[LinuxBIOS] Digital Logic msm800sel
Marc Jones
marc.jones at amd.com
Wed May 30 21:16:45 CEST 2007
I should clarify, buildrom can automatically do the LB image + VSA2
concatenate for you. Follow the instructions to do it by hand.
Marc Jones wrote:
> Otávio,
>
> Otávio Alcântara wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I used the buildrom tool, but the norwich board uses the
>> companion serial and my board uses SUPERIO WINBOND w83267hf. So, I
>> modified the code of /mainboar/amd/norwich/cache_as_ram_auto.c to work
>> with this chip.
>> It worked fine, but the boot process stop with :
>>
>> Before VSA:
>> do_vsmbios
>>
>> I'm not including the vsa in the linuxbios.rom, is that the
>> problem? And how can I concatenate the two files correctly?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Otávio Alcântara
>>
>
>
> Yes you need VSA2 in the ROM. You can use buildrom in advance mode to
> set a local linuxbios tree. Buildrom pulls the VSA binary from here:
> http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_2330_9863_11363,00.html
>
> un-zip it
> "cat lx_vsa.36k.bin norwich.rom > lb_norwich.rom"
> You should end up with a 512KB ROM image.
>
> Marc
>
>
>
>> On 5/24/07, *Otávio Alcântara* <otavio.junior at gmail.com
>> <mailto:otavio.junior at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Marc,
>>
>> I will try buildrom.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Otavio
>>
>>
>> On 5/23/07, *Marc Jones* < marc.jones at amd.com
>> <mailto:marc.jones at amd.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Otávio Alcântara wrote:
>> > I used a dissambly and there is no jump in the reset vector.
>> I've tried
>> > other board (amd rumba, using the same tools JTAG and memory
>> > programmer) and it starts normaly the boot process, just don't
>> finish it
>> > because the processor is a Geode GX and my board is a LX one.
>> I'll try
>> > the norwich board that is similar to mine.
>> > The problem I saw with msm800 is that linuxbios.rom is not on
>> a valid
>> > format, the file doesn't size like the ROM_SIZE option of
>> > targets/../../Config.lb.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Otávio
>> >
>>
>>
>> Are you using buildrom?
>>
>> http://linuxbios.org/Buildrom <http://linuxbios.org/Buildrom>
>>
>> It is recommended to use it for LX systems. It should handle
>> putting the
>> VSA image with the LB binary to make the complete image.
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On 5/23/07, *ron minnich* < rminnich at gmail.com
>> <mailto:rminnich at gmail.com>
>> > <mailto: rminnich at gmail.com <mailto:rminnich at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>> >
>> > The first thing I ever do with problems of this type is simple:
>> > hexdump romimage
>> >
>> > and see if I see a jump at end.
>> >
>> > ron
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Otávio Alcântara
>> > "I'll never cross to the Dark Side."
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Marc Jones
>> Senior Software Engineer
>> (970) 226-9684 Office
>> mailto: Marc.Jones at amd.com <mailto:Marc.Jones at amd.com>
>> http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Otávio Alcântara
>> "I'll never cross to the Dark Side."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Otávio Alcântara
>> "I'll never cross to the Dark Side."
>
--
Marc Jones
Senior Software Engineer
(970) 226-9684 Office
mailto:Marc.Jones at amd.com
http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
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