[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2008-01-02 Thread aaron lwe
> Are you configuring the system for AGP 2.0 or 3.0, ie are you > configuring dev 0.0 or 1.0? The way I had it set up, I thought, was 32MB > for video, 32MB for agp, and the rest for the system, using AGP 3.0. I > could very well have messed something up somewhere, though. > > -Corey > I'm configu

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2008-01-02 Thread Corey Osgood
aaron lwe wrote: > On Dec 21, 2007 1:40 PM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And now you're where I am. For some reason there's a reserved memory >> range _somewhere_ at the tolm, of some unknown size. I've found that >> reserving an extra 1MB doesn't work, but 32MB does. I've found

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2008-01-01 Thread aaron lwe
On Dec 21, 2007 1:40 PM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And now you're where I am. For some reason there's a reserved memory > range _somewhere_ at the tolm, of some unknown size. I've found that > reserving an extra 1MB doesn't work, but 32MB does. I've found nothing > in the document

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-28 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 27, 2007 10:44 PM, aaron lwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ron, you're right, it's a dram configuration problem. > after I set the dram clocking control and signal timing > control registers, it worked well after enabling memory > cache. Hmm...these registers have nothing to do when > cache

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-27 Thread aaron lwe
On Dec 27, 2007 1:22 PM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yes I think you are probably right but how are the fixed mtrr's set? > > I don't know, This still seems like memory timing issues to me but who > knows. > > ron > ron, you're right, it's a dram configuration problem. after I set th

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-25 Thread aaron lwe
> > this can be still be caused by bad dram timing. Once you start > caching, cache flush to ram will be a burst. If the dram timing is not > right, you will get data corruption that will not occur with caching > off. I used to have this happen very frequently. > > So, I still think you have a memo

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-25 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 26, 2007 1:58 AM, aaron lwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm now having trouble with mtrr, after setting variable mtrr, data gets > corrupted. this can be still be caused by bad dram timing. Once you start caching, cache flush to ram will be a burst. If the dram timing is not right, you

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-25 Thread aaron lwe
> > Hmm. I think this also is true with some Intel chipsets. Even without > graphics enabled there has to be some kind of reserved memory space > just below tolm (the smallest I was sucessfull with was 1MB) or filo > chokes. Doesn't LB allocate a bounce buffer just before the payload > starts? Is t

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-21 Thread aaron lwe
On Dec 21, 2007 1:40 PM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aaron lwe wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I'm terribly sorry that I just found I've mistakenly configured the > > dram MA Map Type, and now memtest > > showed no errors. But I still have to reduce the mem size when > > reporting to

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-21 Thread aaron lwe
On Dec 21, 2007 1:40 PM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aaron lwe wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > I'm terribly sorry that I just found I've mistakenly configured the > > dram MA Map Type, and now memtest > > showed no errors. But I still have to reduce the mem size when > > reporting to s

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-21 Thread joe
Quoting Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > aaron lwe wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I'm terribly sorry that I just found I've mistakenly configured the >> dram MA Map Type, and now memtest >> showed no errors. But I still have to reduce the mem size when >> reporting to system through ram_resource >>

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread Corey Osgood
aaron lwe wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm terribly sorry that I just found I've mistakenly configured the > dram MA Map Type, and now memtest > showed no errors. But I still have to reduce the mem size when > reporting to system through ram_resource > or filo couldn't be started. I have disabled the in

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread aaron lwe
Dear All, I'm terribly sorry that I just found I've mistakenly configured the dram MA Map Type, and now memtest showed no errors. But I still have to reduce the mem size when reporting to system through ram_resource or filo couldn't be started. I have disabled the integrated graphics card and the

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread aaron lwe
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:34:15PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote: >* //Until you can successfully run memtest86 as a payload and it reports *>* //zero errors, RAM has not yet been configured correctly. *>* *>* OK, I get it. Thanks. *>* Memtest86 reports errors at memory address *>* 1MB, 5MB, 9MB, 13MB, 17

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread aaron lwe
On Dec 20, 2007 11:42 PM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > aaron lwe wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:49:32PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote: > > >/ I've configured the via cn700 dram controller > > /.. > > >/ Unexpected Exception: 6 @ 10:1bfee821 - Halting > > /.. > > >/ can I say ram is in

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:42:33AM -0500, Corey Osgood wrote: > Weird, I've never seen that problem. Do you have any other dram modules > you can try? Can you send me the specs (or a link to the datasheet would > be best) on the module you're currently using? I have some comments I > need to put in

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread ron minnich
On Dec 20, 2007 6:34 AM, aaron lwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I get it. Thanks. > Memtest86 reports errors at memory address > 1MB, 5MB, 9MB, 13MB, 17MB, ... not sure what's wrong. > we need to know a lot more about that module first! what parts? double sided? how many banks? etc. etc. Th

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread Corey Osgood
aaron lwe wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:49:32PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote: > >/ I've configured the via cn700 dram controller > /.. > >/ Unexpected Exception: 6 @ 10:1bfee821 - Halting > /.. > >/ can I say ram is initialized right? > / > //No. ram_check() is a useless metric. > //Until you can s

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread Peter Stuge
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:34:15PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote: > //Until you can successfully run memtest86 as a payload and it reports > //zero errors, RAM has not yet been configured correctly. > > OK, I get it. Thanks. > Memtest86 reports errors at memory address > 1MB, 5MB, 9MB, 13MB, 17MB, ... no

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread aaron lwe
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:49:32PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote: >* I've configured the via cn700 dram controller *.. >* Unexpected Exception: 6 @ 10:1bfee821 - Halting *.. >* can I say ram is initialized right? * //No. ram_check() is a useless metric. //Until you can successfully run memtest86 as a payl

Re: [LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread Peter Stuge
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 04:49:32PM +0800, aaron lwe wrote: > I've configured the via cn700 dram controller .. > Unexpected Exception: 6 @ 10:1bfee821 - Halting .. > can I say ram is initialized right? No. ram_check() is a useless metric. Until you can successfully run memtest86 as a payload and i

[LinuxBIOS] problem about dram init

2007-12-20 Thread aaron lwe
Dear All, I've configured the via cn700 dram controller, and when I did ram_check to many regions(not all, 'cause it wastes time) everything was ok. but after the second stage code finished running, filo failed to be started, with the following errors: ... ... Jumping to boot code at 0x10e5ec entr