I should clarify, buildrom can automatically do the LB image + VSA2 concatenate for you. Follow the instructions to do it by hand.
Marc Jones wrote: > Otávio, > > Otávio Alcântara wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I used the buildrom tool, but the norwich board uses the >> companion serial and my board uses SUPERIO WINBOND w83267hf. So, I >> modified the code of /mainboar/amd/norwich/cache_as_ram_auto.c to work >> with this chip. >> It worked fine, but the boot process stop with : >> >> Before VSA: >> do_vsmbios >> >> I'm not including the vsa in the linuxbios.rom, is that the >> problem? And how can I concatenate the two files correctly? >> >> Regards, >> >> Otávio Alcântara >> > > > Yes you need VSA2 in the ROM. You can use buildrom in advance mode to > set a local linuxbios tree. Buildrom pulls the VSA binary from here: > http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_2330_9863_11363,00.html > > un-zip it > "cat lx_vsa.36k.bin norwich.rom > lb_norwich.rom" > You should end up with a 512KB ROM image. > > Marc > > > >> On 5/24/07, *Otávio Alcântara* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Thanks Marc, >> >> I will try buildrom. >> >> Regards, >> >> Otavio >> >> >> On 5/23/07, *Marc Jones* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Otávio Alcântara wrote: >> > I used a dissambly and there is no jump in the reset vector. >> I've tried >> > other board (amd rumba, using the same tools JTAG and memory >> > programmer) and it starts normaly the boot process, just don't >> finish it >> > because the processor is a Geode GX and my board is a LX one. >> I'll try >> > the norwich board that is similar to mine. >> > The problem I saw with msm800 is that linuxbios.rom is not on >> a valid >> > format, the file doesn't size like the ROM_SIZE option of >> > targets/../../Config.lb. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Otávio >> > >> >> >> Are you using buildrom? >> >> http://linuxbios.org/Buildrom <http://linuxbios.org/Buildrom> >> >> It is recommended to use it for LX systems. It should handle >> putting the >> VSA image with the LB binary to make the complete image. >> Marc >> >> >> >> >> > On 5/23/07, *ron minnich* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: >> > >> > The first thing I ever do with problems of this type is simple: >> > hexdump romimage >> > >> > and see if I see a jump at end. >> > >> > ron >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Otávio Alcântara >> > "I'll never cross to the Dark Side." >> > >> >> -- >> Marc Jones >> Senior Software Engineer >> (970) 226-9684 Office >> mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Otávio Alcântara >> "I'll never cross to the Dark Side." >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Otávio Alcântara >> "I'll never cross to the Dark Side." > -- Marc Jones Senior Software Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
