SIS chipset

[Frank]

Thanks for the response. So to the experts out there:
I want to add the SIS 630 based board support from freebios to
freebios2.
Is there a HOWTO I can reference to do this...
--- Nathanael Noblet <nathanael at gnat.ca> wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at 02:26 PM, Frank wrote:
> 
> > I must be missing something here but in freebios v1 there is
> > plenty of supprt for the SIS chip sets. I downloaded
> freebios2
> > (thanks you everyone for the information) but I don't see
> any
> > support for the SIS chips. I thought freebios2 was a
> superset of
> > freebios1 and would therefore have all of the freebios
> support
> > plus some. it doesn't appear to be that way. Am I missing
> > something...
> 
> Not superset, improved, rewritten port of freebios1. Freebios1
> had some 
> limitations / weaknesses in that it was difficult to add a new
> board. 
> Memory initialization was difficult and lots of the code was
> assembly, 
> which speaking for myself isn't a skill many people excel at I
> would 
> imagine.
> 
> Freebios2 addresses some of the problems developers were
> having with 
> freebios1. Although I am completely unfamiliar with the amd64
> stuff 
> alot of what freebios2 does is facilitate that arch so the
> features and 
> such could be added. New boards should be started on
> freebios2, any 
> existing code from freebios1 can be brought into freebios2 I
> would 
> imagine as it is needed. (You have to realize I am not a
> freebios 
> developer) just trying to answer some of the questions I think
> I know 
> the answers to so the developers can develop.
> 
> -- 
> Nathanael D. Noblet
> Gnat Solutions
> 412 - 135 Gorge Road E
> Victoria, BC V9A 1L1
> 
> T/F 250.385.4613
> 
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> 


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