[coreboot] IDE cable select question

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 22.02.2008 21:03, joe at smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
> Quoting joe at smittys.pointclark.net:
>
>   
>> Quoting ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com>:
>>
>>     
>>> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:15 AM,  <joe at smittys.pointclark.net> wrote:
>>>       
>>>>  It is the Intel 82801DB ICH4 chipset. I think most of the ICH's are
>>>>  the same on this. So are you saying this can be set in filo, or
>>>>  coreboot?
>>>>         
>>> I think coreboot has to do it ... if the kernel can not.
>>>
>>> ron
>>>
>>>       
>> Ok then, I think it may complicate things too much if we had a
>> IDENTIFY_DRIVE command query to the drive (Note: this command query is
>> also used for DMA settings). That would be like basicly re-writing an
>> IDE driver??
>>
>>     
> After some futher reading, I don't know if this would even be possible  
> with coreboot. It would have to be done with filo (file does this  
> command query anyways and prints out the drive model number) when the  
> drives are fully initialized. Looks like senerio number two...
>   
>> So, I propose a global option (IDE_CABLE = 40 or 80) that can easily
>> be adjusted from Config.lb in the targets directory, that sets the
>> value for a simple function in
>> src/southbridge/intel/i82801xx/i82801xx_ide.c.
>> Does that make sense?
>>
>>     
> If there are no objections I will submit a patch. What coreboot system  
> files need to be modified for a global option?
>   

Can you please check with the Linux IDE guys? The matter is horribly 
complicated because you have to check whether the 80-wire cable was 
detected by the controller and check the same for the drive. 
linux-ide at vger.kernel.org is the address you want to write to and the 
experts there can tell you exactly what the BIOS is expected to do.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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