Board:msi/ms7260
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This page describes how to use LinuxBIOS on the MSI MS-7260 (K9N Neo) mainboard.
The mainboard
Some more information of the board is available in the mailing list archives.
So far we have verified that revision 1.0 of the mainboard has a socketed PLCC32 ROM chip (512KB).
If you have any other revision of the board, please contact us on the mailing list and let us know if it has a socketed (and PLCC-type) ROM chip.
Status
The respective patch is not yet committed, but it's available in the mailing list archives.
| Device/functionality | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Works | I'm using an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3600+, both cores work fine. |
| RAM | Works | It seems some combinations of DIMMs and RAM slots don't work. Using only one DIMM works for me. |
| IDE | Works | — |
| IDE using CF-to-IDE adapter | Works | — |
| SATA | Untested | — |
| USB | Works | — |
| On-board ethernet | Works | — |
| On-board audio | Works | — |
| PCI add-on cards | Not working | There seem to be problems with PCI add-on cards. This is being investigated. |
| PCI Express add-on cards | Untested | — |
| Floppy | Untested | — |
| Serial port (COM1) | Works | — |
| Parallel port | Untested | — |
| PS/2 keyboard | Untested | — |
| PS/2 mouse | Untested | — |
| Mainboard sensors/fans | Untested | — |
| CPU frequency scaling / powersave modes | Untested | Probably won't work as long as there's no ACPI implementation for this board(?) |
| Flashrom | Works partly | Currently Flashrom works fine with LinuxBIOS, but it does not yet work with the proprietary BIOS. |
Building LinuxBIOS
Build a LinuxBIOS payload, e.g. FILO, and copy the resulting file to /tmp/filo.elf.
$ cp payload.file /tmp/filo.elf
Checkout LinuxBIOS:
$ svn co svn://linuxbios.org/repos/trunk/LinuxBIOSv2
Build the LinuxBIOS image, containing the payload.
$ cd LinuxBIOSv2/targets $ ./buildtarget msi/ms7260 $ cd msi/ms7260/ms7260 $ make
Write the LinuxBIOS image onto your ROM chip using flashrom:
$ flashrom -wv linuxbios.rom
Note: At the moment flashrom does not work in the MS-7260 (when booted using the original BIOS). Thus, I'm flashing the ROM chip in a different mainboard where flashrom works. However, flashrom works just fine once the MS-7260 is booted using LinuxBIOS.
TODO
- Test the devices marked as "Untested" in the above status table.
- Fix flashrom to also work when the board is booted using the proprietary BIOS.
- Fix the issues with PCI add-on cards.
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