Re: AMD SC410 boot problems with recent kernels

H. Peter Anvin
2001-12-30T23:15:56Z

Robert Schwebel wrote:

> On 23 Dec 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>>#ifdef CONFIG_SC410 time?
>>
>
> What would be the best place to include this into the kernel config
> scheme? Make an option, e.g. 'AMD Elan SC410 support' in "Processor type
> and features"?
>

All of this is really a chipset issue, not a processor issue; I think it
should go in the same place as "Toshiba laptop support" and such...

> I'll make an update for my SC410 patchlet on
>
> http://www.schwebel.de/software/dnp/index_en.html
>
> during the next days, to add the fix for the serial port bug and the A20
> problem.
>
> Do these problems (A20, serial port, timer) only exist on AMD's SC410
> chips or are they also present on the SC520s?

Don't know. Perhaps someone at AMD can say?

-hpa