Re: [coreboot] [patch] SST25VF016B (2MB) flash on m57sli (IT8716F).

[Ward Vandewege]

Hi Ronald,

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 09:05:39AM +0100, Ronald Hoogenboom wrote:
> I've prepared a patch for r3129 WITH the definition of the static
> function..
>
> This patch allows direct out-of-SPI-flash boot of a Linux kernel. It
> circumvents the 512KB limitation in the IT8716f superio of memory
> mapping an SPI flash device by using a PIO method for reading the data.
> Limitation: no nrv2b support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ronald Hoogenboom

I've tested this on real hardware. It works - I can boot a 1MB image from a
2MB spi/soic chip, whereas without the patch the system does not boot with an
image > 512KB. As far as I'm concerned:

Acked-by: Ward Vandewege

Let's see if we can get another ack before we commit though.

Thanks,
Ward.