[coreboot] Timings v2

bari bari at onelabs.com
Tue Apr 21 04:57:45 CEST 2009


Kevin O'Connor wrote:

> I don't think my epia-cn has FWH.  With FWH, will a cache-line fill
> result in a 128byte flash read, or does one have to implement special
> instructions to make use of it?
> 
> As a side note, things will also improve a little with lzma
> compression of the roms.

Much to my surprise the VIA Epia's tend to use FWH mode flash devices. 
Take a look at your flash part number. There is not a way that I am 
aware of however to read the pin-strap on the VIA vt8237 to see how it 
is set for either LPC/FWH if your device supports dual mode.

-Bari




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