SiS630 Software Watchdog Timer
Eric W. Biederman
ebiederman at lnxi.com
Mon Mar 17 22:07:00 CET 2003
Steve Gehlbach <steve at nexpath.com> writes:
> Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > Steve Gehlbach <steve at nexpath.com> writes:
> >
> >>Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
> >>How about using XIP_ROM_SIZE and XIP_ROM_BASE; seems to setup WP caching on
> >>variable MTRR 0x203 (mem type=5). Or does this have other effects; maybe use
> a
>
> >>different option with same code?
> > XIP is short for Execute in place. And that is exactly what it is designed
> > for.
> >
>
> Fair enough, so we'll use 0x204,5 and separate code. I assume it will speed
> things up, have to test it in a day or so. As it is, the 5 sec delay makes
> compression hard to live with.
Error. Communications failure.
I meant this situation is exactly what it is designed for.
> I am also assuming the Via C3 has the variable MTRRs, that may not be a correct
> assumption. The Intel book says P6 family.
Very good question what does the C3 have? I recall the strange clones
not following intels variable mtrrs.
Eric
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