Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2012-01-03 Thread Alvar Kusma
Soren Kristensen writes: testing Intel's code is pretty old so it have been though a LOT of comBIOS ver. 1.41a 20111203 Copyright (C) 2000-2011 Soekris Engineering. 1024 Mbyte MemoryCPU Atom E6xx 1000 Mhz SATA AHCI BIOS ver. 0.6 20110902 Copyright (C) 2003-2011 Intel

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2012-01-03 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Alvar, Alvar Kusma wrote: Soren Kristensen writes: testing Intel's code is pretty old so it have been though a LOT of comBIOS ver. 1.41a 20111203 Copyright (C) 2000-2011 Soekris Engineering. 1024 Mbyte Memory CPU Atom E6xx 1000 Mhz SATA AHCI BIOS ver. 0.6 20110902 Copyright (C)

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-30 Thread Alvar Kusma
Btw, did you get that newer Linux version running that seems to fix the net5501 unstability and wifi problems you claimed is caused by bad power supplies ?? Even when Attila Kinali and i share same initials, we are different people, in different countries, thousands of kilometers appart

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-30 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Alvar, Alvar Kusma wrote: Btw, did you get that newer Linux version running that seems to fix the net5501 unstability and wifi problems you claimed is caused by bad power supplies ?? Even when Attila Kinali and i share same initials, we are different people, in different countries,

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-30 Thread Alvar Kusma
Sorry I mixed you up, you just sounded like him You can't even apologize without being ironical. -- =Alvar= P.S. Sent PM yesterday, just to keep fight away on list. I and Attila tried to explain net5501 problems, you take it and turn to personal attack. Thank you to be such .

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Alvar Kusma
Soren Kristensen writes: The Transcend mSATA boards when coming from the manufacturer is not compatible with the mSATA standard, so until they get it fixed seems to be incompatible SATA drive, SATA code is from Intel so we can't do much there. Looks like blaming other

[Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread lists
Hi list, as I've just received a 6501-50 today, I've been trying to get the hardware up and running with OpenBSD. However, I already faced a bit of trouble before arriving at installing the OS. I tried to boot and install it in several ways, getting some steps further, but the actual state does

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Markus, li...@neuronenwerk.de wrote: Hi list, as I've just received a 6501-50 today, I've been trying to get the hardware up and running with OpenBSD. However, I already faced a bit of trouble before arriving at installing the OS. I tried to boot and install it in several ways, getting

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Alvar, Alvar Kusma wrote: Soren Kristensen writes: The Transcend mSATA boards when coming from the manufacturer is not compatible with the mSATA standard, so until they get it fixed seems to be incompatible SATA drive, SATA code is from Intel so we can't do much there. As

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Markus
Hi Soren, desoldering the resistor as shown on http://soekris.com/media/Transcend_mSATA_mod.jpg worked as expected, the 32GB Transcend mSATA is now recognized by the BIOS. Thanks for pointing me to this. I have to get back to the enumeration/detection issue, which did not change when using

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Mouse
Some time ago somebody (Mouse?) offered help with BIOS issues, rejected. Do you have any idea much complex and how much undocumented knowledge a BIOS contains ? Actually, that it is undocumented is, I think, a major part of the problem. One of the major reasons I dislike peecees (which here

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Markus, Markus wrote: Hi Soren, desoldering the resistor as shown on http://soekris.com/media/Transcend_mSATA_mod.jpg worked as expected, the 32GB Transcend mSATA is now recognized by the BIOS. Thanks for pointing me to this. I have to get back to the enumeration/detection issue,

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Mouse, Mouse wrote: Don't sounds like it if you think that somebody can just write a better AHCI code than Intel with it's resources I don't think I can write better AHCI code than Intel _can_. I am fairly sure I can, given comparable levels of documentation, write better AHCI code

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Markus, Markus Schatzl wrote: Hi Soren, A defective spinning drive therefore drops out. I see the very same behaviour as described in my initial mail - same (seemingly) timing oddity, same port related delay - but now with the SSD disk only: ... SATA AHCI BIOS ver. 0.6 20110902

Re: [Soekris] Device detection (BIOS + OpenBSD)

2011-12-29 Thread Soren Kristensen
Hi Markus, Forgot you're in EU, if you purchased it somewhere else than Soekris US you have the option of either contacting the place you purchased it, or Soekris US directly. Best Regards, Soren Kristensen CEO Chief Engineer Soekris Engineering, Inc.