Re: [LinuxBIOS] where to buy 2MB flash parts? / upgrade poss. ?

2007-05-09 Thread Peter Stuge
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:49:55AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: > Hm? It's at the top of 4GB. I read the pdfs again, ICH7 and ICH8 both decode up to 16Mbyte. :) Address ranges can be locked down in various ways by the BIOS though. For development, some boards bring out the boot BIOS destination sig

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where to buy 2MB flash parts? / upgrade poss. ?

2007-05-09 Thread Quux
Peter Stuge schrieb: > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 04:22:53PM -0700, ron minnich wrote: > >> On 5/9/07, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> However, the southbridge needs to decode the full 2Mbyte (these >>> are 16Mbit parts) address range for it to be useful in practice. >>> >

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where to buy 2MB flash parts? / upgrade poss. ?

2007-05-09 Thread Peter Stuge
On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 04:22:53PM -0700, ron minnich wrote: > On 5/9/07, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, the southbridge needs to decode the full 2Mbyte (these > > are 16Mbit parts) address range for it to be useful in practice. > > blast. A lot of the SB parts I looked at, ye

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where to buy 2MB flash parts? / upgrade poss. ?

2007-05-09 Thread ron minnich
On 5/9/07, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:04:16AM +0200, Quux wrote: > > is it poss. to upgrade a mainboard, say GA M57SLI, from 1 MBit > > flash to 2 Mbit on the secondary pad ? --Q > > In theory there is no problem. > > However, the southbridge needs to deco

Re: [LinuxBIOS] where to buy 2MB flash parts? / upgrade poss. ?

2007-05-09 Thread Peter Stuge
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:04:16AM +0200, Quux wrote: > is it poss. to upgrade a mainboard, say GA M57SLI, from 1 MBit > flash to 2 Mbit on the secondary pad ? --Q In theory there is no problem. However, the southbridge needs to decode the full 2Mbyte (these are 16Mbit parts) address range for

[LinuxBIOS] where to buy 2MB flash parts? / upgrade poss. ?

2007-05-09 Thread Quux
Jeremy Jackson schrieb: > OK I got lucky, AVnet had "broken stock", so I was able to order 8pcs > and got them in 2 days. (SST 2MB LPC flash chips) > > Jeremy > > I might be persuaded to part with a couple of them to is it poss. to upgrade a mainboard, say GA M57SLI, from 1 MBit flash to 2 Mbit