On 05/25/10 14:32, Peter Stuge wrote:
Oliver Schinagl wrote:
Also not having a GX VSA is kinda really off-putting; it basically means I can't use corebios on this thing yet?
Note coreboot, not corebios. coreboot isn't a BIOS. SeaBIOS can be used with coreboot to get a BIOS.
Sorry, I should have been more carefull to be more clear. I intend to use Coreboot with either seabios payload or other.
You can do some things also without VSA. VSA is used to create virtual PCI devices for among other things sound and graphics. However, a native graphics driver such as the one in libpayload or xf86-video-geode may not need VSA to drive the graphics hardware.
I suppose I won't even need VSA? I intend on booting Linux only; so as long as that works, i'd be happy?
How does this virtual PCI device thing work? Or what should I imagine in that area? My mind draws a blank. I just know that usually your video chips is connected to the PCI bus. How would this all work on a virtual PCI bus?
If using seabios; would I need the VSA to draw the boot menu selection screen (assuming there exists such a thing even :)
Oliver Schinagl wrote:
I wonder where the flash is located at, in the bios chip, or if it's an IDE devices 'flash' thing.
CS553x connects to either IDE or NAND and provides an IDE style programming interface to the software.
//Peter