[coreboot] Coreboot on Tyan S2892

[Anose, Bijoy K (N-Aerotek)]

> > > I just built an s2892 rom image with LAB payload (32 bit) 
> using the 
> > > latest buildrom revision, without problems. I'm building 
> on 32-bit 
> > > Ubuntu Hardy.
> > > Toolchain issue?
> > 
> > Hmm..  I attempted the 32-bit LAB build with a (32-bit) 
> Intrepid Ibex 
> > system that had just recently been upgraded from Hardy..  I 
> do have a 
> > Hardy box to build on as well, and I'll try that when I get home.
> 
> OK. I'll see if I can find out what goes wrong on Intrepid.
> 

Sure enough, I was able to successfully build a 32-bit LAB on my Hardy
box.

> > > > In case this turns out to be a dead end, what does porting
> > > a driver to
> > > > FILO involve?
> > > 
> > > LAB shouldn't be a dead end - I've got it in production 
> on several 
> > > Tyan systems (s2881, s2882).
> > 
> > Ok.  This is encouraging.
> 
> And I've got it working on an s2891, but there I see the 
> ck804 sata performance problem that I mentioned, so that box 
> still runs under the proprietary bios :/

I hope we don't have SATA performance issues with the S2892.. that would
probably prevent us from using coreboot.
 
> > > > [... ] If I understand
> > > > correctly, leaving out the ~36k chunk will still allow me
> > > to have all
> > > > the core functionality, just without VGA output..
> > > 
> > > Yes. Once you have the image, you just prepend your VGA 
> rom to the 
> > > image, and flash it. You can get the VGA rom from the 
> factory bios 
> > > by using the correct decode utility (see the
> > > s2881 tutorial, for example).
> > 
> > I did happen to see the link to the "amideco" utility on the S2881 
> > tutorial, but the
> > S2892 has a Phoenix BIOS.  If there is a Phoenix version of that 
> > utility, could someone make it available on the coreboot site?  The 
> > Russian domain is blocked by our Net Nanny..
> 
> I'm not sure that site is still what it used to be - the 
> registration lapsed a while ago iirc. In any case, there is a 
> phoenix utility as well, and they are all in debian and 
> ubuntu universe (thanks to Uwe!). So you should be able to just 
> 
>   apt-get install phnxdeco
> 
> it.

Got it -- thanks!  I never would have suspected such a tool would be
available via the ubuntu repositories.  Thank you Uwe indeed!

-Bijoy