Re: [LinuxBIOS] Geode GX1 PCI, VGA and Sound configuration -- was Re: Televideo TC7020 successfully booted with LinuxBiosV2

2007-05-08 Thread Anton
On Tue, 8 May 2007 11:15:25 -0700 "Kenji Noguchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ps. anyone interested to port LB to MIPS? gxemul is my target so far. Which CPU? Thanks. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-DS4 rev. 2.0 SPI solderless clip

2007-04-28 Thread Anton
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:20:45 +0200 Quux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yo dudes ! > > I wonder: if someone wanted to avoid soldering, could he use the below > clip (solderless) and flash the M57sli v.2.0 SPI onboard, while the mobo > is powered of ? A "willem.org" programmer is cheaper than a ne

Re: [LinuxBIOS] VMWare almost there, IDE problems

2007-04-26 Thread Anton
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:39:21 +0100 "Joe Pub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter, Joe. Could it be VMware's misconfiguration? I would done the following: use etherboot payload, then try to mount /dev/hda1 partition. Or rather test - dd if=/dev/hda bs=1k count=1 of=/dev/null If there's an error in t

Re: [LinuxBIOS] flashrom with SST49FL080A

2007-04-22 Thread Anton
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:46:26 -0700 "Nicholas Veeser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I have what I thought was an 8MB flash device on my motherboard. (Tyan > s2895) > with this I am using the RD1-LPC8 as a backup. > > Well for my first test I read the flash from the original ROM. > Flipped the s

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Difference in IC schematics

2007-04-11 Thread Anton
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:37:37 -0500 Bari Ari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anton wrote: > > I would like to change flash-chip, which is soldered on my board onto > > another one. > > Keeping in mind the size of IC and it's format (DIP/PLCC32/SO8), what > > s

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Dumping BIOS on ASUS boards

2007-04-11 Thread Anton
On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:20:52 +0200 Luc Verhaegen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 11:06:23PM +0400, Anton wrote: > > Could someone verify that dumping flash contents on following ASUS boards > > is possible? > > > > 1) ASUS A7V8X-X, VT823

[LinuxBIOS] Dumping BIOS on ASUS boards

2007-04-11 Thread Anton
Could someone verify that dumping flash contents on following ASUS boards is possible? 1) ASUS A7V8X-X, VT8235, PMC_49FL002 2) ASUS A7V600, obviously the same, PMC_49FL002 flashrom should be 2581 or later revision. Thanks. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] Difference in IC schematics

2007-04-11 Thread Anton
I would like to change flash-chip, which is soldered on my board onto another one. Keeping in mind the size of IC and it's format (DIP/PLCC32/SO8), what should I be aware of? Thanks. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] IDE become readonly, why?

2007-04-05 Thread Anton
On Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:27:11 -0700 "Beneo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was using LinuxBIOS to boot Linux from IDE from a Broadcom HT,1000 south > bridge based platform , I encounter an issue which is hard to understand. I > hope somebody can give me some insight. > > During bo

[LinuxBIOS] id1 & id2 - not chip ids

2007-04-01 Thread Anton
flashrom seems to work on ICH6 (and obviously on ICH7 in my previous post), despite the fact that BIOS_CNTL register isn't correctly set "Enabling flash write on ICH6-M...tried to set 0xdc to 0x3 on ICH6-M failed (WARNING ONLY)" Unfortunately, I can't say for sure which flashchip is hidden inside

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: ICH7DH: flash_enable failed]

2007-03-31 Thread Anton
> > Do you have equipment to analyze the signals to the flash chip? > Ideally a logic analyzer, but a 20MHz scope can work too. That's ideally. In reality, several things are absent. > > There's no other way to debug this code. :\ Except to rev-eng the code, original flasher use

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: ICH7DH: flash_enable failed]

2007-03-31 Thread Anton
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:03:25 +0200 Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I estimate adding this SPI support is a day or two's worth of > hacking. A board is needed to test. (Mostly to learn if and how the > SPI master has been locked down by the factory BIOS.) Feel free to address hw t

