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From: <ebi...@ln...> - 2002-03-26 19:33:08
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Ronald G Minnich <rmi...@la...> writes: > > >This Etherboot release has many enhancements and bug fixes since 5.0.5. > > >It features LinuxBIOS support and fancy memory detection logic. > > I should mention two things we have found. First, the memory detection > logic in etherboot fails on some north bridges (e.g. Acer), for reasons > too gross to go into. There should be an option to fix memory at a certain > size and not probe or ask the BIOS (is this in there already? I didn't see > it). Ron I believe that is memtest86. Etherboot always asks the BIOS. memtest86 also has this problem on generic boards with 4GB+ of memory. So something needs to happen. > Second, the timer did not work on some of our cards. I have written > self-calibrating timer code that works well enough and if you would like > it I can send it to you. This code was what made the Smartcores work with > Etherboot. I would certainly like to see that. Though I would like to know a few more specifics of what the problem is on the Smartcores. Eric |
