[LinuxBIOS] standard hardware interface

[Rogelio Serrano]

Is there a de facto standard for ram controllers?

If none which chipset is close to being a de facto standard?

Same question for pci

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Rogelio Serrano  [060822 09:21]:
> Is there a de facto standard for ram controllers?
>
> If none which chipset is close to being a de facto standard?

No, each chipset/dram controller needs to be supported individually
on the bios level. All AMD K8 boards are somewhat similar to each other,
as the memory controller is in the CPU. Intel controllers might be
similar across the product lines as well from the software side.
> Same question for pci

PCI is pretty much standardized: http://www.pcisig.com/

[Rogelio Serrano]

On 8/22/06, Stefan Reinauer  wrote:
> Rogelio Serrano  [060822 09:21]:
> > Is there a de facto standard for ram controllers?
> >
> > If none which chipset is close to being a de facto standard?
>
> No, each chipset/dram controller needs to be supported individually
> on the bios level. All AMD K8 boards are somewhat similar to each other,
> as the memory controller is in the CPU. Intel controllers might be
> similar across the product lines as well from the software side.

i was looking for some hope of being able to force a hardware standard
of some kind. looks like there is none.