Re: [coreboot] [PATCH 1/2] cs5536: Add a NAND device and do theIDE PCI header disabling on time.

[Myles Watson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ward Vandewege [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 7:46 AM
> To: Myles Watson
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] [PATCH 1/2] cs5536: Add a NAND device and do
> theIDE PCI header disabling on time.
>
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 07:33:37AM -0700, Myles Watson wrote:
> > Maybe it would be better to have IDE/NAND selection depend on a
>
> CMOS/NVRAM
> > value, so that the same BIOS could be used with either choice.
>
> Will that work on boards without cmos battery (they exist - alix2c3 for
> instance)?

Maybe there are no boards with IDE and NAND support?  If there are, are
there any without a CMOS battery?  How would the factory BIOS handle
selection?

I was just brainstorming.

Thanks,
Myles