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- Dave Haynie (dhaynie@zeus.jersey.net) wrote:
- : >How can the CHRP specifications be so well-designed that any OS will find
- : >the way to use the chips of a CHRP platform ?
- :
- : CHRP defines three basic methods for dealing with the hardware
- : resources. Certain hardware mechanisms are defined by the CHRP
- : architecture, in terms of register-level definitions; these must be
- : there, they can't be changed. This is one reason why real live CHRP
- : systems are just now becoming possible.
- :
- : A second level of motherboard resources live under the RTAS (Run-Time
- : Abstraction Services) system. These services allow
- : hardware-independent interaction with NVRAM, clocks, PCI, power
- : management, cache control, and SMP.
- :
- : And of course, it's possible to have OS-specific drivers for things,
- : too.
- :
- : Dave Haynie | Hardwired Media | dhaynie@zeus.jersey.net
- : Make a little birdhouse in your soul - T.M.B.G.
-
- Thakns for the info ! I really appreciate the detailed information I can
- get from you. One more question still ,) What does the Hardwired Media mean
- in your signature now ? Have you left Scala or just made your own firm and
- possibly working for AT and CHRP ???
-
- Esa Haapaniemi
- University of Oulu
- Finland
-