Messages in this thread | | | From | Christer Weinigel <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Embedded X86 systems Was: [PATCH][RFC] AMD Elan patch | Date | Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:05:32 +0100 (CET) |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > There is the basic Cx5530 chipset, which could have support in the > > Linux kernel (IDE, graphics and sound). > > It already does. Has done for ages. The non SB emulation mode of the audio > is not supported but that I don't think matters.
I think that only the Cx550 IDE stuff is in the main kernel though, the Cx5530 audio is a separate patch. Also, the PCI IDs have change for the SCx200, so the IDE driver needs to be updated. I have a patch for this and it seems to work, but I want to test it a bit more first.
> In general if we want to support lots of weird crap then the ARM folks have > a very nice model and a lot of weird crap to have developed their ideas > against. Personal preference > > Type of system (PC, Embedded) > > then for PC leave as is, for embedded > > Board type (blah, blah , blah) > Firmware (PC BIOS, LinuxBIOS, RedBoot)
Sounds good.
/Christer
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