From: Geir Frode Raanes <geirfrs@invalid.ed.ntnu.no>
To: llandre <r&d@wawnet.biz>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Silicon Motion VGA controllers and PPC architecture
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:10:31 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031113085435.N79832@invalid.ed.ntnu.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20031112173538.01bd2e78@dns.struinfo.it>
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, llandre wrote:
> I'm looking for a VGA controller to use with an embedded PPC405-based system.
> I had a look at the Silicon Motion chips (712/722) and they seem very
> suited for embedded applications.
Errr - may I ask what is special about this brand?
I believe ATI is the only manufacturer of VGA chips that actually
support alternative architectures, at least PowerPC[MAC].
http://www.ati.com/products/embedded/overview.html
> Unfortunately the techical support claims that these chips, because the
> presence of x86 BIOS, support only the x86 architecture. Anybody can
> confirm this?
I once attempted to follow the flow of a x86 BIOS.
In other words, I disassembled it. It was intriguing for a while.
You might want to do the same thing with this expansion BIOS -
after all, you are only interested in the initialization sequence.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-13 8:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-12 16:52 Silicon Motion VGA controllers and PPC architecture llandre
2003-11-12 17:19 ` Mark Powell
2003-11-12 19:36 ` Wolfgang Denk
2003-11-13 8:10 ` Geir Frode Raanes [this message]
2003-11-13 14:25 ` llandre
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-11-12 17:21 Steven Blakeslee
2003-11-13 8:16 Laurent Mohin
2003-11-13 14:14 ` Mark Powell
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