[LinuxBIOS] tyan s2881

[yhlu]

can you use old flash_rom instead?

Stephan,
What happen to the flashrom...? too smart?

YH

On 12/12/05, Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> -rw-------  1 root root 524288 2005-12-12 18:07 s2881_linuxbios.rom
>
> So your image is the exact size the proprietary images are - unlike the image
> I generated.
>
> It seems flashrom gets confused though:
>
>  root at chimera:~/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom# ./flashrom -v -w
>  ../../../s2881_linuxbios.rom
>  Calibrating delay loop... ok
>  No LinuxBIOS table found.
>  Enabling flash write on AMD8111...OK
>  Pm49FL004 found at physical address: 0xfff80000
>  Flash part is Pm49FL004
>  LinuxBIOS image size=262144
>  MANUFACTURER: Tyan
>  MAINBOARD ID: s2881
>  ERROR: This firmware image does not fit to this machine
>  Override with -m ifyou know exactly what you are doing.
>
> It seems to think the image is larger than it is ?!
>
> Thanks,
> Ward.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 03:00:44PM -0800, yhlu wrote:
> > image
> >
> > On 12/12/05, yhlu <yinghailu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Do you need me to send one prebuilt image to test?
> > >
> > > YH
> > >
> > > On 12/12/05, Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > First of all, thanks for upgrading the SVN tree, it now compiles without
> > > > problems (but still lots of warnings ;) for the Tyan s2881.
> > > >
> > > > I've managed to build a Linuxbios image, using FILO 0.5 and the latest
> > > > subversion revision of the Linuxbios tree (2141).
> > > >
> > > > So I've compiled filo, built the rom image, and burned the rom into our
> > > > biossavior. This is the filo configuration file I used:
> > > >
> > > >  USE_GRUB = 1
> > > >  MENULST_FILE = "sda1:/grub/menu.lst"
> > > >  AUTOBOOT_FILE = "sda1:/vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic root=/dev/sda4 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,19200n8"
> > > >  AUTOBOOT_DELAY = 4
> > > >  IDE_DISK = 1
> > > >  VGA_CONSOLE = 1
> > > >  PC_KEYBOARD = 1
> > > >  SERIAL_CONSOLE = 1
> > > >  SERIAL_IOBASE = 0x3f8
> > > >  SERIAL_SPEED = 19200
> > > >  FSYS_EXT2FS = 1
> > > >  FSYS_FAT = 1
> > > >  FSYS_REISERFS = 1
> > > >  FSYS_ISO9660 = 1
> > > >  ELTORITO = 1
> > > >  SUPPORT_PCI = 1
> > > >  PCI_BRUTE_SCAN = 1
> > > >  LINUX_LOADER = 1
> > > >  PCI_CONFIG_1 = 1
> > > >
> > > > I'm unsure about the references to sda in the MENULST_FILE and AUTOBOOT_FILE
> > > > parameters. This is how my running kernel sees the SATA drives; Linuxbios
> > > > supports booting from SATA, right?
> > > >
> > > > The Config.lb I'm using is:
> > > >
> > > >  target s2881
> > > >  mainboard tyan/s2881
> > > >
> > > >  # Tyan s2881
> > > >  romimage "normal"
> > > >    option ROM_SIZE = 475136
> > > >    option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=0
> > > >    option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000
> > > >    option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000
> > > >    option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Normal"
> > > >    payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf
> > > >  end
> > > >
> > > >  romimage "fallback"
> > > >    option USE_FALLBACK_IMAGE=1
> > > >    option ROM_IMAGE_SIZE=0x20000
> > > >    option XIP_ROM_SIZE=0x20000
> > > >    option LINUXBIOS_EXTRA_VERSION="$(shell cat ../../VERSION)_Fallback"
> > > >    payload ../../../../../payloads/filo.elf
> > > >  end
> > > >
> > > > That's pretty much the stock version from the SVN tree.
> > > >
> > > > I used the flashrom tool to burn & verify the image. That works perfectly.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, when trying to boot it, nothing happens. Nothing on the screen
> > > > (but I didn't expect that as I'm still not clear about the whole vga bios
> > > > thing). I've hooked up another linux box for capturing the serial output, and
> > > > verified that that setup works (serial login to s2881 works, running the
> > > > proprietary bios).
> > > >
> > > > When booting linuxbios, there is no output on the serial line.
> > > >
> > > > This MB has POST leds onboard; when booting from poweroff, they remain stuck
> > > > at FF when using the linuxbios image. When booting the proprietary image,
> > > > they cycle through a whole range of numbers, to finish on 00 once the system
> > > > is up.
> > > >
> > > > I have a feeling I'm missing something important. Any pointers?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Ward.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
> > > > Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator
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> >
> >
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> Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
> Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator
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