On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 15:22 +0100, Philip Aston wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Uwe Hermann > Sent: 10 July 2008 12:30 > To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > Cc: Philip Aston; Coreboot > Subject: Re: [coreboot] new to coreboot > > > Hi, > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 01:32:05AM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > >>> I have MS6178 ver 1.1, supported board, noted as not working on Linux. > I can > > >>> only get it working reliably with Knoppix although Debian Etch has > worked > > >>> intermittently. Embedded VGA... does that complicate things? > > >>> > > >>> > > >> I don't have the board in question, but if it has problems running > Linux > > >> under the factory BIOS, probably something is wrong with the hardware. > > Yep. > > > > Thank you for your very prompt reply, Carl-Daniel > > > > > > Probably true, worth a try I believe because googling "MS6178 Linux" > > > revealed "News - coreboot > > > Linux has never been able to run on this board until now. .... Thanks to > > > Uwe Hermann we now have preliminary support for the MSI MS-6178 > > > mainboard." (Sep07). Nothing to lose anyway. > > > > > > > Ah, that piece of news referred to the Thomson IP1000, a set-top box. > > Hm? Don't think so, there _is_ a MS-6178 target and partially works: > http://www.coreboot.org/MSI_MS-6178_Build_Tutorial > > There are some TODOs left, but it boots Linux just fine. > > > > >>> I'm an intermediate user finding detail on the readme within Coreboot > > >>> download difficult to understand. My chip is soldered and I'll have to > > >>> reflash in situ, not worried about that because > > >>> 1 without linux the board is useless > > >>> 2 might be able to retrieve original image (which I have saved) from > > >>> bootblock. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Actually, the "boot block recovery" will not work if flashrom > misbehaves > > >> or coreboot does not work. > > >> > > >> > > >>> Can I build the .rom on another box? Is there a way to build using a > live cd > > >>> or do I have to reinstall etch? > > >>> > > >>> > > >> You can build the .rom on another box, it's even recommended to do so. > > >> > > >> > > >>> And very important, is this too ambitious for someone who needs to ask > these > > >>> questions? Thank you. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> Well, having a soldered flash is certainly increasing the risk beyond > > >> what I'd recommend. A top hat flash override might work in case of > > >> problems, but I wouldn't bet on it. > > Are you sure this is really the MSI MS-6178? See the photo here, in my > case the ROM was _not_ soldered: > http://www.coreboot.org/Image:Msi_ms6178.jpg > You seem to have a different revision (1.1 vs. 1.0) so maybe they > changed that... > > > > I'll take a look but probably won't have access to a spare chip anyway. > Wimsbios have heard of ver 1.1 & from the ID string suggested mine was an > "OEM", hence different factory bios etc?. > > > > > > > So I have compiled a coreboot.rom, same size as my factory bios; but > > > uniflash gives "verification failed" (not exact wording). What causes > > > this error message please? > > > > > > > AFAIK uniflash checks for a factory BIOS signature/checksum. Since > > I doubt it, I've been able to write coreboot images with Uniflash just > fine. The verification errors (some red "bars" instead of only green > ones) sometimes do happen to me too, but it's always reproducible for > certains boards and chips (so I think that happens when Uniflash doesn't > fully support some hardware part, or the part is stale/broken). > > > > I have also tried (with uniflash) 2 other factory bios files, admittedly of > uncertain quality- originated from another user's backupimage, zipped, etc.. > with same result. However, before quitting, I reflashed my backup bios image > and (despite a few red bars) that worked. Not sure what that means but > Knoppix runs well, so I could possibly compile a flash utility from > Corebios? Being very new to this I'm not good at navigating the download- is > there a particular utility I should be looking for? -I should have looked harder, I think it's Flashrom?-Philip > > BTW even a brief look at the emails indicates the professional nature of > your work so I appreciate your guidance here. -Philip > > > > > As noted at http://www.coreboot.org/MSI_MS-6178_Build_Tutorial I was > _not_ able to use flashrom on this board successfully, so if the flash > is indeed soldered I would not recommend to try it unless you have some > way to recover (soldering probably)... > > > HTH, Uwe. > -- > http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de > http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org > > -- > coreboot mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >
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