[coreboot] SST25VF016B (2MB) flash on m57sli (IT8716F).

Ward Vandewege ward at gnu.org
Thu Jan 17 02:57:52 CET 2008


On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 02:29:16AM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:24:38AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > Please be aware that the M57SLI may read the reset vector and other
> > really early stuff at 33 MHz, thereby causing read errors
> > (sometimes single bit shifts) which are really hard to find.
> 
> English translation:
> 
> SST25VF016B is not really compatible with the IT8716F superio.

All right. So how about the Atmel AT45DB321D-SU, which is a 32Mbit (!) chip
that seems to be able to do 33MHz reads in slow mode (and 66MHz in fast
mode). Only about $3.66 at Mouser.com, and it's in stock.

Here's the datasheet:

   http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/doc3597.pdf

Good? Bad?

Thanks,
Ward.

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Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
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