Re: [LinuxBIOS] different versions of the GA-M57SLI-S4 (PLCC vs SPI)

d. Only on the newer boards i suppose? ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-m57SLI-S4

27;s like taking an umbrella with you to prevent it from raining :-). ST PS: Please post to linuxbios list so others can find answers to your question also. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] different versions of the GA-M57SLI-S4 (PLCC vs SPI)

Hi > > Mh, i don't know anything about SPI, but i think if they also have > > #init pins it should work. > They don't. Not good. If i remember correctly on my v1.0 M57SLI-S4 there have been SPI pins within the PLCC connectors. These pins where not connected to any of the open presumably SPI pins

Re: [LinuxBIOS] different versions of the GA-M57SLI-S4 (PLCC vs SPI)

Hi > > Is the modification now wrong? > ST, can you chime in here? Mh, i don't know anything about SPI, but i think if they also have #init pins it should work. Just my 2ct ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] trying to boot Gigabyte M575SLI

g is not supported. Please look at the thread: "Fix processor name string for Rev. F CPUs" on this mailing list. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI

Hi Carl-Daniel > Did that work out? No :-(. I just tried right now, but it didn't work. Unfortunatly i didn't save the output of lspci but it appeared the same to me as before. If you guys have some other suggestions to get PCI cards working on this board, let me know :-). Regard

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI

esides the source which documents the inner workings of LB? I didn't find anything on linuxbios.org. Btw. http://linuxbios.org/FAQ seems to be borken. Regards ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI

ime to look into it myself :-(. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI

f lspci -vvvnx under the original bios version f8 and under linuxbios updated from today (2007-05-08). Best regards ST 00:00.0 0500: 10de:0369 (rev a1) Subsystem: 1458:5001 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: C

Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Re: m57sli-s4 and i2c

n maintain it on the wiki but i need an account? Good night ST chipaddress: 290 0 13 1 10 2 0 3 0 4 ff 5 ff 6 0 7 37 8 ff 9 87 a 2c b 9 c 7 d 7 e 78 f 9d 10 fe 11 ff 12 ff 13 74 14 d7 15 7f 16 7f 17 82 18 2 19 1 1a 1 1b ff 1c ff 1d ff 1e ff 1f ff 20 4c 21 78 22 cb 23 b6 2

Re: [LinuxBIOS] m57sli-s4 and i2c

hangs off the isa bus. I think thats inb for byte access and inw for word access (16 bit). You need to be root to do this though. The addresses can be taken right from the datasheet. Best regards ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Gigabyte M575SLI

ch to a fallback option. Don't know about the rest. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 problems

dmesg output (see below). Fortunately i can report that my little soldering work is working fine. I can switch between original Bios and Linuxbios. When running linuxbios i can't do a reboot but have to powercycle the system, but that is a minor setback. Best Regards ST suspicious dmesg ou

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Instructions: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual linux bios

to fit into the flash. Is it possible to fit a 2.6.2x kernel into 4MBit flash-rom? Thanks ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Instructions: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual linux bios

t;> Current kernels only need "acpi_use_timer_override" as cmdline > > >> option for successfull booting. > > >Do we know why? > > Well actually i filed a bugreport: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8219 > Nice! Still status NEEDINFO t

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Instructions: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual linux bios

Hi Peter Am Donnerstag, 19. April 2007 05:44 schrieb Peter Stuge: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:26:55PM +0200, ST wrote: > > http://private.vlsi.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/st/instructions.html > Shows up blank in my mozilla, but read it in lynx. Huh?! Thats really plain HTML and i c

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Instructions: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual linux bios

t; as cmdline option for successfull booting. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] Instructions: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual linux bios

Hi As promised you will find the instructions at: http://private.vlsi.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/st/instructions.html If you have any suggestions/corrections whatever please let me know. I haven't had the time testing flashing the flash-roms, but i can switch between the two chips which

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Success: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios

e a non finished DualBios. But of course i'd like to hear if s.o. knows better... ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Success: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios

by a pull-up resistor (which i didn't found). But i will post s.t. detailled with images and stuff so anyone with little solder experience can do it herself. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Success: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios

