Tyan S2882 - Revision history

Uwe: Wikify.

2008-11-16T17:17:40Z

Wikify.

Hailfinger: Tyan S2882 Build Tutorial moved to Tyan S2882

2008-11-16T14:27:01Z

Tyan S2882 Build Tutorial moved to Tyan S2882

Uwe at 23:49, 11 March 2008

2008-03-11T23:49:07Z

Stepan at 13:11, 15 January 2008

2008-01-15T13:11:05Z

Ward at 14:19, 28 May 2007

2007-05-28T14:19:38Z

Ward: /* VGA bios */

2007-02-09T15:53:31Z

‎VGA bios

Ward: /* Before you begin */

2007-02-09T15:52:48Z

‎Before you begin

Ward at 02:32, 14 September 2006

2006-09-14T02:32:14Z

Ward at 02:30, 14 September 2006

2006-09-14T02:30:47Z

Ward at 02:30, 14 September 2006

2006-09-14T02:30:18Z

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 ===Payload===
-coreboot requires a [http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads Payload] to boot an operating system.
+coreboot requires a [[Payloads|payload]] to boot an operating system.
-If you want to boot from the network, you will need to use [http://www.etherboot.org Etherboot].
+If you want to boot from the network, you will need to use [[Etherboot]].
-If you want to boot from an IDE drive, SATA drive, USB stick or CDROM, you can use [http://www.coreboot.org/FILO FILO].
+If you want to boot from an IDE drive, SATA drive, USB stick or CDROM, you can use [[FILO]].
 ===Building the payload===
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 === Building coreboot ===
-Download coreboot (http://www.coreboot.org/Download_coreboot). You need subversion revision 2251 or higher. Note that revisions 2288 through 2295 are known bad, do not use those.
+[[Download coreboot|Download]] coreboot. You need subversion revision 2251 or higher. Note that revisions 2288 through 2295 are known bad, do not use those.
 If you want VGA support, a few changes are required in the coreboot source tree. Edit this file:
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    ./buildtarget tyan/s2882
-Modify tyan/s2882/Config.lb; change payload setting to point to your filo.elf file<br>
+Modify tyan/s2882/Config.lb; change payload setting to point to your filo.elf file.
 If you don't need VGA, you will need to modify tyan/s2882/Config.lb. Comment out the line:
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    make
-===VGA bios===
+===VGA BIOS===
 Skip this section if you don't need VGA support in your coreboot.
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 If you have problems, don't despair. Power down the box, switch the biossavior to 'ORG' and boot in the proprietary BIOS. Just don't forget to switch the biossavior back to the 'RD1' position before flashing the BIOS!
-See what went wrong, and subscribe and post to the friendly and helpful [http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist mailing list] if you can't figure it out by yourself.
+See what went wrong, and subscribe and post to the friendly and helpful [[Mailinglist|mailing list]] if you can't figure it out by yourself.

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	===Before you begin===		===Before you begin===

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	See what went wrong, and subscribe and post to the friendly and helpful [http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist mailing list] if you can't figure it out by yourself.		See what went wrong, and subscribe and post to the friendly and helpful [http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist mailing list] if you can't figure it out by yourself.
		+
		+
		+	{{GPL}}
		+
		+	[[Category:Tutorials]]

