[LinuxBIOS] Generic RAM detection routine

popkonserve popkonserve at gmx.de
Thu Aug 9 16:49:47 CEST 2007


> Interesting. How will this work without reading SPD data without the  
> smbus? Will it just be able to detect if memory is populated? Size?  
> Other important info to set northbridge registers? Do tell....

since EDO/FPM don't have a SPD eeprom there's no need trying to get any 
data out of it :)
size and internal organisation detection is done by a simple algorithm. 
i hope i'll have a sample of it ready later. it'll feature the ram init 
and detection of the Intel 430FX chipset and will have lots of comments 
:) the rest should be a bit of datasheet surfing and register adapting 
(more or less).
Holger




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