Hi Beth > One question, how did you disabled the soldered bios?, ( I think that > something related with the #init pin, but how? ) I didn't, i just pulled it to ground. But i will post s.t. detailed hopefully tomorrow. > Well again congratulations, regardsss. :-) ST -- linuxbio

Re: [LinuxBIOS] Success: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios

Hi Stefan >> I will post the details as time permits. > Could you write a small Howto describing what and how you did this? As i wrote, yes but not now. ST PS: I'm subscribed to the list. -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] Success: GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios

Next stop will be actually flashing linuxbios. Thanks for all who helped me out! ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] PLAICE Update

27;s the PC interface to the eval board? I think it's USB (with a horrible blob driver from xilinx). ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 bios programming

pulldown of #init on the soldered flash is realized. I am currently waiting for Beth/Jose to double check and for the delivery of two spare flash chips and a PLCC32 socket. ST -- linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 bios programming

gets the #init to low, the other one will stay in reset mode and will keep its I/O pins in Z state? Thanks ST -- linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

Hi Beth Am Donnerstag, 12. April 2007 14:17 schrieben Sie: > Hi all again (hi ST, yes I am Jose, Beth is a long story :D, some day ...). Nice hearing from you :-) > Well I am a bit "disconnected", but, ST are you still interested on > that I check the pins of the second socke

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

> please see my other mail Mh "the other mail" seems to be cought in a spam filter or s.t. like that? ST -- linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

is one of the T1X or T2X pins. (X is a wildcard for 1 2 3 all according to the image: http://private.vlsi.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/st/dual_bios_GA-m57SLI-S4.jpg ST -- linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins

erman buyers? Thanks ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] IDE become readonly, why?

t parameters to: init=/bin/sh and get an shell? If you get an shell can you issue an: "mount -o remount,rw /"? This helps with normal systems but no experience with linuxbios systems yet. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] IOSS Product Order / RD1-PMC4 for which board ?

blem with the bios saviour. If it is an problem with the bios saviour it would be nice if you keep us informed if you have more information on that issue. Probably there is also an hint for us how to use the free pads. Thanks by the way for your nice build tutorial for the M57-SLI-S4. ST --

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins

k the only thing it shows is that this patent system is a job security program for lawyers but not helpful in the advance of the mankind. The only interesting thing i found is that they seem to use a checksum or s.t. to test if the bios image is valid. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

... > which supports your > theory! :) Jup. > Also, what are T22 and T12? Please see: http://private.vlsi.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/st/dual_bios_GA-m57SLI-S4.jpg These are open pins which might be transistors but are only Three open pins each. Between the PCIex1 sockets and the flash ch

Re: [LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

Am Mittwoch, 28. März 2007 01:15 schrieb Stefan Reinauer: > * ST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070328 00:36]: > > Well the result in pretty raw format right now. > > Bios Chip is a: > > PMC > > 0621 > > Pm49FLOO4T-33JCE > > If someone can enlighten me or has po

[LinuxBIOS] GA-M57SLI-S4 dual bios pins was Re: New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

d. > > Then there has to be some logic which decides to boot from which chip. If the bios failure should be detected this only works reliably with an watchdog which switches the bios on failure. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] New with a GA-M57SLI-S4

your mainboard just try to dig up the above information? And probably we will find a way to enable an dual boot between the original bios and the linuxbios, which would be quite neat. ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] trying to boot gigabyte m57sli-s4

there was nothing underneath. I would prefer not to remove the first part but solder something on the free space. I think i have to search my multimeter. Thanks ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: [LinuxBIOS] trying to boot gigabyte m57sli-s4

57sli-s4. There is an inner and outer ring of contacts for the second free bios chip. Does anybody know if these are for different chips or are these for one chip. The latter would make soldering with my tools impossible. Thanks ST -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://w

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

Am Montag, 12. März 2007 12:23 schrieb Stefan Reinauer: > * ST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070312 11:58]: > > Since i don't have an modern flash programmer (and this version of the > > gigabyte doesn't have a dual bios) i am afraid to "brick" this mainboard. >

[LinuxBIOS] state of Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4

tried linuxbios yet. Since i don't have an modern flash programmer (and this version of the gigabyte doesn't have a dual bios) i am afraid to "brick" this mainboard. Since i can't use the gigabyte tools anymore once i have flashed linuxbios to this board. Is there a way b