Re: Silicon Motion VGA controllers and PPC architecture

In message [ref] you wrote:

I'm looking for a VGA controller to use with an embedded PPC405-based system.
I had a look at the Silicon Motion chips (712/722) and they seem very
suited for embedded applications.
Unfortunately the techical support claims that these chips, because the
presence of x86 BIOS, support only the x86 architecture. Anybody can
confirm this?

The presence of a x86 BIOS is no killing point to use such a board on
a PowerPC system. All you need to do is to run the BIUOS  code  using
some  sort  of x86 emulator. Such a beast is for example available in
U-Boot - the AmigaOneG3SE board uses it.

Ummm.. I didn't say it was trivial to get this running,  but  it  has
been done before.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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