From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:10:31 +0100 (CET) From: Geir Frode Raanes To: llandre Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Silicon Motion VGA controllers and PPC architecture In-Reply-To: <5.1.1.6.0.20031112173538.01bd2e78@dns.struinfo.it> Message-ID: <20031113085435.N79832@invalid.ed.ntnu.no> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20031112173538.01bd2e78@dns.struinfo.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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. -- ****************************************************** Never ever underestimate the power of human stupidity. -Robert Anson Heinlein GeirFRS@INVALID.and.so.forth ****************************************************** ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/