Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > yes. i got the point. but to be sure we need to know _how_ a ddr > is initialized. so the question is -- who knows how to init a ddr? we do. It's all over the newer mobos. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > could you send me / point me to some more info about init a ddr? look at the linuxbios ddr code ;-) ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread Niki Waibel
>> who knows how to init a ddr? > It is already checked in. Checkout the memory init code under > vt8623. ok. this means that vt8623 == cle266? ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread Andrew Ip
Hi Niki, > yes. i got the point. but to be sure we need to know _how_ a ddr > is initialized. so the question is -- who knows how to init a ddr? It is already checked in. Checkout the memory init code under vt8623. -Andrew -- Andrew Ip Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(852) 2542 2046 Fax:

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread Niki Waibel
>> what is so complex with ddr? >> could you send me / point me to some more info about init a ddr? >> or ask the guys at via? > It is the hardware limitation since the ddr init code probably does > not fit in ipl area of DOC which is only 512byte . yes. i got the point. but to be sure we need to

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread Andrew Ip
Hi Niki, > what is so complex with ddr? > could you send me / point me to some more info about init a ddr? > or ask the guys at via? It is the hardware limitation since the ddr init code probably does not fit in ipl area of DOC which is only 512byte . -Andrew -- Andrew Ip Email: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread Niki Waibel
>> More steps are required to init DDR. It might not fit >> in 512 bytes. > > oops, I forgot the DDR nightmare. I think DoC is out for EPIA-M. what is so complex with ddr? could you send me / point me to some more info about init a ddr? or ask the guys at via? niki _

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-17 Thread Niki Waibel
>> i think that the CLE266 (epia-m) is quite different then the vt8601. >> right now i've no idea about northbringes, but i hope that will change soon :) > > doubtful, I have found lots of reuse of cores in these norhtbridges. But > I'm willing to be convinced :-) > >> where did the ppl (who hav

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread ron minnich
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Andrew Ip wrote: > More steps are required to init DDR. It might not fit > in 512 bytes. oops, I forgot the DDR nightmare. I think DoC is out for EPIA-M. ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.or

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread Andrew Ip
Hi, > > I think EPIA-M is even harder to fit into IPL. > why do you think so? More steps are required to init DDR. It might not fit in 512 bytes. -Andrew -- Andrew Ip Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(852) 2542 2046 Fax:(852) 2542 2036 Mobile: (852) 9201 9866 Cwlinux Limited Unit 202B 2/

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > i think that the CLE266 (epia-m) is quite different then the vt8601. > right now i've no idea about northbringes, but i hope that will change soon :) doubtful, I have found lots of reuse of cores in these norhtbridges. But I'm willing to be convinced :-)

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread Andrew Ip
Hi, > > where can i get more info in how to init the mem on a > > epia-m? do i have to rev eng the bios? > read the linuxbios source, of course! I think EPIA-M is even harder to fit into IPL. -Andrew -- Andrew Ip Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(852) 2542 2046 Fax:(852) 2542 2036 Mobile:

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread Niki Waibel
>> where can i get more info in how to init the mem on a >> epia-m? do i have to rev eng the bios? > > src/northbridge/via/vt8601/ipl.S is code that worked for the vt8601 2 > years ago for DoC uses. > > Not guaranteed to work with all DRAM. The 8601 is very tricky. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/freebios-

Re: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread Niki Waibel
>> > where can i get more info in how to init the mem on a >> > epia-m? do i have to rev eng the bios? >> read the linuxbios source, of course! > I think EPIA-M is even harder to fit into IPL. why do you think so? niki ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL P

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > where can i get more info in how to init the mem on a > epia-m? do i have to rev eng the bios? src/northbridge/via/vt8601/ipl.S is code that worked for the vt8601 2 years ago for DoC uses. Not guaranteed to work with all DRAM. The 8601 is very tricky.

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > where can i get more info in how to init the mem on a > epia-m? do i have to rev eng the bios? > read the linuxbios source, of course! ron ___ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread Niki Waibel
>> i am currently playing with this. my epia-m has no DIP32 socket. i >> decided to use a DIP2PLCC adapter to use the MD2802-D08. so i can plug >> it directly into the bios socket. > > please remember, getting to work in the socket is the easy part. Getting > epia support for memory up and runnin

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread ron minnich
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Niki Waibel wrote: > i am currently playing with this. my epia-m has no DIP32 socket. i > decided to use a DIP2PLCC adapter to use the MD2802-D08. so i can plug > it directly into the bios socket. please remember, getting to work in the socket is the easy part. Getting epia

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-16 Thread Niki Waibel
> does anybody have experience with DOC's on an Epia-M board? I read in a previous > message ( > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03307.html ) > that the DOC Millennium 8MB Module MD2802-D08 might work. > Can anybody confirm > this? i am currently playing with this. my epia-m has

RE: DoC on Eipa

2003-09-15 Thread Gregg C Levine
an Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Fenner Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DoC on Eipa Hallo,   does anybody have experience with DO

DoC on Eipa

2003-09-15 Thread Michael Fenner
Hallo,   does anybody have experience with DOC's on an Epia-M board? I read in a previous message ( http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg03307.html ) that the DOC Millennium 8MB Module MD2802-D08 might work. Can anybody confirm this?   They also say I need a ZIF socket, which makes