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Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 15:56:55 +0100 (MET)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.5.51
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On 12 Dec 2002, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> writes:
> > Well, at least r128's and radeon's need the memory controller and PLLs
> > initialized by the BIOS/firmware, we don't have documentation about how
> > to acheive that ourselves (and this can depend on the specific wiring of
> > a given card anyway).
> 
> I believe those actions have to be taken.  I haven't seen how flexible
> the chips are with respect to which memory they take, which is
> generally where most of the complexity comes in.
> 
> I have written northbridge memory initialization code that generally
> does not depend on the motherboard, I would be very surprised to find
> out that video card are generally more difficult (except in the area
> of documentation).

Do you have SPD EEPROMs on your video card's memory?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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