Re: pci-e config register modification in grub

["Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>]

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Nando wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Wondering if grub2 can have an additional module added to do various
> pci-e Configuration Register fixups/modifications before launching
> into XP/Win7/Linux. 
Are PCI configuration registers enough? If not can you research the
specifications?
> Specifically I require:
>
> 1/ ability to modify PCI Bridge Configuration Registers for DIY ViDock
> project <http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5324240> to
> allow the video card to work [ current workaround is boot DOS, use
> pcitool to do the mod, then use grub4dos to chainload the OS ]
>
> 2/ ability to restore a mini pci-e port's Extended PCI Configuration
> registers config to reverse HP bios whitelisting of wifi cards (See
> bottom of HP Mini pci-e wifi bios thread
> <http://www.wimsbios.com/phpBB2/topic9388-105.html>. No current tool
> can do this that I've found, with the DOS pcitool extending only to
> the 00-FF pci-e configuration registers, not the extended registers.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 with grub as the bootloader. Can these
> features be added to grub via say the menu.lst file as well as some
> config file that can store the dump for (2) above??
>
> Nando
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko



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