Corey Osgood wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Chris Lingard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

>     The board comes with a ITE IT8716F 4MB chip; but that is compatible
>     with  SST49LF040A chips.  I already have these and some SST49LF080A
>     chips; just wish there were 160 or 320MB
>
>
> I'm hoping that's a typo, SST49LF080 is 8Mb (that's 8 megabits, or 1
> megabyte), larger chips would be 16 or 32Mb (2 or 4MB).

Well if 040 is 4MB and 080 is 8MB, I would hope there is a 160 at 16MB and so on; or do engineers use a secret numbering system :-)

I used to do boot CDs pretending to be 2.8Mb floppies, and would be happy with a 4Mb chip to get a Linux kernel into.


>
> How many do you have? You can use an SST49LF080 as a backup chip for the
> stock bios, just cat the stock bios onto itself to get two copies of it
> back to back, and then flash it onto the chip.

Yes, I will duplicate the factory BIOS, got about 6 chips. The BIOS does not have an option to write to a floppy; but flashrom works fine

> Let us know how it goes! You will probably need to do some work on the
> IRQ tables before Linux will boot, but who knows ;)

Thanks I will, setting up a clean Linux development system right now, I like Linux from Scratch. How I hate distros that load in an hour; but it takes a week to find the header files.

Just for completeness I add the lspci -v. Once I have a stable system, and have duplicated the factory BIOS, I can start properly.




00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        I/O ports at 1d00 [size=256]

00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 1c40 [size=64]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
        Memory at fe02e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Unknown device f0de:cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] 
[size=1]
        I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=16]
        Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 0960 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4]
        I/O ports at c800 [size=16]
        Memory at fe02c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        I/O ports at c400 [size=8]
        I/O ports at c000 [size=4]
        I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
        I/O ports at b800 [size=4]
        I/O ports at b400 [size=16]
        Memory at fe02b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:06.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
        Memory behind bridge: fdd00000-fddfffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fde00000-fdefffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
        Memory at fe020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:08.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
        Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Unknown device cb84
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 506
        Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at b000 [size=8]
        Memory at fe029000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Memory at fe028000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
        Memory behind bridge: fdc00000-fdcfffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fdb00000-00000000fdbfffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff
        Memory behind bridge: fda00000-fdafffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd900000-00000000fd9fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff
        Memory behind bridge: fd800000-fd8fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd700000-00000000fd7fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff
        Memory behind bridge: fd600000-fd6fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fd500000-00000000fd5fffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
        Memory behind bridge: fd400000-fd4fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000efffffff
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: <access denied>

01:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: DFI Inc Unknown device 1006
        Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
        Memory at fddff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        I/O ports at 9c00 [size=128]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV630 [Radeon HD 2600XT] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Unknown device e420
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at fd4e0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        I/O ports at 4c00 [size=256]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fd400000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

06:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV630/M76 audio device [Radeon HD 2600 Series]
        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Unknown device aa08
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        Memory at fd4fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

Chris Lingard

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