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On Dec 11, 2003, at 9:21 AM, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> Mostly. That paragraph was before I read the spec.
>
> The question that remains though came up later in the note. :-) How do 
> you
> make sure the PCI->LPC bridge chip has been configured before you try 
> to
> configure the things behind it?

Right now, we assume the BIOS has done it.  We have assumed this for 
years.  A PCI->LPC bridge is just a fancy word for "southbridge that 
doesn't have ISA slot support".  All those southbridge and PCI superio 
chips are "PCI->LPC bridges".

> The LPC spec implies that devices on it should use ACPI for 
> configuration,
> so the question may turn into how does ACPI tell us to configure the 
> LPC
> bridge, and how do we ensure that the LPC bridge is configured before 
> the
> (ACPI) devices behind it try to probe?

I suggest you read the ACPI spec.  Keep it in your bathroom.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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