[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
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mailto:Marc.Jones at amd.com
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