Hi Alex, Cross posted to FreeBSD hackers.
Thanks, Darmawan --- On Mon, 12/27/10, Alexander Best <arun...@freebsd.org> wrote: > From: Alexander Best <arun...@freebsd.org> > Subject: Re: PCI IDE Controller Base Address Register setting > To: "Darmawan Salihun" <darmawan_sali...@yahoo.com> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 3:48 AM > On Mon Dec 27 10, Darmawan Salihun > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 on AMD Geode LX800 > (CS5536 "southbridge"). However, it cannot detect the IDE > controller (in the CS5536) correctly. It says something > similar to this: > > "IDE controller not present" > > i don't think freebsd-questions is the right place for your > issue. you might > get some help over at freebsd-hackers or freebsd-current. > > cheers. > alex > > > > > I did lspci in Linux (BackTrack 3) > > and I saw that the IDE controller Base Address > Registers (BARs) > > are all disabled (only contains zeros), > > except for one of them (BAR4). > > BAR4 decodes 16-bytes I/O ports (FFF0h-FFFFh). > > The decoded ports "seems" to conform to the PCI IDE > specification > > for "native-PCI IDE controller" (relocatable within > the > > 16-bit I/O address space). > > > > I did "cat /proc/ioports" and I found that > > the following I/O port address ranges decoded > correctly > > to the IDE controller in the CS5536 "southbridge": > > > > 1F0h-1F7h > > 3F6h > > 170h-177h > > FFF0h-FFFFh > > > > My question: > > Does FreeBSD require the IDE controller BARs > > to be programmed to also decode > > legacy I/O ports ranges (1F0h-1F7h,3F6h and > 170h-177h)? > > > > What if those ranges are not programmed into the BARs > > > of the IDE controller? > > Would the IDE controller be considered > > not present (disabled)? > > > > TIA, > > > > Darmawan > > > > PS: I'm working on the BIOS for this particular system > > > but I have yet to be able to > program the BARs to the > > aforementioned legacy I/O port > ranges. > > This system is very peculiar > because the PCI subsystem > > is virtualized. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > a13x > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
