[coreboot] AMD root_complex usage

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Wed Nov 30 13:32:32 CET 2011


Kyösti Mälkki wrote:
> Could someone explain the need for five (5) different versions of
> root_complex, which appears to be just a logical container with
> no real hw to control?

No need. People have copypasted without abstracting.


> Could you not have just one drivers/generic/root_complex?

Sounds good. Care to make a patch?


> Looking at the amd/persimmon I was also confused about the multiple
> instances of the "chip northbridge/amd/agesa/family14" line.

Some chips have multiple PCI instances, but I believe a devicetree.cb
chip always corresponds only to one.


//Peter




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