> > > I just built an s2892 rom image with LAB payload (32 bit) > using the > > > latest buildrom revision, without problems. I'm building > on 32-bit > > > Ubuntu Hardy. > > > Toolchain issue? > > > > Hmm.. I attempted the 32-bit LAB build with a (32-bit) > Intrepid Ibex > > system that had just recently been upgraded from Hardy.. I > do have a > > Hardy box to build on as well, and I'll try that when I get home. > > OK. I'll see if I can find out what goes wrong on Intrepid. >
Sure enough, I was able to successfully build a 32-bit LAB on my Hardy box. > > > > In case this turns out to be a dead end, what does porting > > > a driver to > > > > FILO involve? > > > > > > LAB shouldn't be a dead end - I've got it in production > on several > > > Tyan systems (s2881, s2882). > > > > Ok. This is encouraging. > > And I've got it working on an s2891, but there I see the > ck804 sata performance problem that I mentioned, so that box > still runs under the proprietary bios :/ I hope we don't have SATA performance issues with the S2892.. that would probably prevent us from using coreboot. > > > > [... ] If I understand > > > > correctly, leaving out the ~36k chunk will still allow me > > > to have all > > > > the core functionality, just without VGA output.. > > > > > > Yes. Once you have the image, you just prepend your VGA > rom to the > > > image, and flash it. You can get the VGA rom from the > factory bios > > > by using the correct decode utility (see the > > > s2881 tutorial, for example). > > > > I did happen to see the link to the "amideco" utility on the S2881 > > tutorial, but the > > S2892 has a Phoenix BIOS. If there is a Phoenix version of that > > utility, could someone make it available on the coreboot site? The > > Russian domain is blocked by our Net Nanny.. > > I'm not sure that site is still what it used to be - the > registration lapsed a while ago iirc. In any case, there is a > phoenix utility as well, and they are all in debian and > ubuntu universe (thanks to Uwe!). So you should be able to just > > apt-get install phnxdeco > > it. Got it -- thanks! I never would have suspected such a tool would be available via the ubuntu repositories. Thank you Uwe indeed! -Bijoy -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
