On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:26:51PM +0200, Juergen Beisert wrote: > > What's the status of this code? Does it boot a payload correctly? Does > > it fully boot a Linux kernel? Which hardware works, which doesn't when > > booted with LinuxBIOS? > > Status is "tested on my boards" (I'm currenlty using 5 IGEL-316 at home). It > works with etherboot and FILO. And boots my 2.6.21 kernel with Video and > without (one IGEL is my file server, the others are small X terminals, > connected to my main workstation).
So X11 works? Sound? Ethernet? USB? Booting from USB? All the other hardware such as keyboard, mouse, parallel port etc. etc? > > Is the above correct for the Winnet? What does 'lspnp -v' report when > > booted from the proprietary BIOS? > > As I stated. I copied it from the eaglelion/5bcm and modified it until it > works on my hardware... Yes, sure. The above just looks very similar to the 5BCM and that is pretty different from my Winnet3 so I guessed the values would differ for the IGEL-316, too!? (the PNP stuff mostly) > > My guess is that this is an ASI/BCom board (but I don't have > > evidence), so it should go into targets/asi/xxxx, too? > > Is there a way to compare it with other boards (pictures from the other > boards)? I have uploaded a few photos, see here: http://linuxbios.org/ASI_MB-5BLMP_Build_Tutorial A photo of the PCB is here: http://linuxbios.org/images/1/1f/Igel_winnet3_3.jpg The quality is not _that_ good, I'll try to make a better one soonish. > > > Index: LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/igel/igel-316/sdram_timing.h > > > =================================================================== > > > --- /dev/null > > > +++ LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/igel/igel-316/sdram_timing.h > > > > Same here. Is it mainboard-specific? Otherwise merge it into > > src/northbridge/amd/gx1/raminit.[ch]? Should it get its own file? If so, > > why? > > Some parts are mainboard specific, some are SDRAM specific. Unless we can > read > back the SPD EEPROM, we must manually add the SDRAM data. Yes, reading the SPD values is definately the correct thing to do. We should try to make that work... > > I'll try to dump the SPD information on my Winnet3 and report the > > results... > > But it would be valid only for exact one SDRAM type! Not for all the others. Ah yes, sure, the SDRAM info is specific. I meant that I'll check whether reading SPD values works at all on my board. > > Are you sure? Mine has a BIOS chip and a DoC. While the BIOS usually > > boots a kernel from the DoC, if you attach an IDE disk (with external > > power, as the thin client doesn't provide it), it will boot a Linux from > > the disk just fine. > > Yes I'm sure. At system start I only see "booting...". No way found to stop > it. On my system there's no need to enter the BIOS. Just attach an IDE disk (and power for it), and the BIOS will automatically boot from that (instead of the DoC). FWIW, I can enter the original BIOS by pressing ESC while the IGEL logo is displayed on the screen. Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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