[LinuxBIOS] AMD Geode LX support for LinuxBIOS

[Richard Smith]

Jordan Crouse wrote:

> Also, remember that the whole process was made easier by the fact that
> OFW+OLPC is a very specialized platform - it just isn't intended to
> change - so much so that we can hard code PCI BAR assignments and sizes.
> Its a bit more difficult to implement this sort of process when you have
> to worry about half a dozen different platforms that might implement 
> slightly different models and scenarios. 

Jordan speaks true.  The OLPC is much more of an embedded system than a 
normal PC.  Taking advantage of that has allowed us to do some of the 
things that you just can't do on a general purpose mainboard.

Very little of the OFW early init is dynamic.  Its essentially a big 
table that we just blast into the MSR's.  We can do that because we own 
the hardware platform and can guarantee what hardware will be present.

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Richard A. Smith
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