Hi Karl, Try net6501 comBIOS 1.40c, located at:
http://soekris.com/media/software/b6501_140c.bin Still a preliminary test BIOS, but it includes a mptable fix so stock OpenBSD now works. Best Regards, Soren Kristensen CEO & Chief Engineer Soekris Engineering, Inc. Karl Auerbach wrote: > On 10/18/2011 02:58 PM, Soren Kristensen wrote: > >> Try restoring original image: >> >> +++ and pause to enter uManager, works even when BIOS is dead. > > That worked. Thanks. > > I went to the 1.40b image to see how Linux likes it... > > On the new BIOS Linux does seem happier with the MP table... But Linux > is now rather unhappy with the SATA - my drive setup that booted just > fine under the 1.40 BIOS no longer finishes booting because of the > following kernel messages. (The boot drive is a 160G Seagate 2.5" SATA > drive.) Notice the "timeout" errors. > >> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xa0004000 port 0xa0004100 irq 11 >> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xa0004000 port 0xa0004180 irq 11 >> ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) >> ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) >> ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) >> ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) >> ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) >> ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) >> ata1: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps >> ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) >> ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xec) >> ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (I/O error, err_mask=0x4) >> ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 310) >> ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) > > So I returned back to the 1.40 bios - Under the 1.40 BIOS the SATA drive > works and the lines above look like: > >> ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed irq 11 >> ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xa0004000 port 0xa0004180 irq 11 >> ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) >> ata1.00: ATA-8: ST9160412AS, 0002SDM1, max UDMA/133 >> ata1.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32) >> ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 >> ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) >> scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST9160412AS 0002 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 >> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160 GB/149 GiB) >> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off >> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support >> DPO or FUA >> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160 GB/149 GiB) >> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off >> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support >> DPO or FUA >> sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 >> sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > > By-the-way, you asked for feedback on the MP table. Here's what Linux > says under the 1.40b BIOS: > >> MPTABLE: OEM ID: Soekris >> MPTABLE: Product ID: net6501 >> MPTABLE: APIC at: 0xFEE00000 >> Processor #0 (Bootup-CPU) >> Processor #1 > > --karl-- > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
