[coreboot] [PATCH] Hardcode PCI devices in Intel southbridge early init code

[joe at smittys.pointclark.net]

Quoting Corey Osgood <corey.osgood at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:16 PM, <joe at smittys.pointclark.net> wrote:
>
>> Quoting Ed Swierk <eswierk at arastra.com>:
>>
>> > The early init code of several Intel southbridge chipsets calls
>> > pci_locate_device() to locate the SMBus controller and LPC bridge
>> > devices on the PCI bus. Since these devices are always located at a
>> > fixed PCI bus:device:function, the code can be simplified by
>> > hardcoding the devices.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk at arastra.com>
>> >
>> Looks good, but I don't think we need to add any patches to the
>> i82801ca, i82801db, i82801dbm, or i82801er. The southbridge code for
>> these should not be used, and should be
>> dropped. Everyone should be using the i82801xx code for all ICH's. I
>> propose we drop that
>> code now that the i82801xx is stable, so cool people like Ed do not
>> waste their time on
>> it :-)
>>
>>
>> Thanks - Joe
>
>
> As the guy who put together the i82801xx, I'd have to NAK that. If we had
> more boards to test it on (especially the ones already in the tree, like the
> intel dev boards and tyan board), then I'd say go for it, but not until we
> know it works in place of the current chips. When I put together the
> i82801xx, I tried to "steal" the best code from all of them, and put
> together something that would be as generic and full-featured as possible.
> In the process, I got rid of some system-specific bits, especially from the
> i82801er, that may have been required for the systems that used them. I
> would say it's probably safe to drop the i82801dbm, since it's not used by
> any ports and you're using that chip with the rm4100.
>
Ack that. The RM4100 has a i82801DB ICH4 and I am using the i82801xx  
code. The original i82801DB code never worked right, so can we at  
least drop that one?


Thanks - Joe