NS Geode GX1 + CS5530 +PC 97317 superio

[Gregg C Levine]

Hello (again) from Gregg C Levine
Perhaps. But NSC's webpage insists that they have indeed sold the
entire line to AMD, and that presumably included software tools, and
even development support. Meaning anyone who had bought a board the
week before the event took place, would find themselves working with a
different group. As for your claims, I don't know, I'm just commenting
on the webpage. I can tell you, that it was badly laid out, and looked
like something done by someone who was just starting out in that
business, a far cry from all of the other things that they display
online. Also, it did confirm what Brian brought our attention a while
ago.  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxbios-admin at clustermatic.org [mailto:linuxbios-
> admin at clustermatic.org] On Behalf Of Peter Stuge
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:09 PM
> To: linuxbios at clustermatic.org
> Subject: Re: NS Geode GX1 + CS5530 +PC 97317 superio
> 
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 10:15:40PM +0530, amits at myrealbox.com wrote:
> > Hi ,
> >
> > How do I extract the VGA BIOS from the Insyde ExpressROM??the same
way as
> in
> > case of the EPIA will work? ANd in that case ... how can we find
out IF it
> > uses some calls that are implemented in the underlying XpressROM
BIOS ??
> 
> XpressROM is a minimalist BIOS sold by Insyde.
> 
> XpressLOADER is another name for the BLDT, available from either
Insyde or
> NSC. (I believe it's still NSC.)
> 
> BLDT is the Boot Loader Development Toolkit and contains some
building
> blocks for making a BIOS similar to the XpressROM but lacking a few
features
> that may or may not be critical. ACPI and various legacy BIOS
services e.g.
> 
> The BLDT is (was) available free of charge and IIRC you're even
allowed to
> develop open source software after reading it. Don't take my word
for this
> though.
> 
> See if you can get hold of the BLDT, I think it'll make things a lot
easier
> than dealing with XpressROM, especially when what you really want to
do is
> run LinuxBIOS. :)
> 
> 
> //Peter
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