[LinuxBIOS] r3017 build service

2007-12-18 Thread LinuxBIOS information
Dear LinuxBIOS readers! This is the automated build check service of LinuxBIOS. The developer "mjones" checked in revision 3017 to the LinuxBIOS source repository and caused the following changes: Change Log: Changed the stop_this_cpu() to just hlt. Removed local APIC INIT (don't worry the APIC

[LinuxBIOS] r3016 build service

2007-12-18 Thread LinuxBIOS information
Dear LinuxBIOS readers! This is the automated build check service of LinuxBIOS. The developer "mjones" checked in revision 3016 to the LinuxBIOS source repository and caused the following changes: Change Log: Initial AMD Serengeti_Cheetah_FAM10 platform for Barcelona support. Signed-off-by: Ma

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Asus A8N-E sm-bus issue? (Unknown Trwt )

2007-12-18 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 18, 2007 8:40 PM, extinct man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > should I first enable more detailed output or proceed > in another way? yes, please have the error code print this: Unknown Twrt: %x. Min value is %x, max value is %x. There are few things more annoying than the "unknown Twrt" me

[LinuxBIOS] Asus A8N-E sm-bus issue? (Unknown Trwt )

2007-12-18 Thread extinct man
greetings ! the latest A8NE revision shows up on the serial console like this: 1. LinuxBIOS-2.0.0_Fallback Mon Dec 17 23:47:15 EST 2007 starting... 2. core0 started: 3. started ap apicid: 4. SBLink=00 5. NC node|link=00 6. SMBus controller enabled

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] AMD Barcelona(family 10) support 3 of 4

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Jones
Marc Jones wrote: > Serengeti_Cheetah_fam10 mainboard. > Marc > Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> r3016 Thanks, Marc -- Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors -- linuxbios mailing list linux

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] AMD Barcelona(family 10) support 4 of 4

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Jones
Marc Jones wrote: > Changes to core lapic.h. This file is used by Intel multiprocessor CPUs > as well as AMDs. Could someone with Intel APIC experience take a close > look at this and try it? > Marc > Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> r3017 Thanks, Marc -- Marc Jones Senio

[LinuxBIOS] r3017 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/include/cpu/x86

2007-12-18 Thread svn
Author: mjones Date: 2007-12-19 02:52:11 +0100 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3017 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/include/cpu/x86/lapic.h Log: Changed the stop_this_cpu() to just hlt. Removed local APIC INIT (don't worry the APIC and AP are still initialized). The local APIC INIT seemed to

[LinuxBIOS] r3017 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/include/cpu/x86

2007-12-18 Thread svn
Author: mjones Date: 2007-12-19 02:52:11 +0100 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3017 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/include/cpu/x86/lapic.h Log: Changed the stop_this_cpu() to just hlt. Removed local APIC INIT (don't worry the APIC and AP are still initialized). The local APIC INIT seemed to

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] AMD Barcelona(family 10) support 1 of 4 repost

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Jones
Marc Jones wrote: > > ... >>> Thanks for separating the patches, it made it a lot easier to see the >>> changes. >>> >>> Myles >>> >>> Acked-by: Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> r3013 r3014 Thanks, Marc -- Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] h

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] AMD Barcelona(family 10) support 2 of 4

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Jones
Myles Watson wrote: >> AMD 8111 southbridge adjustments for Barcelona. >> Marc > > Still works for Serengeti_cheetah. I can't test the Barcelona hardware, but > it compiles. > > Myles > > Acked-by: Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > r3015 Thanks, Marc -- Marc Jones Senior Firmware

[LinuxBIOS] r3015 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/southbridge/amd/amd8111

2007-12-18 Thread svn
Author: mjones Date: 2007-12-19 02:36:46 +0100 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3015 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/southbridge/amd/amd8111/amd8111_early_ctrl.c trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/southbridge/amd/amd8111/amd8111_early_smbus.c Log: Additional early AMD8111 southbridge support for Barcelon

[LinuxBIOS] r3015 - trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/southbridge/amd/amd8111

2007-12-18 Thread svn
Author: mjones Date: 2007-12-19 02:36:46 +0100 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3015 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/southbridge/amd/amd8111/amd8111_early_ctrl.c trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/southbridge/amd/amd8111/amd8111_early_smbus.c Log: Additional early AMD8111 southbridge support for Barcelon

Re: [LinuxBIOS] cmos.layout field meanings.

