[coreboot] SST25VF016B (2MB) flash on m57sli (IT8716F).

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 17.01.2008 02:29, Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:24:38AM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>   
>> Please be aware that the M57SLI may read the reset vector and other
>> really early stuff at 33 MHz, thereby causing read errors
>> (sometimes single bit shifts) which are really hard to find.
>>     
>
> English translation:
>   

;-)

> SST25VF016B is not really compatible with the IT8716F superio.
>
> About right?
>   

Mostly. If the M57SLI uses the IT8716F in 33 MHz mode at startup, the
SST25VF016B is indeed incompatible. If IT8716F startup happens at 16
MHz, it will work.
I have no idea about the real behaviour of the hardware.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel