[coreboot] V2 Orders of Initialization of Devices

Joseph Smith joe at settoplinux.org
Mon Jun 9 04:29:35 CEST 2008



> -----Original Message-----
> From: coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org [mailto:coreboot-bounces at coreboot.org]
> On Behalf Of bari
> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 6:16 PM
> To: coreboot at coreboot.org
> Subject: [coreboot] V2 Orders of Initialization of Devices
> 
> Does the order of the devices in /src/maniboard/../../Config.lb actually
> effect the order in which the devices are initialized in coreboot?
> 
> If not, what is the preferred method if one device or register needs to
> be set before others?
> 

If you need to initialize a device early you can always do it in auto.c, but
it depends which device it is.....
For example, if it is a PCI device, you will need to initialize the PCI
bridge first, and then you can initialize the PCI device.

Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org





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