[LinuxBIOS] Question about raminit.c

joe at smittys.pointclark.net joe at smittys.pointclark.net
Fri May 4 07:46:33 CEST 2007


Is SPD detection done though the memory controller or through the  
superIO via the SMBUS (i2c)?

Thanks - Joe

Quoting Peter Stuge <stuge-linuxbios at cdy.org>:

> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 01:37:20AM -0400, joe at smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
>> Or, does it have to set the register values just enough to get
>> going so it can then detect spd?
>
> Probably true, the SPD EEPROM is on the RAM module itself so at least
> some part of the memory controller may need to be working to reach
> it.
>
>
> //Peter
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