On Dec 11, 2007 2:42 PM, Martin-Éric Racine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In regards to gx_util usage, /dev/mem will not work for accesses to the > > very top of > > memory. I believe it will not allow access to the top 64k bytes of memory. > > Which is > > fine unless you want to modify the system BIOS. I don't understand this comment. Can somebody clarify this a bit? > > > > In regards to the DIVIL_BALL settings. FlashROM checks to see what device > > was > > booted from (i.e. LPC, flash controller) before the flash device is > > identified. If the > > boot device is the flash controller, FlashROM has to flip the IDE/flash > > switch before > > any accesses to the flash device since the IDE interface is most likely > > where > > FlashROM and any BIOS images exist. I don't get this one either. What does the IDE/FLASH switch have to do with BIOS? I think there is more confusion going around, certainly in my case, than I know what to do with :-) thanks ron -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
