On 03.09.2007 11:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> I have a little question : does someone have a more up-to-date >>> version of the DS of the it8716 chip? It seems to me that the >>> version that can be currently downloaded on the ite website doesn't >>> match at all the chip revision used on gigabyte mobo.. (regarding >>> the electrical interface at least..) >> I can't find any other documentation than that either. >> >> The M57SLI board with SOIC flash has a version C 8716, I guess >> they've changed the pinout. >> >> --8<-- 0.3 data sheet cover page >> Please note that the IT8716F V0.3 is applicable to D version and >> future versions. >> -->8-- > > This seems a little bit strange for me : the pinout of the C version seems to > replace a floppy disk interface with the spi interface.. When one think that > FD > is considered "antiquated peripheral" and spi a "new paradigm" for bios > storage, > that would mean that ver. C is "more modern" that ver. D in its design?!..
OK, I have the 0.2 and 0.3 datasheet of IT8716F and I can't find any difference in interfaces between the datasheets. Please be more specific what you think has been replaced (including page numbers). Carl-Daniel -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios