Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:19:35 -0400 From: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Subject: Re: [Fwd: AMD SB700/SB710/SB750 docs have been released!] Message-ID: <200907091219.41323.jkim@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0907091035100.24629@sea.ntplx.net> References: <4A55FC92.5040205@icyb.net.ua> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0907091035100.24629@sea.ntplx.net>
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On Thursday 09 July 2009 10:47 am, Daniel Eischen wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > Might be useful for people hacking on AMD platform drivers and > > related. > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: AMD SB700/SB710/SB750 docs have been released! > > Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:59:36 +0200 > > From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net> > > To: Coreboot <coreboot@coreboot.org> > > > > AMD just released the following docs we need for > > SB700/SB710/SB750 coreboot support: > > > > * AMD SB700/710/750 Register Reference Guide > > * AMD SB700/710/750 BIOS Developer’s Guide > > * AMD SB700/710/750 Register Programming Requirements > > * AMD SB710 Databook > > > > Links to all data sheets are at > > http://www.coreboot.org/Datasheets#AMD_SB700.2FSB710.2FSB750 > > > > This is a great step towards supporting current RS780/SB700 > > family systems. > > > > Immediate benefits of this doc release are: > > - We can implement SB700/SB710/SB750 support without NDA. > > - We can study the embedded controller environment and the > > SuperI/O > > [ snip ] > > I am running -current on an ASUS M4A78T-E which has the SB750 > chipset. Seems to work fine, -j8 buildworld is 21 minutes, > buildkernel with modules is about 7 minutes. I'm not using any of > the RAID functionality. > > The dmesg is here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~deischen/asus_m4a78t-e.dmesg I implemented SB700 combined mode support for ata(4) on -CURRENT: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/191568 I did it without the docs and I had many unanswered questions. Now I am very happy to see they are finally released without NDA. :-) Jung-uk Kim
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