[LinuxBIOS] Support for some more SuperIOs/old Chipsets

popkonserve popkonserve at gmx.de
Tue May 1 10:20:54 CEST 2007


hi,
i just subscribed to the mailing list and i need a speedup on the 
development of LinuxBIOSv2 as i want to contribute some code. I thought 
of some SuperIO chips i still have docs for, maybe completing some of 
the code already written (there are a lot of TODOs in the code). Finally 
i'm thinking of contributing code for some older chipsets (ALi socket7, 
VIA socket7, intel socket7) and maybe cpus (cyrix 6x86 family, amd k6 
familiy, intel pentium (mmx)) as i think those boards deserve a fast 
booting bios without too much useless stuff in there.
i didn't took a deep look into the api yet. so i still have a lot of 
questions: where should i start? Chipsets and CPUs or rather some 
SuperIO stuff? and what i really need to know is: where is the 
configuration done? let's say ram timings (no spd on edo/fpm), superIO 
settings, etc. (there are a lot other chipset tweaks that could be applied).
btw. currently i'm working as a developer for embedded automotive 
systems, so i hope i can help with some code.




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