On Feb 7, 2008 12:45 PM, Marc Karasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me add me two cents.. > > I have dealt with the Intel MACs in the past so let me dreg up some > memorries... > > From what I recall, you had a serial eeprom on the board that > contained the init for the chip. This was the 82545GM.
Hmm, no intel eeprom, but I do see a chip marked "atmel532", which google says is a serial eeprom, less than half an inch from the southbridge. Possible winner? -Corey > The eeprom image was protected by a CRC and if the CRC failed it would > not load the image. The device would also not be visible on the PCI Bus > unless the eeprom was loaded. I have attached the 82545 eeprom spec > sheet (freely avail from Intel) maybe this will give you some insight. > > Intel has a program to read/update the paramters. I never used it, > mainly because I was on an embedded system running MIPS-Linux and they > would only provide a x86 binary, no src code. It took me a couple of > iterations to get the eeprom right. Maybe you can get the utility from > Intel and dump the eeprom. > > What I do not understand is why you would be having problems with > coreboot. the only thing I can guess is the default eeprom is putting > the MAC into a state that the BIOS must take it out of (maybe WoL). Did > you say you have the spec sheet for the part and it talks about the > eeprom? > > /********************* > Marc Karasek > MTS > Sun Microsystems > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ph:770.360.6415 > *********************/ > > > > Peter Stuge wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 02:49:52PM -0500, Corey Osgood wrote: > > > >> "In the LAN controller the D0 state is partitioned into two substates > >> > >> and > >> > >> "The integrated LAN controller will be disabled if no Platform LAN > >> Connect component is detected (See Section 5.2.1.3)." > >> > >> > >> Any help? > >> > > > > The first one isn't that interesting since it also implies that PCI > > config regs are actually available. > > > > The second one, or rather section 5.2.1.3, could be interesting if > > "Platform LAN Connect component" is usually found in the BIOS. > > > > > > //Peter > > > > > > -- > coreboot mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >
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