[coreboot] V2 Orders of Initialization of Devices

bari bari at onelabs.com
Mon Jun 9 05:52:26 CEST 2008


Joseph Smith wrote:
>>
>> Does the order of the devices in /src/maniboard/../../Config.lb actually
>> effect the order in which the devices are initialized in coreboot?
>>
>> If not, what is the preferred method if one device or register needs to
>> be set before others?
>>
>>     
>
> If you need to initialize a device early you can always do it in auto.c, but
> it depends which device it is.....
> For example, if it is a PCI device, you will need to initialize the PCI
> bridge first, and then you can initialize the PCI device.
>
>
>   
Yes, but if you don't use auto.c does the order in Config.lb have an 
effect on the order in which registers are written to or read from?

-Bari





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