2009/9/17 Antonio Expósito <[email protected]> > I am trying to monitor the boot process of a computer, mainly BIOS POST > codes and linux kernel boot process. I know how to do it for the linux > kernel using a serial port, but I am not able to imagine how to monitor the > BIOS POST codes. > > I know that almost every BIOS sends them to the ISA I/O address 0080h, but, > how can I get that codes using another computer? I mean, without POST > ISA/PCI card, using another computer connected to it via SMBUS, LPC or > serial? > > Is there any way to convert LPC to serial and monitor that port? > I don't know of an easy way.
> I want to do this with a VIA P700 motherboard, is this board supported by > the coreboot v3? > http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards I don't think so. Coreboot v2 is the most active branch. > Could be easy to redirect BIOS POST codes to a serial port using a coreboot > implementation? > Coreboot sends debug information to the serial port, so there is no need for monitoring the POST codes except very early in the boot process. Thanks, Myles
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