[coreboot] ram init help on the i82830
Joseph Smith
joe at settoplinux.org
Tue Jun 3 05:45:22 CEST 2008
On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:41:11 -0400, Joseph Smith <joe at settoplinux.org>
wrote:
>
>>
>>> /* See if there are 2 sticks. */
>>> if((drb1 != 0) && (drb3 != 0)) {
>>
>> Should be:
>>
>> if((drb1 != 0) && (drb3 != drb1))
>>
> In theory this would not work. If you have a so-dimm in slot0 drb3 would
> ==
> drb1. The register would look something like this:
>
> 04 04 04 04
>
> for a 128MB single sidded so-dimm in the first slot.
>
Actually, this should work:
if((drb1 != 0) && (drb3 > drb1)) {
This way if drb1 is not zero, you know you have a so-dimm in slot0.
And if drb3 is greater than drb1, you know you have a so-dimm in slot1.
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Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org
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