[Soekris] reboot issue with net4801

[Josh Kropf]

Re: [Soekris] reboot issue with net4801Jason,
Well something else interesting (actually more annoying, since I am now
short nearly $400 CDN after shipping + goverment taxes) has arised.

I try to do a soft reboot from linux or cold reboot from the comBIOS and
then I hit the onboard reset button. The board hands ofcourse and prints
POST 012345. Then for some reason the bios detects the CPU as 133 instead of
266... and if I let it boot linux, linux also sees a 133 proc (cat
/proc/cpuinfo).

I ran d fff8a000 from the comBIOS and got this back...

0000:FFF8A000  53 4B 5F 52 78 00 05 00 48 00 00 00 00 00 BC 73
SK_Rx...H.....+s
0000:FFF8A010  8D 16 0C 00 0E 1F B4 09 CD 21 EB 3B 0D 0A 54 68
*.....+.-!*;..Th
0000:FFF8A020  69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6F 6E 20 6F 66 20 50 17  is version
of P.
0000:FFF8A030  B0 10 E6 80 0E 1F 66 53 E8 98 15 66 5B E8 29 06
%.**..fS**.f[*).
0000:FFF8A040  BE 38 00 F7 C6 03 00 74 0B 2E 8B 1E 27 09 81 CB
+8.*+..t..*.'.*+
0000:FFF8A050  00 04 EB FC E8 43 08 2E A3 4C 09 E8 52 01 72 F0
..***C..*L.*R.r*
0000:FFF8A060  B0 11 E6 80 E8 8F 02 B0 16 E6 80 2E 8B 1E 27 09
%.****.%.**.*.'.
0000:FFF8A070  85 DB 75 DC E8 28 02 B0 17 E6 80 E8 89 15 66 2E
*#u#*(.%.****.f.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jason Romo
To: Josh Kropf ; soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Soekris] reboot issue with net4801


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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