Re: [LinuxBIOS] "Cache As RAM" asf.

2007-04-29 Thread Bari Ari
ron minnich wrote: > > So, are there proto cards out there with nothing but a flash part on them? There are cheap ~$15 SCSI cards around and also PCI media card readers for ~$30. If the ROM's on NIC's show up during boot, then cards are available for under $5. But I don't recall any of them m

Re: [LinuxBIOS] "Cache As RAM" asf.

2007-04-29 Thread Darmawan Salihun
Maybe the following card is of some use: http://www.uxd.nl/en/pages/producten/hardware/phdpci2.html As for the cost, maybe it's better to use the Altera MAX II proposed by Quux On 4/29/07, Darmawan Salihun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Ron, I'm not sure about the existence of such a card. I

Re: [LinuxBIOS] "Cache As RAM" asf.

2007-04-29 Thread Darmawan Salihun
Hi Ron, I'm not sure about the existence of such a card. I used to hack an unused PCI Expansion Card (Adaptec SCSI Controller) to place my self-made code < http://www.geocities.com/mamanzip/Articles/Low_Cost_Embedded_x86_Teaching_Tool.html>. Maybe such approach can be used. Nonetheless, it means

Re: [LinuxBIOS] "Cache As RAM" asf.

2007-04-28 Thread ron minnich
On 4/28/07, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 03:11:19PM +0200, Quux wrote: > > do you think that PCI expansion ROM may be useful during the > > developing phase in order to avoid soldering as on an GA M57sli > > mobo ? > > Not an expansion ROM, that suggests the ROM

Re: [LinuxBIOS] "Cache As RAM" asf.

2007-04-28 Thread Peter Stuge
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 03:11:19PM +0200, Quux wrote: > do you think that PCI expansion ROM may be useful during the > developing phase in order to avoid soldering as on an GA M57sli > mobo ? Not an expansion ROM, that suggests the ROM is part of a PCI expansion card (sound card, networking card,

[LinuxBIOS] "Cache As RAM" asf.

2007-04-28 Thread Quux
thank you for your posting, Darmawan. do you think that PCI expansion ROM may be useful during the developing phase in order to avoid soldering as on an GA M57sli mobo ? Eventually it does not make much sense anymore, when the LinuxBIOS code is verified to work. But before that it allows quick