2007-12-18 Thread ron minnich
Steve, I am afraid few people really understand all the ins and outs of the cmos bits, and most don't really use them. We used them somewhat at LANL, but the real usage was by linux networx on their cluster nodes. I would say we used maybe 2 bits at most :-), and LNXI used just about all there were

[LinuxBIOS] r3013 - in trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/cpu/amd: car microcode

2007-12-18 Thread svn
Author: mjones Date: 2007-12-19 01:47:09 +0100 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3013 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/cpu/amd/car/cache_as_ram.inc trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/cpu/amd/microcode/microcode.c Log: Whitespace and other code cleanup in peperation for AMD Barcelona support. Signed-off-by

[LinuxBIOS] r3013 - in trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/cpu/amd: car microcode

2007-12-18 Thread svn
Author: mjones Date: 2007-12-19 01:47:09 +0100 (Wed, 19 Dec 2007) New Revision: 3013 Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/cpu/amd/car/cache_as_ram.inc trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/src/cpu/amd/microcode/microcode.c Log: Whitespace and other code cleanup in peperation for AMD Barcelona support. Signed-off-by

Re: [LinuxBIOS] SMBIOS tables or alternate.

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Jones
Steve Isaacs wrote: > Because of a need to be compatible with other systems I'm seeing a > requirement to support SMBIOS tables. I did some quick searching and > didn't find much regarding this subject on the LinuxBIOS web site or the > source code. > > Specifically, the _SM_ pattern (SMMBIOS sp

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems

2007-12-18 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 18, 2007 4:11 PM, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The awk script behavior may be a problem, depending on how it is > called from buildtarget. See my other message with the simple grep > suggestion. no problem. > > A patch would be great! :) > yes, from there we can figure it out.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] SMBIOS tables or alternate.

2007-12-18 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 01:39:19PM -0800, Steve Isaacs wrote: > Because of a need to be compatible with other systems I'm seeing a > requirement to support SMBIOS tables. I did some quick searching > and didn't find much regarding this subject on the LinuxBIOS web > site or the source code. LB doe

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems

2007-12-18 Thread Peter Stuge
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 03:58:48PM -0500, Marc Karasek wrote: > How about my awk script I sent out that uses the output from ld > --help to see if buildid is and option. The awk script behavior may be a problem, depending on how it is called from buildtarget. See my other message with the simple g

[LinuxBIOS] cmos.layout field meanings.

2007-12-18 Thread Steve Isaacs
For my design review I'm trying to document the meaning of the various fields in CMOS RAM. I've done some grepping and found limited use of the generated CMOS_VSTART_ and CMOS_VLEN_ definitions which are generated from the board's cmos.layout. Also, I've found a number of inconsistencies regarding

[LinuxBIOS] SMBIOS tables or alternate.

2007-12-18 Thread Steve Isaacs
Because of a need to be compatible with other systems I'm seeing a requirement to support SMBIOS tables. I did some quick searching and didn't find much regarding this subject on the LinuxBIOS web site or the source code. Specifically, the _SM_ pattern (SMMBIOS spec) needs to be embedded along wit

Re: [LinuxBIOS] PCI: Left over static devices. Check your Config.lb

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Jones
Uwe Hermann wrote: > On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 03:10:52PM -0700, Marc Jones wrote: >> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: >>> On 10.12.2007 21:56, Marc Jones wrote: A devices needs to be listed in the config.lb if it requires more setup than standard PCI initialization (resource allocation). U

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems

2007-12-18 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 18, 2007 12:58 PM, Marc Karasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I can get some time, I will put together a patch file with the > changes to buildtarget to create a makefile.distro using awk to test ld > for the buildid option. perfect. Thanks ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@li

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Karasek
How about my awk script I sent out that uses the output from ld --help to see if buildid is and option. This handles the different distro problem. If I can get some time, I will put together a patch file with the changes to buildtarget to create a makefile.distro using awk to test ld for t

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems

2007-12-18 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 18, 2007 12:51 PM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not simply compile a small test.c file, look whether the output file > contains buildid, and set a Make variable based on that? I'm not picky about how we figure it out, only that the test be run out of buildtarget,

