[LinuxBIOS] usage of pci_write_config32()?

Stefan Reinauer stepan at coresystems.de
Tue Mar 20 09:06:17 CET 2007


* Corey Osgood <corey_osgood at verizon.net> [070320 05:45]:
> It's raminit.c from LBv1's src/northbridge/440gx/, it addresses the
> first register for a 32-bit write to 0x50-0x53, then the second for a
> 16-bit write later on, can't see at the moment which it was. I'm working
> on trying to port that up to v2, to see if it'll work on a 440zx, since
> nothing else I've done seems to be working.

Note that on some systems, a 32bit write is very different from 4 8bit
writes. If it is a 32bit register, you should always read/write all 32
bits.
 
Stefan

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