[LinuxBIOS] MB1030 / 3036 VGA comes up :D

Christian Sühs chris at suehsi.de
Wed May 3 15:21:33 CEST 2006


> 
> Ok, all this sounds as if all memory as such is either not cacheable
> or cache is deactivated. 
> 
> Questions to solve:
> 
>  * Are there mechanisms specific to the GX1 that are not required on 
>    other systems to enable cache?

I'm not sure, but this cpu works for many functions not on the normal way.

> 
>  * Are the MTRRs set correctly?

MTRR seems not present for this CPU

> 
>  * Does this occur on other GX1 boards as well, but was not detected so
>    far?

I don't know ;)

> 
>  * If yes, whats the difference to LinuxBIOSv1 here, because I seem to
>    remember we did not have such a problem back then.


I have catched the Kernel output for both Bioses
(attachement)

There are some differents for the memory configuration.

Have a look

> 
> Stefan
> 

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