[LinuxBIOS] Quick & Easy Success with Tyan S1832DL! (SMP 440BX)

Uwe Hermann uwe at hermann-uwe.de
Fri Apr 27 23:37:34 CEST 2007


On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 01:21:47PM -0700, roger wrote:
> > --- Snip of Currect LinuxBIOSv2 Output ---
> > Testing DRAM : 00000000-0009ffff
> > DRAM fill: 00000000-0009ffff
> > 00000000 00010000 00020000 00030000 00040000 00050000 00060000 00070000
> > 00080000 00090000 000a0000
> > DRAM filled
> > DRAM verify: 00000000-0009ffff
> > 00000000 00010000 00020000 00030000 00040000 00050000 00060000 00070000
> > 00080000 00090000 000a0000
> > DRAM range verified.
> > Done.
> > --- End of Snip ---

OK, this _looks_ good, but I'm not sure it actually works. Did you start
from a cold boot (power-off)?

Results which you get from merely soft-resetting the system are not reliable.


> If the above DRAM memory search range is a custom that is related to
> this specific Tyan S1832DL, how about I provide an svn diff for
> inclusion into the tree?  (If not, will just keep using s1846 tree and
> is preferable for further code updates.)  

No need for a patch here, I think.

What needs fixing is the code in raminit.c which is generic for all 440BX
boards...


Uwe.
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