Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-06 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 6:54 AM Zoran Stojsavljevic < zoran.stojsavlje...@gmail.com> wrote: > > as always, your other other choice is to use linux in flash as a > bootstrap, and then have the full spectrum of x-over-network solutions that > you get from that. That's my new (old) approach nowadays.

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-06 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 3:22 AM Anshuman Aggarwal < anshuman.aggar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ron, > Do you have any link to point me towards developing this solution. I > get at a high level what you are suggesting but would like to reuse > whatever work has already been done towards this. If the

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-06 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
> as always, your other other choice is to use linux in flash as a bootstrap, and then have the full spectrum of x-over-network solutions that you get from that. That's my new (old) approach nowadays. Hello Ron, As my best understanding, Ron, you would like to have Linux kernel with initramfs as

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-06 Thread Anshuman Aggarwal
The effort for legacy compatibility in building a network stack in the BIOS if it hasn't been done already is pretty monumental and probably not the direction we want to go in. Any points on how to do the latter would be much appreciated. Thanks On 6 October 2017 at 01:26, Peter Stuge

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-06 Thread Anshuman Aggarwal
Ron, Do you have any link to point me towards developing this solution. I get at a high level what you are suggesting but would like to reuse whatever work has already been done towards this. If the technique is widely used, what do I google or look around for? Thanks On 5 October 2017 at

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-05 Thread Gregg Levine
Hello! Peter something else that needs to be mentioned is that the backend you've mentioned here, and of course is (partially) documented on the Wiki, is that according to Google Code, it is in archive only status. That means that everything there is in its final status. Nothing new will be

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-05 Thread Peter Stuge
Anshuman Aggarwal wrote: > Out of curiosity, is this a limitation to what is possible in the BIOS > or that nobody has found the need to do this sort of remote control > using the BIOS yet? There are a few things that you would need to consider. For legacy compatibility you require a VGA BIOS

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-05 Thread Piotr Kubaj via coreboot
You might want to check what PCengines guys did, their APU doesn't have video (only serial), and the keyboard works in SeaBIOS. On 17-10-05 12:00:01, coreboot-requ...@coreboot.org wrote: Send coreboot mailing list submissions to coreboot@coreboot.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-05 Thread ron minnich
On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:55 AM Anshuman Aggarwal < anshuman.aggar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > @ron, I assume you mean a livecd like alternative which I can connect > to and use to debug the issue? > no, I mean putting the kernel in firmware and using the network as the equivalent of a serial

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-05 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 10/05/2017 05:54 AM, Anshuman Aggarwal wrote: @Taiidan, as much as I love all things libre, my budget doesn't come close to buying those motherboards :(. I like the idea of using another machine to view the grub serial. Maybe using a Raspberry Pi RPI isn't free hardware and the RPI

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-05 Thread Anshuman Aggarwal
@Taiidan, as much as I love all things libre, my budget doesn't come close to buying those motherboards :(. I like the idea of using another machine to view the grub serial. Maybe using a Raspberry Pi etc. @ron, I assume you mean a livecd like alternative which I can connect to and use to debug

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-04 Thread ron minnich
as always, your other other choice is to use linux in flash as a bootstrap, and then have the full spectrum of x-over-network solutions that you get from that. That's my new (old) approach nowadays. -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org

Re: [coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-04 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 10/03/2017 07:27 AM, Anshuman Aggarwal wrote: Hi, If a coreboot compatible motherboard is used and the right coreboot+plugins flashed, is there a way that can be used to view the linux terminal console during boot time in order to remotely debug/troubleshoot any grub level bootup issues

[coreboot] Ability to remotely debug the grub menu in case of boot failure

2017-10-03 Thread Anshuman Aggarwal
Hi, If a coreboot compatible motherboard is used and the right coreboot+plugins flashed, is there a way that can be used to view the linux terminal console during boot time in order to remotely debug/troubleshoot any grub level bootup issues (before the SSH or any other such daemon can load)? All