Re: [LinuxBIOS] ICH7DH: flash_enable failed]

2007-03-30 Thread Anton
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:56:32 +0200 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 31.03.2007 01:49, Anton wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:19:33 +0200 > > Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> * Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [LinuxBIOS] ICH7DH: flash_enable failed]

2007-03-30 Thread Anton
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:19:33 +0200 Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070330 18:32]: > > But it doesn't. > > > > P.S. Flash chip is *infamous* SST25LF080A :-) > > Ah, flashrom of course does not support SPI chips. Yep. Solutions / ideas?

[LinuxBIOS] ICH7DH: flash_enable failed

2007-03-27 Thread Anton
flashrom's output below. what I've missed so far? Calibrating delay loop... Setting up microsecond timing loop 798M loops per second ok No LinuxBIOS table found. Enabling flash write on ICH7DH...tried to set 0xdc to 0x3 on ICH7DH failed (WARNING ONLY) Trying Am29F040B, 512 KB probe_29f040b: id1 0

[LinuxBIOS] computer info

2007-03-22 Thread Anton Lindström
# dmidecode: # dmidecode 2.9 SMBIOS 2.3 present. 40 structures occupying 1276 bytes. Table at 0x000F0100. Handle 0x, DMI type 0, 20 bytes BIOS Information Vendor: Award Software International, Inc. Version: F2 Release Date: 07/27/2005 Address: 0xE Runtime Size: 128 kB R

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Getting Friendly with Flashrom

2007-03-22 Thread Anton
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:16:42 +0100 Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070322 15:08]: > > This is a structure found in every award bios image > > A similar structure is found in ASUS branden bioses. Look at > ASUSBIOS.PAS in uniflash Feat

[LinuxBIOS] how flashrom works

2007-03-20 Thread Anton
Can someone give me a pointer on flashrom programming? I look into sst28sf040.h, there are 3 functions available: probe(), erase(), write(). How the read() from chip is implemented? Thanks. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxb

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] flashrom: SST 25LF080A support

2007-03-14 Thread Anton
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:31:16 +0100 Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 07:06:54PM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > > That's an SPI flash, so I would guess using "olpcflash" as a basis > > might be a good idea. > > Not neccessarily (without looking further at olpcflash)

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] flashrom: SST 25LF080A support

2007-03-13 Thread Anton
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:06:54 +0100 Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070313 17:41]: > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 11:37:10PM +0800, Anton wrote: > > > How to physically route signals is clear. Programming chip - my g

[LinuxBIOS] PhyWrite [SPI flash-chips]

2007-03-13 Thread Anton
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:30:23 -0400 Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > >>> Yeah, sorry, my bad :( I was referring to LPC (PLCC32). I don't know > >>> anything > >>> about SPI. > >> O'k. Does anyone common w/ SPI flashing / BIOS Saviour tools out there? >

Re: [LinuxBIOS] SPI flash-chips

2007-03-12 Thread Anton
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:30:23 -0400 Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where is the LPC <-> SPI being done? Can the northbridge do both? If > there is a additional chip (say like an EC) that does the LPC to SPI > conversion then there might be a way to put that device into recovery > m

Re: [LinuxBIOS] SPI flash-chips

2007-03-12 Thread Anton
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:53:43 -0400 Ward Vandewege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 04:50:18PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > On 12.03.2007 16:29, Ward Vandewege wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 11:22:12PM +0800, Anton wrote: >

Re: [LinuxBIOS] SPI flash-chips [Re: state of Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4]

2007-03-12 Thread Anton
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:33:26 +0100 Quux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anton schrieb: > >> According to this picture, some of the boards obviously have a bios > >> socket. How can we find out where to get those instead of the > >> soldered-only boards? > >&

[LinuxBIOS] SPI flash-chips [Re: state of Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4]

2007-03-12 Thread Anton
On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:57:56 +0100 Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Uwe Hermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070312 14:46]: > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:12:37PM +0100, ST wrote: > > > Am Montag, 12. März 2007 12:23 schrieb Stefan Reinauer: > > > > * ST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070312 11:58]: >

[LinuxBIOS] test

2007-03-05 Thread Anton
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Re: [LinuxBIOS] Booting dos...

