Ollie Lho wrote:
> Nikolai Vladychevski wrote:
>
>> I have a question, in the utilities directory there is a script to burn
>> linuxbios to the Disk on Chip. I dont have disk on chip, how do I burn
>> the linuxbios to the Flash that comes on the motherboard by default? (my
>> motherboard is Sis630 based)
>
> The utility should works fine on most SiS630/950 MBs for those flash
> parts it support. The problem is we don't support LinuxBIOS on 512KB
> flash for SiS630 for a long time. This is due to the changes made to
> support DoC. But is is still possible to support flash again, it is just
> no body got the time and interests to do so.
>
> Ollie
I am seeing some interest here now for 512KB flash with SiS on new
designs for volume embedded apps that don't wish to spend the extra
dollars on a DOC. $5 for 512KB flash vs. $30 for 8MB DOC thats quite a
cost difference! I'm sure when time gets allocated to it, support for
flash will be back.
Bari
