On 03.02.2008 17:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> On 03.02.2008 03:34, ron minnich wrote: >> >>> On Feb 2, 2008 5:34 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> Is there a way to run a PCI rom before the PCI bus scan runs??? >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, we have to do this on any later geode. The LX port should give >>> you a hint on how it's done. >>> >>> >> Sorry, but how are you going to run a ROM before you know where it is >> located? I can see a way to run an image of a PCI ROM before PCI bus >> scan if the image resides in main system flash, but otherwise... >> >> Regards, >> Carl-Daniel >> >> > Ok, let me be more specific. I am pretty sure the pci rom for the > 82562ET nic runs and powers on the onboard ethernet device. The nic > does not have an eeprom. All the device settings are kept in the pci > rom on the bios.
OK, so the PCI ROM is located inside the main system flash. IMO we should invent a name for such constellations. Off-card ROM? > After the rom runs it enables it, sets up PHY > registers, sets up it PCI config registers, and requests use of the > PCI bridge. That is why I need it to run before the PCI bus scan. > > Make sense? > Indeed, it does. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
