[coreboot] #129: Add support for high_tables_base for all chipsets that don't support it yet.
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Thu Apr 23 15:20:37 CEST 2009
#129: Add support for high_tables_base for all chipsets that don't support it
yet.
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Reporter: oxygene | Owner: somebody
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: critical | Milestone:
Component: coreboot | Version: v2
Keywords: | Dependencies:
Patchstatus: there is no patch |
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Without tables in high memory, seabios won't run on your chipset properly.
it overwrites your tables in the F segment, as seabios itself lives there.
Also, once there is support for high_tables_base everywhere, the code in
src/arch/i386/boot/tables.c can be cleaned up and simplified considerably.
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Ticket URL: <http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/129>
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