[LinuxBIOS] lxbios bug?

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> [070423 20:49]:
> I've just tried running lxbios on a gigabyte m57sli-s4 board that's running
> LinuxBIOS. This was the output:
 

>   # ./lxbios -y ../LinuxBIOSv2/src/mainboard/gigabyte/m57sli/cmos.layout -a

You should not need to use -y here when running under linuxbios. it
should read the cmos options from the lb table.

>   boot_option = Fallback
>   last_boot = Fallback
>   ECC_memory = Disable
>   baud_rate = 1200
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ?

>   hw_scrubber = Enable
>   interleave_chip_selects = Enable
>   max_mem_clock = 100Mhz
>   dual_core = Disable
>   power_on_after_fail = Disable
>   # Bad value -> debug_level = 0xf
>   # Bad value -> boot_first = 0x7
>   boot_second = Network
>   # Bad value -> boot_third = 0x4
>   boot_index = 0xe
>   boot_countdown = 0xfa
>   # Bad value -> slow_cpu = 0xd
>   nmi = Enable
>   iommu = Enable
>   lxbios: Can not read LinuxBIOS parameter user_data because layout info
>   specifies CMOS area that is too wide.
>   lxbios: Warning: LinuxBIOS CMOS checksum is bad.
>   
> As you can see there's an error at the bottom, and a bunch of 'bad value'
> warnings. I first tried without passing it the cmos layout file, and got the
> same result as above.
 
Did you ever set the options to reasonable values? linuxbios does not to
this by itself. 8)

> What am I doing wrong? This is lxbios 2.0.1.

Stefan

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