PCCHIPS M787CL+v3.0 support

ollie lho ollie at sis.com.tw
Tue Sep 17 01:51:01 CEST 2002


On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 13:39, Steve M. Gehlbach wrote:
> > > Do you know if it is possible to get the datasheet on the
> > Sis630E chipset?
> > > If I use this I need to setup the vga.  I see there is a Linux
> > driver, but I
> > > don't know if I it has enough setup without a PC-BIOS init first.
> > >
> >
> > You have to sign NDA to get the register spec. What kind of VGA init are
> > you going to do ??
> >
> > Ollie
> >
> 
> Just need to init to 80 x 25 color text.  Load an 8x16 font and write
> attribute/char data at 0xB8000 in the standard fashion. That's it.
> 
> I can get a register dump from the board with the mobo and PC-BIOS, assuming
> in alpha mode it has legacy CRTC, Sequencer, Attribute, Graphics, etc in the
> standard locations.  But I need to know the extended register settings to
> enable access to these from power on.  And any extended DCLK register
> locations/settings required.
> 

Do you have the source code of TIARA project ?? They have done the same 
stuff.

Ollie





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