[flashrom] [PATCH 3/8] ichspi: don't touch the nonexistent(?) BBAR register on ICH8

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Sat Sep 17 15:55:13 CEST 2011


Am 20.08.2011 12:39 schrieb Stefan Tauner:
> There is no sign of BBAR (BIOS Base Address Configuration Register)
> in the public datasheet (or specification update) of the ICH8. Also,
> the offset of that register has changed between ICH7 (SPIBAR + 50h)
> and ICH9 (SPIBAR + A0h), so we have no clue if or where it is on
> ICH8. Better don't try to touch it at all and assume/hope it is 0.

Just a short comment about this:
Can we create a TODO.txt or UNKNOWN.txt file in the flashrom source
which lists all such questions and similar assumptions? That way we know
which questions we can ask Intel if one of their engineers talks to us.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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