On 7/7/10 12:44 PM, ali hagigat wrote:
Stefan,

BIOS chip is not connected to CPU directly after reset!!
It's never connected directly, anyways, but through some kind of bridge. Usually the southbridge.


> I mean the hardware immediately accesses BIOS chip after reset but at
> some point all memory read/write cycles are claimed by 945 and memory
> controller?
> No, that assumption is not true.

If not so what happens? CPU does not have address/data buses directly attached to the BIOS chip.

The address cycles are claimed by whatever components live in any given address space.


Stefan