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    http://www.ioss.com.tw/web/English/WheretoBuy.html
-While LinuxBIOS replaces the functions of the proprietary bios, it does NOT replace the VGA bios. If you want VGA on your linuxBIOS'd machine (not strictly necessary for servers), you will need to extract the VGA bios and concatenate it with the LinuxBIOS image, before burning it to your ROM. See below for details.
+While coreboot replaces the functions of the proprietary bios, it does NOT replace the VGA bios. If you want VGA on your coreboot'd machine (not strictly necessary for servers), you will need to extract the VGA bios and concatenate it with the coreboot image, before burning it to your ROM. See below for details.
 This wiki page is maintained by Ward Vandewege (ward at gnu dot org).
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 ===Payload===
-LinuxBIOS requires a [http://linuxbios.org/index.php/Payloads Payload] to boot an operating system.
+coreboot requires a [http://www.coreboot.org/Payloads Payload] to boot an operating system.
 If you want to boot from the network, you will need to use [http://www.etherboot.org Etherboot].
-If you want to boot from an IDE drive, SATA drive, USB stick or CDROM, you can use [http://linuxbios.org/index.php/FILO FILO].
+If you want to boot from an IDE drive, SATA drive, USB stick or CDROM, you can use [http://www.coreboot.org/FILO FILO].
 ===Building the payload===
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    terminal --timeout=15 serial console
-Now execute 'make', which will generate a filo.elf file that will be your payload. You will need to refer to this file to build LinuxBIOS as explained below, because it gets included in the LinuxBIOS ROM image.
+Now execute 'make', which will generate a filo.elf file that will be your payload. You will need to refer to this file to build coreboot as explained below, because it gets included in the coreboot ROM image.
 Note: if you are not using all the SATA ports on your motherboard, make sure that you have a drive connected to the *first* sata port, otherwise Filo won't be able to boot - it won't see any drives!
-===Building LinuxBIOS===
+=== Building coreboot ===
-Download LinuxBIOS (http://linuxbios.org/index.php/Download_LinuxBIOS). You need subversion revision 2251 or higher. Note that revisions 2288 through 2295 are known bad, do not use those.
+Download coreboot (http://www.coreboot.org/Download_coreboot). You need subversion revision 2251 or higher. Note that revisions 2288 through 2295 are known bad, do not use those.
-If you want VGA support, a few changes are required in the linuxbios source tree. Edit this file:
+If you want VGA support, a few changes are required in the coreboot source tree. Edit this file:
    src/mainboard/tyan/s2882/Options.lb
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 ===VGA bios===
-Skip this section if you don't need VGA support in your LinuxBIOS.
+Skip this section if you don't need VGA support in your coreboot.
 The s2882 VGA bios is 36K long. The last 4KB are not available in RAM after boot (with the proprietary BIOS), however, so we can NOT use this method to extract the VGA BIOS:
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 We know that our VGA BIOS is 36K long. Only 2 files fit the bill: amipci_00.20 and amipci_04.20. If you run 'strings' on both files, you'll see that the former is the VGA BIOS, and the latter is the Option ROM for the Broadcom network card.
-So, now that we have the proper VGA bios image (36K long), we need to concatenate the VGA bios with the linuxbios image
+So, now that we have the proper VGA bios image (36K long), we need to concatenate the VGA bios with the coreboot image
-   <code>cat amipci_00.20 linuxbios.rom > final_linuxbios.rom</code>
+   <code>cat amipci_00.20 coreboot.rom > final_coreboot.rom</code>
 ===Burning the bios===
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 On the target machine:
-    cd LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom
+    cd coreboot-v2/util/flashrom
-    ./flashrom -v -w path/to/your/linuxbios.rom
+    ./flashrom -v -w path/to/your/coreboot.rom
-If you want VGA support, make sure you burn the final_linuxbios.rom image!
+If you want VGA support, make sure you burn the final_coreboot.rom image!
-===Booting LinuxBIOS===
+=== Booting coreboot ===
-You now need to 'halt' the machine. A soft reset won't work the first time you boot from the proprietary BIOS into LinuxBIOS.
+You now need to 'halt' the machine. A soft reset won't work the first time you boot from the proprietary BIOS into coreboot.
-Since we set up serial output in the LinuxBIOS configuration files above, you will want to hook up a serial console (or a copy of minicom or the like) to see what the box is doing while starting up. Keep your eyes on the screen after hitting the power button - LinuxBIOS will be up and running way before you expect it!
+Since we set up serial output in the coreboot configuration files above, you will want to hook up a serial console (or a copy of minicom or the like) to see what the box is doing while starting up. Keep your eyes on the screen after hitting the power button - coreboot will be up and running way before you expect it!
 If you have problems, don't despair. Power down the box, switch the biossavior to 'ORG' and boot in the proprietary BIOS. Just don't forget to switch the biossavior back to the 'RD1' position before flashing the BIOS!
-See what went wrong, and subscribe and post to the friendly and helpful [http://wiki.linuxbios.org/index.php/Mailinglist mailing list] if you can't figure it out by yourself.
+See what went wrong, and subscribe and post to the friendly and helpful [http://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist mailing list] if you can't figure it out by yourself.

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		+	{{GPL}}
	===Before you begin===		===Before you begin===

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 Then download the latest Bios for the s2882 from the TYAN website:
-  http://www.tyan.com/support/html/b_s2882.html
+   http://www.tyan.com/support_download_bios.aspx?model=S.S2882
 Once you have the image, you can display its contents like this:

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 ===Before you begin===
-Do yourself a favor, and get a BiosSavior before you begin. We bought ours from http://www.paragonca.com. There are different models, make sure you order the one you need. It depends on the size and type of the ROM chip on your board. Our S2882 board has a 4Mbit PLCC chip:
+Do yourself a favor, and get a BiosSavior before you begin. There are different models, make sure you order the one you need. It depends on the size and type of the ROM chip on your board. Our S2882 board has a 4Mbit PLCC chip. This is the list of BiosSavior vendors:
-   http://www.paragonca.com/hardwareacc-rd1biossavior.html
+   http://www.ioss.com.tw/web/English/WheretoBuy.html
 While LinuxBIOS replaces the functions of the proprietary bios, it does NOT replace the VGA bios. If you want VGA on your linuxBIOS'd machine (not strictly necessary for servers), you will need to extract the VGA bios and concatenate it with the LinuxBIOS image, before burning it to your ROM. See below for details.

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	Now execute 'make', which will generate a filo.elf file that will be your payload. You will need to refer to this file to build LinuxBIOS as explained below, because it gets included in the LinuxBIOS ROM image.		Now execute 'make', which will generate a filo.elf file that will be your payload. You will need to refer to this file to build LinuxBIOS as explained below, because it gets included in the LinuxBIOS ROM image.
		+
		+	Note: if you are not using all the SATA ports on your motherboard, make sure that you have a drive connected to the first sata port, otherwise Filo won't be able to boot - it won't see any drives!

	===Building LinuxBIOS===		===Building LinuxBIOS===

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    ï¿½-=AmiBIOSDeco, version 0.31e (Linux)=-ï¿½
    FileLength      : 80000 (524288 bytes)
    FileName        : 2882v309.rom
          AMIBIOS information:
    Version         : 0800
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    | Class.Instance (Name)        Packed --->  Expanded      Compression   Offset |
    +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 01 (        Interface)    00798 ( 01944) => 00798 ( 01944)      5F83Ch
 02 (     Setup Client)    03F40 ( 16192) => 069A2 ( 27042)  +   5B8E8h
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 19 (  User-Defined ;))    00044 ( 00068) => 00044 ( 00068)      05D58h
    Total Sections  : 19
-  Now extract all these parts:
    ./amideco 2882v309.rom -x