[coreboot] .. Re: unknown board - via chipset

Uwe Hermann uwe at hermann-uwe.de
Fri Apr 25 00:38:24 CEST 2008


Hi,

[Please always reply to the list, not individual developers]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 12:38:35AM +0530, jtd wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 April 2008 09:18 pm, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 04:22:10PM +0530, jtd wrote:
> > > > How far did you get?
> > > > Does anything initialize at all?
> > >
> > > No. Absolutely nothing. If the it8705f 0637-gxs i/o controller
> > > were
> >
> > Which target do you use? 
> 
> Via-Epia and Via-epia-m

Hm, neither of those uses an IT8705F Super I/O, so that cannot work
without modifications, e.g. to auto.c.

 
> > Plain svn? Which svn revision? 
> svn info
> Path: .
> URL: svn://openbios.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2
> Repository UUID: 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
> Revision: 3127
> Node Kind: directory
> Schedule: normal
> Last Changed Author: uwe
> Last Changed Rev: 3125
> Last Changed Date: 2008-03-02 00:43:50 +0530 (Sun, 02 Mar 2008)
> Properties Last Updated: 2008-03-06 15:02:45 +0530 (Thu, 06 Mar 2008)
> 
> > Do you  
> > modify the svn code or not?
> 
> Only config.lb and option.lb
> 
> > If yes, please post a patch so we can 
> > see what exactly you're executing..
> 
> Will do that on Saturday with a fresh v2 svn download. since i have 
> too many Config and Options.lb lying around.

OK, great.


> > Have you verified the serial port works fine with the vendor BIOS
> > and a null-modem cable and another box, e.g. using minicom?
> 
> Null modem works correctly. Tested that first.
> 
> > > Even flashrom does not work.
> >
> > That's a totally different and unrelated issue, though.
> 
> yes :(.  flashrom can read and write. But writes junk
> 
> In any case that is not the show stopper.
> 
> -- 
> Rgds
> JTD


Uwe.
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