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Patch file for Fedora 8 compile problems

2007-12-18 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 16.12.2007 02:39, ron minnich wrote: > OK, I am looking at this patch again, and it's still not quite the > right idea. Setting this kind of build option in the Config file is > not really right. > > However ... > > if you just retained this much: > Index: src/arch/i386/Config.lb > =

Re: [LinuxBIOS] VGA Support on AMD DB800

2007-12-18 Thread Marc Jones
Omar Esteves Duarte Filho wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to use LinuxBIOS with the AMD Geode DB800 platform. I'd > followed all the instructions in http://linuxbios.org/VGA_support but > there is no sign of life at the VGA monitor. However, if i disable the > VGA support options in the COnfi

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Support for Intel Little Valley

2007-12-18 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 17, 2007 10:54 AM, Michael Ost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just so I understand, with FILO as the payload will linuxbios get us to > the bootloader step faster than the current Intel bios? Is that the > primary benefit? one benefit. Also, there are no DRM-like features in linuxbios, and i

[LinuxBIOS] VGA Support on AMD DB800

2007-12-18 Thread Omar Esteves Duarte Filho
Hello! I'm trying to use LinuxBIOS with the AMD Geode DB800 platform. I'd followed all the instructions in http://linuxbios.org/VGA_support but there is no sign of life at the VGA monitor. However, if i disable the VGA support options in the COnfig.lb and Optio

[LinuxBIOS] VGA Support on AMD DB800

2007-12-18 Thread Omar Esteves Duarte Filho
Hello! I'm trying to use LinuxBIOS with the AMD Geode DB800 platform. I'd followed all the instructions in http://linuxbios.org/VGA_support but there is no sign of life at the VGA monitor. However, if i disable the VGA support options in the COnfig.lb and Optio

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Support for Intel Little Valley

2007-12-18 Thread Michael Ost
> Ron Minnich wrote: > But don't get scared! If 8 Mbit is too large for you, you can still > get a lot done with FILO in 256 Kbits. OK, good. Just so I understand, with FILO as the payload will linuxbios get us to the bootloader step faster than the current Intel bios? Is that the primary bene

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Re: Interest in a Free Software BIOS for Radeon cards?

2007-12-18 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 18.12.2007 18:49, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 18.12.2007 18:38, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> On 18.12.2007 16:11, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: >> >> >>> On 18.12.2007 15:56, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: >>> >>> >>> Add support for reading the AMD/ATI

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Re: Interest in a Free Software BIOS for Radeon cards?

2007-12-18 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 18.12.2007 18:38, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 18.12.2007 16:11, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> On 18.12.2007 15:56, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: >> >> >>> Add support for reading the AMD/ATI RV630 graphics chipset flash ROM. >>> Needs a board enable command line option (fl

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Re: Interest in a Free Software BIOS for Radeon cards?

2007-12-18 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 18.12.2007 16:11, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 18.12.2007 15:56, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > >> Add support for reading the AMD/ATI RV630 graphics chipset flash ROM. >> Needs a board enable command line option (flashrom -m AMDATI:RV630) >> Works with RV630, but BAR addresses have to

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Broken build for kexec-boot-loader in buildrom x86_64?

2007-12-18 Thread Andreas B. Mundt
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:56:22AM -0700, Myles Watson wrote: > Did the patch work for anyone else? Any concerns? > Hi Myles, sorry for my late answer, I was away for a few days. Your patch works for me (GA_M57SLI_S4, 32BIT-LAB, debian lenny amd64). Thanks! Andi > On Dec 7, 2007 10:

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Re: Interest in a Free Software BIOS for Radeon cards?

2007-12-18 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
On 18.12.2007 15:56, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Add support for reading the AMD/ATI RV630 graphics chipset flash ROM. > Needs a board enable command line option (flashrom -m AMDATI:RV630) > Works with RV630, but BAR addresses have to be fixed up. > A timing issue causes all reads to be right-s

[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Re: Interest in a Free Software BIOS for Radeon cards?

2007-12-18 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Add support for reading the AMD/ATI RV630 graphics chipset flash ROM. Needs a board enable command line option (flashrom -m AMDATI:RV630) Works with RV630, but BAR addresses have to be fixed up. A timing issue causes all reads to be right-shifted by one bit, resulting in the loss of the LSB. For be