Re: [OT] Intel chipset development documents

Greg Sheard (greg@ecsc.co.uk)
02 Nov 2001 21:03:43 +0000


On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 17:38, Martin Mares wrote:
> Hello!
>
> > Hi all. Apologies for OT, but this seems the best place to ask.
> > Intel have removed documentation for the 430VX (Triton) chipset from
> > their developer site. I'm trying to check that the access details for
> > the Southbridge are the same as for the 440BX chipset, since I'm working
> > on some code for direct PCI access. If they're not, could somebody
> > please let me have the relevant documentation?
>
> I guess I could have some 430VX documentation at home (will check
> tomorrow).
>
> As far as I remember, Configuration Type 1 should be supported since
> the earliest Intel chipset, Type 2 could vary.
>

Thanks for that Martin, much appreciated.

I already have the configuration type down (it's 1), but the 430VX and
also the VIA 585 seem only to report host bridges. I'm unable to spot
the piece of code which does different PCI-related things for these
chipsets in the kernel. Does anybody know if a workaround is applied?

Regards,
Greg.

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