Daniel Parthey schrieb: > Hello, > > Daniel Parthey wrote: > >>I tried to get LinuxBIOS Rev 2163 running on an VIA EPIA-ML6000EA Board >>using the EPIA-M target. The kernel is on /dev/hda1 of an IDE harddisk. > > Note that I'm using an EPIA ML, not an M board. > > >>it boots, network is working, but vga output fails > > Maybe the EPIA-M HOWTO should tell that one needs to extract the VGA BIOS > from EPIA-M Bios Version 1.13 if one wants to use graphics on EPIA-ML.
Thats right, an extracted vga.rom from this version works for the ML, too. > > >>DO THE VGA BIOS >>found VGA: vid=1106, did=3122 if you later want to use the X via driver modul, you should remember on 3122 this is the ID Number you need to change in the vgabioa.c if I remember right. >>rom base, size: fffc0000 >>write_protect_vgabios >>bus/devfn = 0x100 >>biosint: # 0x6, eax 0x5f53 ebx 0x101 ecx 0x19f88 edx 0xe093 >>biosint: ebp 0x19090 esp 0x39d8 edi 0xfa90 esi 0x1a539 >>biosint: ip 0xc763 cs 0xf000 flags 0x202 >>biosint: Oops, exception 6 >>biosint: Bailing out >>biosint: # 0x10, eax 0x4f14 ebx 0x18003 ecx 0x1 edx 0x0 >>biosint: ebp 0x19fa8 esp 0xffa edi 0x0 esi 0xffff725e >>biosint: ip 0x8f7e cs 0x0 flags 0x46 >>BIOSINT: Unsupport int #0x10 >>Devices initialized > I get a equal output, if I use the orginal vga.rom from factory bios version 1.16 for Epia-M > > Christian Sühs told on the list, that one needs an older vga bios for that. > First I will try to extract VGA Bios from BIOS 1.02 and 1.01 for the EPIA-ML. I,m not sure, but I think they won't work. Have a look at the bios code with cbrom or any tool you want. and compare the vga rom names. If I remember right there is only one version, which works with LB and that is the vga.rom at orginal bios from epia-M Version 1.13 for the Epia-ML. > Then I will try the BIOS 1.16 for the EPIA-M. That won't work, too. > Unfortunately, VIA has taken all other versions off the web :( > Thats right, somewhere in the List is a link to the 1.13 version. > Can I boot the EPIA-M Bios on the EPIA-ML board, or does it fail? > It fails. > >>ACPI: bus type pci registered >>[...] >> <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > Disabling ACPI and AGPGART in the kernel fixed the problem, > so this was certainly an ACPI issue. Thanks to Anton Borisov. > > Boot speeds is also an issue here, it looks like we need a separate > target/mainboard for the EPIA-ML in order to speed up the boot > process for EPIA-ML. It also boots very slowly here, I will try > Christian Sühs' changes discussed on this list in December 2005 > and disable some features (like smbus?) in the EPIA-ML boot process. > > Obviously, EPIA-M and EPIA-ML have different features, compare them: > http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_m/index.jsp#spec You should disable the search for the firewire stuff, somewhere under the northbridge directory for epia-ml. If this is not disabled it tooks about 10 seconds before linuxbios boot. > http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_ml/index.jsp#spec > > Regards, > Daniel. -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
