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

[roger]

On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 23:37 +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote:

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

Yupper! Cold as in Cold Beer. :-)

> 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...

Ok.

I've posted additional info about the 440BX boards I've test here onto
my website, along wit a S1832DL prebuilt rom image for others to have
fun with. 

BTW. I like the WP1 & WP2 indicators for the website documentation on
the chips denoting what needs work.
  
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Fri Apr 27 15:57:11 PDT 2007