2007-03-05 Thread Anton
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:18:51 +0300 "Mikhail Savchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any ways boot to dos from LinuxBios? ADLO. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Via epia-m2 difficulties

2007-01-14 Thread Anton
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 18:37:08 +0100 Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 03:42:20PM +0100, Kurt André Selbach wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to get a working linuxbios on my Via epia m2 12000, > > with 1200mhz processor and 512mb ram. > > > > The goal is to boot linu

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Intel 815

2007-01-11 Thread Anton
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 04:01:15 +0100 Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 03:10:02PM -0500, Corey Osgood wrote: > > I'm thinking something like this: connect two plcc sockets > > together, back to back, sodiering together all the connectors > > except chip enable and/or po

[LinuxBIOS] Concepts for LX v3

2006-12-02 Thread Anton
It would be nice to have TMS (Test Monitor System) onboard. Some big vendors have it on their systems for ages. Pros: a) Test for DRAM b) Test for Media (HDD, CF, SD, ..) connected to the host c) Test for Peripherals Cons: a) size. may not fit into 1/2/4 Mbit. TMS is a regular payload, access is

[LinuxBIOS] MIPS arch.

2006-12-02 Thread Anton
Hi. IIRC, LinuxBIOS is available for Alpha, x86 and .. it's all? No MIPS? -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Which BIOS savior for Tyan S2895?

2006-11-22 Thread Anton
On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:56:28 -0700 Myles Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am using the IOSS BIOS Savior - RD1-PMC4. > > Myles > Are there BIOS Saviors w/ SPI chips somewhere in universe? :) -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbi

Re: [LinuxBIOS] r2477 build service

2006-10-28 Thread Anton
> > Anyone into clusters? ;-) openMosix is O'k? ;-) -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] isa-486s

2006-08-03 Thread Anton Borisov
its very doubtful > you can get the docs for the chipsets. Richard, this looks like a spam. -Anton -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Mainboard-Configuration

2006-07-20 Thread Anton Borisov
7;ve asked sale price, if you're interested - drop an email to my box. -Anton -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] linuxbios board

2006-07-13 Thread Anton Borisov
d be nice. There were discussions about EPIA-M, -MII, -MS quite recently (for a period of 6 months). In 99% of all cases these boards ought to work. -Anton -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] by linuxbios baord

2006-07-12 Thread Anton Borisov
is why i am asking. Thank You Desired CPU power? -Anton -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Problem with flashrom -E -c W49F002U

2006-05-31 Thread Anton Borisov
> that I couldn't read the original BIOS didn't on the other hand keep me from > flashing > the part on the RD1. > > The big problem now is that I'm not able to erase the flash anymore, making > it quite > hard to continue developing my LinuxBIOS.

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Epia M tree build issue

2006-05-04 Thread Anton Borisov
uot;right" way compiles the first time around, that'd be > something. What is your snapshot version? VGA ROM revision? -Anton -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] How to ID flash chip type from software?

2006-02-26 Thread Anton Borisov
ed chip. SST49LF004B. -- Sincerely, Anton Borisov -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] How to ID flash chip type from software?

2006-02-26 Thread Anton Borisov
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:55:54 +0100 Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 06:00:07PM +0300, Anton Borisov wrote: > > Hello. > > There is a tricky case - I can't see which exactly flash chip > > installed in system. flashrom from

[LinuxBIOS] How to ID flash chip type from software?

2006-02-26 Thread Anton Borisov
Sincerely, Anton Borisov -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] one last note for epia

2006-01-23 Thread Anton Borisov
I see no problems with that. -- Sincerely, Anton Borisov -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios