Embedded Linux

in the future. As you image, we are closed to support Linuxbios officially in our products. gin

RE: Embedded Linux

program but I thought FILO is excepting a bootable image. So I guess the effort will be in How to make FILO run an executable? Don't' know if I miss anything. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman

RE: It booted

on. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

It booted

I just want to tell everyone that my board now booted SMP/non-SMP kernel ok. The problem is the setting of IOAPIC in ICH3. Thanks all for helping. gin

SMP linux

, does anyone get this booted with a SMP linux before?? many thinks, gin

RE: SMP linux

configure the IOAPIC at FEC0 or we don't have to do anything? Linuxbios DOES do something to configure the IOAPICs of P64H2. Thank you, gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

RE: SMP linux

You are kidding. I put junk in the CVS server? Didn't mean to be rude. I just want to be sure. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

RE: problem with booting SMP linux kernel

. = hda:4hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24 = Does anyone have an idea? gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org

Re: problem with booting SMP linux kernel

. = hda:4hda: dma_timer_expiry: dma status == 0x24 = Does anyone have an idea? gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org

RE: problem with booting SMP linux kernel

construct the MP table for my board according to a good one. Thanks, gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

mptable.c

Is there an utility help to generate mptable.c? I thought I saw someone saying so. Is it usable? gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

irq_tables

Does linux care the PCI IRQ tables created by LinuxBios? I thought it only look at the MP-table. gin

problem with booting SMP linux kernel

The system failed when booting SMP linux kernel. It complains the IDE lost interrupt. Things were working fine with the non-SMP linux kernel. Has anyone seen it before? Note that the SMP kernel image was stored in the IDE hard disk. So BIOS was able to load the kernel to be executed. After Linux

RE: Linux kernel in Rom

of using the menuconfig in RedHat linux. I can only take out options provided in the menu but the sometimes the dependency doesn't work that well. I get compile errors later when make bzImage. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http

Linux kernel in Rom

What Options should I enable if I want to embed a linux kernel with Linuxbios in Version2? CONFIG_FS_STREAM? What should I use as the Linuxbios payload? What file format should it be? gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http

fallback and normal image

in the BIOS rom to run Flash_and_Burn util (For convenience when updating Bios). There probably won't be enough ROM space if I use both images. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Etherboot and Linuxbios

Now my linuxbios found the ELF file created by Etherboot and tried to jump to it. But it hangs afterward. This is the debug output from linuxbios. It loads 2 seg from the ELF file. But in a objdump on the ELF file. There is only one seg and the loading addr is different.

Etherboot and Linuxbios

Etherboot version used: 5.3.11 I am trying to build a Etherboot image to work with Linuxbios but got a compile error. There are couple undefined references to some functions due to the settings in the Config file. I commented out the PCBIOS option, and define the following. -DLINUXBIOS

flash rom utility

Is there a flash rom utility I can use to flash linuxbios to my EEPROM? Currently I am WICE to do it. But I cant depend on a hardware device to update bios. gin

RE: PXE support

the Config options for PXE boot in Etherboot. Has anyone successfully remote booted an image using PXE through Etherboot? If so, what is the target name I should give to the makefile. I am not sure how to build the file to use as the payload in Etherboot. gin

Merry X'mas

Thanks for everyone's help this year. Wish you guys a wonderful holiday. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list Linuxbios@clustermatic.org http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

RE: No booting

I can never get any output from the com port. I have console redirect running in grub, soI no that part is running and good test point. Your com port might not be turned on yet. Check your super IO. See if its the same with what your code is based on.

booting slow aftering mouting root

I compare 2 output of linux command pci from both Linuxbios booted linux and a regular bios booted linux. There are no IRQ assignments for lots of devices including IDE controller, SMBUS. Does linuxbios assign IRQs at all in the code? == Linuxbios

irq_tables.c

You can only use getpir if you have a working bios. Otherwise you Will get junk. Oh..i got it. I do have a working bios. Thank God. And I generated the irq_tables.c using getpir. It still doesn't help. One thing I did notice, it starts getting slow after mounting file system. gin

RE: booting slow

mentioned on irq_tables.c http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/busbios/PCIIRQ.HTM doesn't work. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

RE: booting slow

It was easy to see when doing A cat /proc/interrupts and watching the offending interrupt configured Wrong. Just increment like mad. This is the result of a cat /proc/interrupts. The interrupt increments of timer and ide0 seem fine. I compared it with a normal bios boot.

RE: booting slow

other causes that you've found out? One possibility I can think of is the cache. It was turned off. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

booting slow

prompt. I think it might have something to do with the routing table. I haven't changed much of mptable.c which is specific for another board. I couldn't think of anything else. gin = Red Hat nash version 3.4.42 starting Loading jbd.o module Loading

RE: booting slow

at certain point in the linux kernel. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

keyboard controller jammed

if it matters? Is there code for ICH3-s and SMSC superIO that I can use? Otherwise I will need to modify from the code I have now. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

RE: keyboard controller jammed

enabled. In file /devices/root_device.c, scan_static_bus supposes to walk through the device tree and enable the PNP devices. I put a printk message. I don't think the PNP devices ever get initialized. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: keyboard controller jammed

enabled. In file /devices/root_device.c, scan_static_bus supposes to walk through the device tree and enable the PNP devices. I put a printk message. I don't think the PNP devices ever get initialized. gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Linux kernel hangs

... The MP table is specific to Tyan/s2735 not my board. I should change it. We use intel E7501/ICHs-3. But s2735 is ICH5. Dont know if it matters. gin

keyboard jammed

list. See below. Should I make it exactly the same as my board? Would it stop me from booting into linux kernel? Now I am getting another error. It prints out keyboard controller jammed. : :gin :=== # sample config for tyan/s2735 chip

RE: jump to boot code

Yes, when I tested the filo with Grub. I could see the messages over the serial console. gin -Original Message- From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 11:29 PM To: Gin Cc: 'LinuxBIOS' Subject: Re: jump to boot code the problem

RE: jump to boot code

-- == -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Watson Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:57 PM To: Gin Cc: 'LinuxBIOS' Subject: Re: jump to boot code If you do an 'objdump -f' on the executable, what does it say is the start address

jump to boot code

. Gin Found ELF candiate at offset 0 (cleaned up) New segment addr 0x10 size 0x270f0 offset 0xa0 filesize 0xd068 (cleaned up) New segment addr 0x127100 size 0x48 offset 0xd120 filesize 0x48 Dropping non PT_LOAD segment

irq routing table

If I have a wrong checksum for my irq routing table, would that stops me from booting successfully? The question should be, does the irq_routing table matter at all? Linuxbios runs through till it jumps to the entry of payload. I am just trying to figure out why. Gin

jump to boot code

I tested my payload(FILO.elf) with linux loader Grub. It has no problem at all. So something must go wrong when linuxbios jumps to the payload. FILO doesn't seem to run at all. No debug message over the console. Dont know if there is anyone familiar with ELF. This is the message over

elfboot

I know its probably been a while since you look into the elfboot code. In the elfboot.c When it tries to build the ELF segment list, it checks if the segment address is valid by walking through the table of valid memory ranges. What is the reason to do this? Below is the code, the if

jmp_to_elf_entry

I should do. Gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

compile vga rom

I have an onboard VGA chip that I want to use. Is there a way to compile the onboard VGA rom with the linuxbios? Or would it be easier to use a VGA card? Gin

boot linux from an ide

the role? Anyone can explain the flow of booting if I try to load the INSTALLED linux from a IDE drive. Gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

boot from an ide

the role? Anyone can explain the flow of booting if I try to load the INSTALLED linux from a IDE drive. Gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

could not find a bounce buffer

Message- From: Greg Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:43 PM To: Gin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: boot linux from an ide If FILO is a payload in flash, then you need to set CONFIG_ROM_STREAM=1 and CONFIG_ROM_STREAM_START to the address you want to start

RE: boot from ide

Thanks for the file. But would it work if I specify the ROM_IMAGE_SIZE larger than 0x1? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald G. Minnich Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 11:11 PM To: Gin Cc: 'LinuxBIOS' Subject: Re: boot from ide

ROM_IMAGE_SIZE

root root36353 Nov 19 11:28 linuxbios_ram.rom -rw-r--r--1 root root 262144 Nov 19 09:58 linuxbios.rom -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 131087 Nov 19 11:28 linuxbios.strip -rw-r--r--1 root root 4872 Nov 17 19:19 linuxbios_table.o Gin

boot from ide

larger than 64K now. But when got compiler errors when specifies it as 128K. Do I miss anything? Gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: boot from ide

: *** [linuxbios.rom] Error 2 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Watson Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 10:21 AM To: Gin Cc: 'LinuxBIOS' Subject: Re: boot from ide Actually, don't set CONFIG_FS_STREAM if you're using Filo as a payload

RE: Tyan/s2735

Thanks Steven, Do you think you will have time testing this on V2 tree? I've been working on that code base and keep having problems with it. Gin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven James Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 4:31 AM

ram_check

places. Gin

Tyan/s2735

board on is good. Thanks -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven James Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:40 PM To: Gin Lin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ram init Greetings, It's been a while since I've looked at it, but when I

ram init

Does anyone know if the raminit.c under intel/E7501 is stable enough? I am having a problem with the system reseting when it jumps to the first address in the ram. Could the procedures of writing NorthBrige registers have problems? thanks, Gin

PXE support

Hello, It seems like linuxbios supports PXE. Can anyone tell me how it works if you have experience with it? Thanks Gin ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

fallback and normal image

use? Regards, Gin - ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

RE: linux kernel patch

? Regards, Gin -Original Message- From: Ronald G. Minnich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:32 PM To: Gin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: linux kernel patch we don't patch kernels any more. Just ignore anything about kernel patches. What's the hardware

linux kernel patch

started trying to get it built. Thanks, Gin

RE: linux kernel patch

Hello David, Thanks for your quick response. Do you know where I can get the latest linuxbios source code(freebios2)? Call me crazy, but I couldn't seem able to find it through SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/ thanks, Gin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL