[LinuxBIOS] YEAH! EPIA WORKS!

Li-Ta Lo ollie at lanl.gov
Mon Jul 25 02:56:17 CEST 2005


On Sun, 2005-07-24 at 12:40 -0500, Bari Ari wrote:
> Li-Ta Lo wrote:
> 
> > The documentation from VIA is simply crap. Nobody actually really
> > know the correct value to program to the memory controller. 
> 
> Are you referring to the VIA doc's here:
> http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/download-center/chipsets/
> 
> or the NDA versions?
> 

I think we got the NDA version (that's before I became part of the we).
The documentation related to DRAM init is totally nonsense from my point
of view, it just doesn't work if you program according to the spec.

> Ask VIA for the NDA versions, they are quite detailed in memory 
> controller operation and setup. VIA has been very open with data sheets, 
> they have even released all the specs. for the 3D graphics controllers 
> and libraries.
-- 
Li-Ta Lo <ollie at lanl.gov>
Los Alamos National Lab





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