[LinuxBIOS] Mode Register Set raminit.c

joe at smittys.pointclark.net joe at smittys.pointclark.net
Mon Oct 8 11:09:54 CEST 2007


Quoting joe at smittys.pointclark.net:

> Hello,
> I am not sure I understand the Mode Register Set of 0x1D0. For the
> i440bx and i82810.
>
> According to the JEDEC datasheets this is not a valid setting.
> For CAS3 in normal mode this should be set to 0x30.
>
> I am just trying to understand where 0x1D0 is coming from. Can anyone
> point me to a datasheet that expains this??
>
OK, i figured out they are the correct settings << 3. But why do they  
need to be bitshifted over three spaces??


Thanks - Joe




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