[coreboot] Wyse S10 Information

Oliver Schinagl oliver at schinagl.nl
Thu May 27 15:18:10 CEST 2010


On 05/27/10 14:23, Joseph Smith wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 18:34:40 +0200, Oliver Schinagl <oliver at schinagl.nl>
> wrote:
>   
>> Hey all
>>
>> I took some pictures and re-added the earlier text outputs to create a
>> single message with all available information. Maybe someone can put it
>> on a wyse/s10 wiki page?
>>
>>
>> I also tried a Flashrom -E operation; which failed, so currently,
>> flashrom can't erase this chip (yet) on the Wyse S10.
>>
>> I did properly Read and Write the image back and a reboot later all was
>> working still :)
>>
>> Unfortunatly extracting anything useful from the Bios failed:
>>
>> bios_extract S10_orig.rom
>> Using file "S10_orig.rom" (2048kB)
>> Error: Unable to detect BIOS Image type.
>>
>> Strings was interesting enough. I changed the IP, something that might
>> seem like a password and hostnames; just in case. So to me a big portion
>> of the ICA information is still located in the flashrom; e.g. WyseOS
>> definitely resides in the bios area somewhere; I suppose it's an
>> option.rom or whatever for them?
>>
>> 1.0.4
>> unknown compression method
>> invalid window size
>> incorrect header check
>> need dictionary
>> incorrect data check
>> invalid stored block lengths
>> invalid block type
>> invalid bit length repeat
>> too many length or distance symbols
>> oversubscribed dynamic bit lengths tree
>> incomplete dynamic bit lengths tree
>> oversubscribed literal/length tree
>> incomplete literal/length tree
>> invalid literal/length code
>> invalid distance code
>>   inflate 1.0.4 Copyright 1995-1996 Mark Adler
>> q55q
>> 10.10.14.131
>> olddomain.local
>> ve.nl
>> Default ICA
>> Default RDP
>> wyse-1000
>> oldserver01
>> administrator
>> Dasdfa8
>> <snip>
>> XpressStart
>> 5Reset the SEE Contents to Default Value(Ignore VPD).
>> !No boot device present, halting.
>> <snip>
>> !No boot device present. Halting.
>> JCALG1 Compression Library - Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Jeremy Collake
>> http://www.collakesoftware.com
>> <snip>
>> )Keyboard failed to initialize.  Halting.
>> <snip>
>> $VER4.11.00
>> $TIM15:51:11
>> $DAT04/23/2006
>> $CPR(c) 1999-2003 Copyright National Semiconductor
>> $REL-
>> $PLTSATURN_CALLISTO
>> $USR1.14
>> Reserved
>> _SYSID_
>> _UUID_
>> $CFG107^SATURN_CALLISTO^^1.14^ABC
>>
>>     
> BBBAB^dowser.rom^BAAFA^10000^AAB^0^ABBAACDABBBBBA0DAC^0^^0^^0^^0^BAKEJJABB^0000^00AEIEIEIEI^usb.vsm
>   
>> kbd.vsm uart.vsm^^93C46.ASM VPD.ASM
>> ITE8761.ASM^A^RTSPXE_M.LOM^DA^uhci_m.rom^CB^ ^00^ ^00^ ^00^ ^00^g^^g^^
>> ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
>> ^^ ^
>>
>>     
> $CFE^5535.asm^5535sio.asm^93C46.asm^itable.asm^ite8761.asm^ns36x.asm^spdi2c.asm^VPD.asm^^
>   
>> $CFO
>> Maximum number of warnings exceeded.
>>
>> interesting btw that it menions 5535 here int he ASM bits; where the
>> chip really is a 5536. Grepping the strings output for 5536 yields
>>     
> nothing.
>   
>> Anyway, I won't be able to quite easily extract a VSA. Video rom worked
>> from my Ubuntu 10.04 USB stick, getting it from /dev/mem; well i think
>> it worked, here is what strings thinks of this 32kb file.
>>
>> K7400
>> VIDEO
>> IBM VGA Compatible
>> 05/06/04051562LGC
>> JVGA BIOS - Version 5.30a Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Advanced Micro Devices
>> <snip>
>>  Advanced Micro Devices Integrated Graphics
>>
>> VGABIOS Version 5.30
>>  GX2VG Version 0.00
>>  Memory Size =
>> 4 Meg   5 Meg   6 Meg   7 Meg   8 Meg   9 Meg   10 Meg  11 Meg  12 Meg
>> 13 Meg  14 Meg  15 Meg  16 Meg
>> w-t <
>> Advanced Micro Devices
>> PCIR"
>> VESA
>> Elpin Systems VGA BIOS
>> GEODE GX2
>> Version 5.30
>> <snip>
>> Larry Coffey
>> <snip>
>>
>> Hoepfully someone can make something usefull from all this :S
>> Btw I think the memory size is set from the bios and uses system ram ...
>>     
>
> Interesting. My S30 looks nothing like yours. I will try to take some pics
> tonight. If you would like a wiki account please contact Stefan. The
> original BIOS is made by Insyde Software and looks the same as mine.
>
>   
I then wonder, how the S50 would look like and compares to the S10 ...




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