[Soekris] reboot issue with net4801

[Jason Romo]

Josh,
I had the same issue and it turned out to be something wrong with the board.
My BIOS checked out okay.

This is what Soren had me try:

> Just one last thing, there could be a problem with the sequence of BIOS
> updates. Can you go into the comBIOs monitor and do a
> 
>> d fff8a000
> 
> If it show:
> 
>> comBIOS Monitor.   Press ? for help.
>> 
>>> d fff8a000
>> 0000:FFF8A000  53 4B 5F 52 78 00 05 00 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>> SK_Rx...H.......
>> 0000:FFF8A010  8D 16 0C 00 0E 1F B4 09 CD 21 EB 3B 0D 0A 54 68
>> *.....+.-!*;..T
> 
> then the Geode VSA is there and there could be some unknown problem, you
> probably would then need to ship the board back.
> 
> If there just a bunch of FF's, then it's a BIOS update issue and I need
> to ensure that it can be updated, maybe by making a new image with the
> newest complete BIOS.

On 11/10/03 8:10 PM, "Josh Kropf" <josh at slashdev.ca> wrote:

> Some new developments since my last post regarding linux on my net4801. I have
> found that a soft reboot from linux and a cold boot from the comBIOS monitor
> seem to have the same results (prints POST 012345 and freezes).
>  
> Again I have updated the bios to 1.22
>  
> Has anyone else come across the same problem?
> 


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