[LinuxBIOS] Linuxbios on an ECS Nforce4-A939?
sales at bradbrown.com
sales at bradbrown.com
Fri Dec 23 23:16:07 CET 2005
Hello:
Let me preface this by saying "Yes, I realize ECS is not the best
manufacturer, but man they're cheap!"
Before attempting a flash this board with Linuxbios, I'd like to get
opinions on whether my motherboard should work correctly with Linux bios;
by "work," I mean boot Linux from an IDE device using FILO ; although
network or USB booting would be nice, I really only care about being able
to boot from the hard drive or CD-rom. The lspci output is shown below the
dotted line. Additional information:
1. Board is an ECS Nforce4-A939 with a Venice-core 3000 chip:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?CategoryID=1&TypeI
D=31&DetailID=493&MenuID=16&LanID=9
I know there is NForce4 support in Linuxbios, I just wasn't sure what
beyond this support was actually needed to boot. Here's the rest in case
it's relevant.
2. The SuperIO chip is: ITE IT8712F . I don't see this in the list of
supported SuperIOs, so I assume the USB booting will be impossible, and
serial output of boot output impossible.
3. Onboard Nic is: Marvell 88E1111 Giga LAN PHY.
4. Bios is: Award BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM. The PLCC reads PhoenixBios
D686 BIOS
Thanks for your input. I will post my results for others.
Thanks,
Brad Brown
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lspci output for target machine:
0000:00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005e
(rev a3)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0050 (rev a3)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0052 (rev a2)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 3
I/O ports at fc00 [size=32]
I/O ports at 4c00 [size=64]
I/O ports at 4c40 [size=64]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005a (rev
a2) (prog-if
10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
Memory at febff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005b (rev
a3) (prog-if
20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
Memory at febfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown
device 0059 (rev
a2)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
Memory at febfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0053 (rev
a2) (prog-if 8a
[Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0054 (rev
a3) (prog-if 85
[Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
I/O ports at cc00 [size=16]
Memory at febfb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0055 (rev
a3) (prog-if 85
[Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4]
I/O ports at 0960 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4]
I/O ports at b800 [size=16]
Memory at febfa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005c (rev a2)
(prog-if 01
[Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d8000000-dfffffff
0000:00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0057 (rev a3)
Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems: Unknown device 1b51
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
Memory at febf9000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at b400 [size=8]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3)
(prog-if 00
[Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
Memory behind bridge: fe900000-fe9fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge:
00000000fe800000-00000000fe800000
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3)
(prog-if 00
[Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
Memory behind bridge: fe700000-fe7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge:
00000000fe600000-00000000fe600000
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3)
(prog-if 00
[Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff
Memory behind bridge: fe500000-fe5fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge:
00000000fe400000-00000000fe400000
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 005d (rev a3)
(prog-if 00
[Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff
Memory behind bridge: fe300000-fe3fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge:
00000000fe200000-00000000fe200000
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
Capabilities: <available only to root>
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
Flags: fast devsel
0000:01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100
QY [Radeon
7000/VE] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: PC Partner Limited: Unknown device 7c02
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at ac00 [size=256]
Memory at feaf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <available only to root>
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