ali hagigat wrote:
I am afraid those unmentioned registers have a significant effect in understanding the function and logic of the internal parts of the IC and the standards used.
What function, logic and standards is it you want to understand better? We may be able to recommend some reading material. If it is anything but DMI or FSB then I am actually sure that we can do so. And if it *is* DMI or FSB then I would be curious to know why.
I'm not saying that it is, but if your mission is to create competing chipsets for Intel platforms then good luck to you, but I don't think you will find coreboot very helpful, specifically because Intel does not give out documentation freely. In that case I think you would have no option other than reverse engineering, and that's just a lot of wasted time IMO.
As Anders pointed out - we can only actually help you if you can say what it is that you want to do!
First, one must study to know what is going on, how can i work without having enough information?!
Personally I consider it critical to learn by experimentation, or empirical studies if you prefer. And again, I think knowing and understanding are two very different things.
I am not going to keep on complaining but the "incomplete documentation" may be added to the first page of Wiki, in www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot.
I'm afraid I don't think that is a great idea, because I think the first page already has too much information.
You did not mention if you had seen the Documentation and Datasheets pages on the wiki. I think that the latter page in particular might be a good place to note that different vendors have different policy about public documentation, but honestly, I think it is very obvious already!
//Peter