> 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 >
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