Re: [LinuxBIOS] [patch 0/4] AMD Geode LX VSA and VSMs

[Peter Stuge]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 01:25:46PM -0600, Marc Jones wrote:
> The posted binary and source code is VSA and contains several VSMs,
> sysmanager, legacy, and lx graphics.

Would it make sense to move parts or all of the VSM code into the
operating system?

(Not in it's current form of course. Yes, I know it means having to
re-implement each VSM in each OS.)
> LinuxBIOS already had support for VSA from the olpc port. The same
> mechanism is used. VSA is treated as a payload that is run before
> LinuxBIOS pci initialization. See src\cpu\model_lc\vsmsetup.c (it
> should probably be renamed vsasetup.c but that is a minor detail)

Thanks for explaining this a bit more! :)

//Peter