[Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Francis Galiegue]

1. Where can I get precise info about firmware revisions, etc etc? I only know
about what a 'ver' displays at the EFI prompt and what the files in /proc
display... As to noting the 30+ digit BIOS revision, I do it by hand for now...

2. Where the <beep> are files on EFI GID partitions stored?? I cleared the
first disk for a brand new install but "old" booting files are still there!

-- 
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"Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and more
idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more remarkable
idiots. Until now, universe leads the race"  -- R. Cook

RE: [Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Matt_Domsch]

> 2. Where the <beep> are files on EFI GID partitions stored?? 
> I cleared the
> first disk for a brand new install but "old" booting files 
> are still there!

Since the GPT stores metadata at both the beginning 34 sectors of the disk
and a backup on the last 33 sectors of the disk,
you'll need to zero both sets of sectors for it to be "cleared".

Thanks,
Matt

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Matt Domsch
Dell Linux Systems Group
Linux OS Development
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Re: [Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Stephane Eranian]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 12:19:05PM +0100, Francis Galiegue wrote:
> 1. Where can I get precise info about firmware revisions, etc etc? I only know
> about what a 'ver' displays at the EFI prompt and what the files in /proc
> display... As to noting the 30+ digit BIOS revision, I do it by hand for now...

Could you explain exactly what do you mean by precise ? version numbers ?
If so, you can get the pal version in  /proc/pal/cpu0/version_info. As for
EFI and SAL, at this point, there is no /proc interface to them. So your
only chance is by dmesg because the kernel prints the versions when it boots.
The rest is probably coming from ACPI, I guess.

-- 
-Stephane

RE: [Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Hall, Jenna S]

As far as the 30+ digit BIOS revision, the only significant part would be
the "0089B" in the number below:

W460GXBS2.86E.0089B.P03.200012151745

So that's all you really have to record or report to Intel when clarifying
BIOS revision.

Jenna

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephane Eranian [mailto:eranian@frankl.hpl.hp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:35 AM
To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Two questions


On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 12:19:05PM +0100, Francis Galiegue wrote:
> 1. Where can I get precise info about firmware revisions, etc etc? I only
know
> about what a 'ver' displays at the EFI prompt and what the files in /proc
> display... As to noting the 30+ digit BIOS revision, I do it by hand for
now...

Could you explain exactly what do you mean by precise ? version numbers ?
If so, you can get the pal version in  /proc/pal/cpu0/version_info. As for
EFI and SAL, at this point, there is no /proc interface to them. So your
only chance is by dmesg because the kernel prints the versions when it
boots.
The rest is probably coming from ACPI, I guess.

--
-Stephane

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Re: [Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Jim Wilson]

>1. Where can I get precise info about firmware revisions, etc etc? I only know
>about what a 'ver' displays at the EFI prompt and what the files in /proc
>display... As to noting the 30+ digit BIOS revision, I do it by hand for now...

Reboot.  When you get to the blue Itanium splash screen, choose setup instead
of boot.  Scroll right until you get to the BIOS tab, the first field will
give a long string that contains the BIOS version number in the middle.
Usually it is ".00XX." where XX is the BIOS version number, but there are a
few exceptions, e.g. there is a BIOS 89B which displays as ".089B.".

Jim

RE: [Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Jonathan_Kwahk]

Obviouslly, W460GXBS2 is the chipset notation (Workstation 460GX chipset,
Big Sur).
89B is the build number for the BIOS.
P03 is production build.  In this case, it's build 3.

If I recall correctly (it's been a very long time), the last string includes
the date of build.  I'm not sure what the other digits mean.

J

-----Original Message-----
From: Hall, Jenna S [mailto:jenna.s.hall@intel.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:01 PM
To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Two questions


As far as the 30+ digit BIOS revision, the only significant part would be
the "0089B" in the number below:

W460GXBS2.86E.0089B.P03.200012151745

So that's all you really have to record or report to Intel when clarifying
BIOS revision.

Jenna

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephane Eranian [mailto:eranian@frankl.hpl.hp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 9:35 AM
To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Two questions


On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 12:19:05PM +0100, Francis Galiegue wrote:
> 1. Where can I get precise info about firmware revisions, etc etc? I only
know
> about what a 'ver' displays at the EFI prompt and what the files in /proc
> display... As to noting the 30+ digit BIOS revision, I do it by hand for
now...

Could you explain exactly what do you mean by precise ? version numbers ?
If so, you can get the pal version in  /proc/pal/cpu0/version_info. As for
EFI and SAL, at this point, there is no /proc interface to them. So your
only chance is by dmesg because the kernel prints the versions when it
boots.
The rest is probably coming from ACPI, I guess.

--
-Stephane

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Re: [Linux-ia64] Two questions

[Khalid Aziz]

IIRC the format of last string which contains date of build is
"YYYYMMDDHHMM".

---
Khalid

Jonathan_Kwahk@Dell.com wrote:
> 
> Obviouslly, W460GXBS2 is the chipset notation (Workstation 460GX chipset,
> Big Sur).
> 89B is the build number for the BIOS.
> P03 is production build.  In this case, it's build 3.
> 
> If I recall correctly (it's been a very long time), the last string includes
> the date of build.  I'm not sure what the other digits mean.
> 
> J
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hall, Jenna S [mailto:jenna.s.hall@intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:01 PM
> To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org
> Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Two questions
> 
> As far as the 30+ digit BIOS revision, the only significant part would be
> the "0089B" in the number below:
> 
> W460GXBS2.86E.0089B.P03.200012151745
> 
> So that's all you really have to record or report to Intel when clarifying
> BIOS revision.
> 
> Jenna
> 

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