Re: [LinuxBIOS] OLPC hardware specification information

Dear Sir,

If you permit me answer,

VSA (Virtual System Architecture) is an AMD technology that grants the
compatibility of AMD GEODE with i386 systems. VSA is composed of
various VSMs (Virtual Support Modules). XpressGRAPHICS and XpressAUDIO
are VSMs. The following VSMs are described in the document VSA
ADAPTATION GUIDE of AMD:

AUDIO VSM (XpressAUDIO)
LEGACY VSM
PM CORE VSM
APM VSM
ACPI VSM
RTC VSM
SOGTVGA VSM  (XpressGRAPHICS)
KEYBOARD VSM
OHCI VSM
UART VSM

Thanks.

Jardel.
> On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 15:43 -0600, Bari Ari wrote:
> > Jim,
> >
> > It's great that AMD stated that they have agreed to allow use of their
> > VSA code during a teleconference.
> >
> > Can you ask David Wahl with AMD to release all the source to the VSA
> > including XpressGRAPHICS and XpressAUDIO under GPL or similar license?
>
> I meet with David Thursday.  For my own education, what exactly is
> XpressGraphics and XpressAudio?
>    		- Jim
> > -Bari
> >
> > Jim Gettys wrote:
> > > On a teleconference on March 2, AMD said that we can have/use any of
> > > their code (e.g. VSA sources, as I understand it) that we need, and
> >
> > that
> > > that code could be incorporated into LinuxBIOS.
> > >
> > > What is more, they said that they had ensured that they owned all the
> >
> > IP
> > > associated with this code since Geode's acquisition by AMD.
> > >
> > > They also said that LinuxBIOS was now considered a peer of any
> > > commercial BIOS and they would support the development. I know from
> > > subsequent mail that AMD's expert on LinuxBIOS in the Opteron group
> >
> > has
> > > spent a day with the Geode team to try to get them up to speed.
> > >
> > > I don't know if AMD has a BIOS of their own; heretofore people have
> >
> > used
> > > commercial BIOS's on Geode.  (says me the non-BIOS guy who usually
> > > pushes packets and pixels around).
> > >
> > > AMD, BTW, is one of the corporate sponsors of OLPC.  And I meet with
> > > David Wahl of AMD later this week, who is in charge of the group in
> >
> > AMD
> > > who support BIOS developers.
> > >    			Regards,
> > >    				- Jim Gettys
> > >    				OLPC
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 10:02 -0600, Bari Ari wrote:
> > > > Jim,
> > > >
> > > > What's the status of any legal agreements with AMD on using their BIOS
> > > > or VSA source for the OLPC project?
> > > >
> > > > -Bari
> > > >
> > > > Jim Gettys wrote:
> > > > > Is located here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://wiki.laptop.org/wiki/Hardware_specification
> > > > >
> > > > > The board has started layout.
> > > > >    		- Regards,
> > > > >    			- Jim