> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kevin O'Connor > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 11:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [coreboot] latest legacybios update > > Hi, > > I've made some recent progress with "legacybios". The code will now > locate and parse the coreboot table. This means that "legacybios" > will now have the correct ram size and will properly populate the e820 > map with the info. I've confirmed that my epia-m continues to boot > into linux with the recent changes. > > I've also fixed a few bugs - slave ide drives are now working for me > and apm no longer crashes the linux kernel. > > For those that are interested, the code is in git - see: > > http://git.linuxtogo.org/ > > My next step is going to be getting bios tables (pir, acpi) working so > that the legacybios payload doesn't overwrite them. I plan on > hacking coreboot-v2 so that it deploys the tables to the top of ram > instead of 0xf0000. I then plan on having legacybios locate the > tables (by looking at the coreboot table) and then copy the subset of > tables that must reside in the 0xf0000 segment. > > For those that remember the discussion at: > > http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2008-May/034688.html > > I'm basically advocating option (c). > > Finally, I've successfully booted windows xp and windows vista under > qemu (without using coreboot). Once I get the standard bios tables > working, I'll see if I can get them running too. > Great work Kevin :-)
Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
