new aic7xxx.c

[Doug Ledford]

On 20-Jan-98 Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
>In article <XFMail.980120150739.dledford at dialnet.net> you wrote:
>> 
>> On 20-Jan-98 Luis.G.Silva at inesc.pt wrote:
>>>
>>>Bad news ! After recompiling the kernel with that new aic7xxx.c, it still
>>>does not recognize the SEEPROM. As soon as you have another patch to the
>>>aic7xxx.c please send me and I will test it.
>> 
>> Bummer, I may have to contact Tyan about it :(
>
>It's a motherboard controller.  They rarely use an SEEPROM to store
>configuration information.  It's usually done by using the same NVRAM
>required to save PNP information.  What you should be concentrating on
>is getting the probe to recognize that the chip was initialized by a
>BIOS and then use the left over BIOS information.

It already does that, but it would still be nice to get at the config info
(especially if that turns out to be the only place they store the
CHANNEL_B_PRIMARY setup info).  My Intel DK440LX motherboard with the
controller has a SEEPROM, so at least that was nice :)

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E-Mail: Doug Ledford <dledford at dialnet.net>
Date: 20-Jan-98
Time: 18:02:40
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