On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 04:22:59PM +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: > [Please always write to the mailing list, not individual developers]
Oops. Sorry about that. > On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 12:54:40PM +0200, Robert Millan [ackstorm] wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have a Compaq Deskpro board with 440BX chipset that I'd like to put > > LinuxBIOS > > in. I noticed that defaults for Tyan are hardcoded, so gave a look at the > > source to see if I could replace the defaults to get it working for me. > > > > However, I couldn't find any reference to which constants are hardcoded. > > The > > numbers in i440bx.h look like based on Intel specs, not sure if they're > > those? > > Yep, i440bx.h is fine, no changes needed. > > You have to change some values in raminit.c, e.g. the DRB* values and > most of the stuff from sdram_set_spd_registers(). If you use only one > 64MB DIMM in the first slot it may even work without modifications. > > Otherwise you can run "lspci -xxx -s 0:0.0" to get the values which > should work for your system. Reading parts of the datasheet is probably > a good idea if you want to give this a try. > > I still didn't get around to making the 440BX RAM init code fully > generic; I hope to be able to do so soon. I'm afraid we'll have to switch > to CAR though, I ran into massive romcc problems the last time I tried this. Turns out the BIOS is soldered PLCC (and I can't flash it because it fails POST). If I manage to replace that with a socket I'll follow your advice to try get it working. Thank you -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
