On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 16:44, Alessio Sangalli wrote: > Steve Gehlbach wrote: > > > SiS 630 Dev 0 FN 0 > > Register 63h DRAM Status Register > > > So, I hope I've made the correct calculations, I write them here for > future reference: > > SMA_SIZE values for different video ram sizes: > > 10000000b -> 0x80h (2MB/4MB) > 10010000b -> 090xh (4MB/8MB) > 10100000b -> 0A0xh (8MB/16MB) > 10110000b -> 0B0xh (16MB/32MB) > 11000000b -> 0C0xh (32MB/64MB) > 11010000b -> 0D0xh (64MB/na) > > What I don't understand now is the "double" size value (with the 'not > supported' value for 0xD0). What does it mean? > >
You don't have to care about the double size stuff. Some time in the history, there is a feature to add DRAM card for internal VGA. It did not work out. > Interesting. But, I was asking to myself... how much time does the > hard-disk need to spin-up? I've made few tests and it seems quite fast, > only few seconds. How much time is it possible to gain with a CF ide > device? I have a small CF card, I should buy the CF-IDE adapter, but I > have no idea of the advantages it would bring to me. > For CF/DOM, it is "INSTANT'. -- ollie lho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
