Lex CV860A (was: The 'help me!' form on http://www.linuxbios.org/help/index.html is broken)

[Erik Smit]

Strange, I get a 404 at
http://www.linuxbios.org/cgi-bin/linuxbios/help.cgi when I click the
'submit form' button.

Anyhow, here's my information.

I have a 'Lex CV860A' which is untested at
http://www.linuxbios.org/status/index.html.

The flash device is a "AMIC A29002".

I tried the freebios/src/mainboard/lex/cv860a/example.config with both a
memtest86+ payload and filo payload.

At first this does not compile due to what seems to be something that
was forgotten in the freebios/src/southbridge/via/vt82c686/southbridge.c 
file.

+++ freebios.cvs060304/src/southbridge/via/vt82c686/southbridge.c       2002-10-11 01:55:17.000000000 +0200
+++ freebios/src/southbridge/via/vt82c686/southbridge.c 2004-06-03 20:11:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
        // 0x80 is enable com port b, 0x1 is to make it com2, 0x8 is enable com port a as com1
        enables = 0x80 | 0x1 | 0x8 ;
        if (dev) {
-               pci_write_config_byte(0, devfn, 0x83, enables);
+               pci_write_config_byte(dev, 0x83, enables);
        }
        // note: this is also a redo of some port of assembly, but we want everything up.
        // set com1 to 115 kbaud

After flashing the machine does not boot or give any output over the
serial port.

We have a nullmodem cable from the ttyS0 to another machine which I'm
sure is functioning because the linuxkernel and getty are able to work 
over it. 

I have added 'option SERIAL_POST=1' to the configfile and retried but
still nothing appears on the serial line.

Anything else I can try to debug this problem?

This is the lspci output:

debian:/# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia] (rev 05)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6202 [USB 2.0 controller] (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 6a)
debian:/# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 1106:0601 (rev 05)
0000:00:01.0 Class 0604: 1106:8601
0000:00:07.0 Class 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 Class 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.3 Class 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 Class 0680: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Class 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
0000:00:08.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:00:09.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:00:0b.0 Class 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 Class 0300: 1023:8500 (rev 6a)

Regards,

Erik Smit


On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 09:21:58AM -0600, Hendricks David W. wrote:
> Works fine as far as I can tell, I am not getting the 404. But feel free 
> to post here anyway if it's more convenient for you.
> 
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Erik Smit wrote:
> 
> > Hi People,
> > 
> > Just like the subject says: the form at
> > http://www.linuxbios.org/help/index.html gives a really cute 404.
> > 
> > Should I therefore mail my request for help to the mailing list or
> > should I wait until the form gets back working?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Erik Smit
> > 
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