[coreboot] [v2] r4317 - trunk/coreboot-v2/src/northbridge/via/vx800

[Uwe Hermann]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 04:07:08AM -0400, Richard Smith wrote:
> If you are going to flatten the structure then you should also probably  
> correct the companion chip name.  The code base this was started from  
> was vx800 but its been modified for the vx855.  At the time OLPC got the  
> code the mods were already made so we don't know exactly what what  
> changed from vx800 to vx855.
>
> The vx855 is a subset of the vx800.  The code will probably work on a  
> vx800 but I'm sure there are subtle differences.  Perhaps you should  
> rename it to be vx8xx and then start dealing with the differences when  
> you find them.

Sounds like a good plan, yes. If the vx855 is a subset of vx800 the
differences should be minimal and a common code base should be nicely
doable.


Uwe.
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