli.conf-orig 2007-11-22 11:11:08.0 - > 0500 > +++ config/platforms/m57sli.conf2007-11-22 10:55:47.0 - > 0500 > @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ > ifeq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_64BIT)

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Complete and generic 32bit/64bit support

2007-11-16 Thread Ward Vandewege
This needs to be added on top of your big patch to make the m57sli-s4 build: --- config/platforms/m57sli.conf-orig 2007-11-22 11:11:08.0 -0500 +++ config/platforms/m57sli.conf2007-11-22 10:55:47.0 -0500 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_64BIT),y) $(error You must

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Socket 370 thought....

2007-11-16 Thread joe
Quoting popkonserve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I beg to differ Holger, I have bought these on ebay cheap, and they work >> just fine on boards that support them. >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/New-370-CPU-Celeron-3-Converter-Socket-for-Tualatin_W0QQitemZ230192200737QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230192200737 >>

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Fridel Fainshtein
Etherboot does not work with gcc 4. At least filo part. As I remember, I found a few strange things like #if 0 <-- original #define isdigit(c) ((c & 0x04) != 0) #define islower(c) ((c & 0x02) != 0) //#define isspace(c)((c & 0x20) != 0) #define isupper(c) ((c & 0x01) != 0) #else <

[LinuxBIOS] r510 - in LinuxBIOSv3: arch/x86 lib mainboard/adl/msm800sev mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86

2007-11-16 Thread svn
Author: hailfinger Date: 2007-11-16 12:17:57 +0100 (Fri, 16 Nov 2007) New Revision: 510 Modified: LinuxBIOSv3/arch/x86/stage1.c LinuxBIOSv3/lib/stage2.c LinuxBIOSv3/mainboard/adl/msm800sev/stage1.c LinuxBIOSv3/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/stage1.c Log: Improve printk documentation to m

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* yhlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071116 06:31]: > On Nov 15, 2007 7:38 AM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fridel Fainshtein wrote: > > > I compared to etherboot and it works there. > > > In Etherboot there are 2 set of bswap functions: > > > 1) little > > > 2) big > > > > so any reason for

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH 1/2] v3: improve printk documentation

2007-11-16 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 16.11.2007 01:17, Peter Stuge wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 06:13:41PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> Improve printk documentation to match code realities. >> > > Nak, for some hunks. > > At some point I hope that LB printk will end up in the kernel message > buffer. Then,

[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH 2/2] v3: improve printk documentation

2007-11-16 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Cleanup printk usage and documentation. Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- --- LinuxBIOSv3/device/device.c 2007-11-15 17:50:20.0 +0100 +++ LinuxBIOSv3/device/device.c 2007-11-15 20:41:32.0 +0100 @@ -692,14 +692,14 @@ * * Starting at the first device

[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] v3: update design doc to new realities

2007-11-16 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Update the design doc to match a mixture of wishful thinking and reality. * We use LAR and not CPIO * printk() can be called from stage 1 without ill effects * stage 2 phase 1 is without purpose Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Index: LinuxBIOSv3/doc/design/newboot.ly

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Socket 370 thought....

2007-11-16 Thread popkonserve
> I beg to differ Holger, I have bought these on ebay cheap, and they work > just fine on boards that support them. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/New-370-CPU-Celeron-3-Converter-Socket-for-Tualatin_W0QQitemZ230192200737QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230192200737 > > > > Here is one for 15$ THOSE adapters

Re: [LinuxBIOS] FILO with the USB

2007-11-16 Thread Stefan Reinauer
* Fridel Fainshtein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071114 20:03]: > Hello all, > > It seams that the USB code was taken from the previous version of FILO > but never have been tested. > > Some symptoms are > 1) > malloc_diag: alloc: 4208 bytes (8 blocks), free: 61320 bytes (1 blocks) > malloc_check: sizes