diff --git a/hardware_init_review.tex b/hardware_init_review.tex index 6cc9460..971b224 100644 --- a/hardware_init_review.tex +++ b/hardware_init_review.tex @@ -614,8 +614,11 @@ contains specialized chips for managing input/output operations and system health monitoring. The WINBOND W83667HG-A Super I/O chip handles traditional I/O functions such as legacy serial and parallel ports, - keyboard, and mouse interfaces, but also the SPI chip that contains the - firmware \cite{winbond}. Meanwhile, the Nuvoton W83795G/ADG Hardware + keyboard, and mouse interfaces, but also the SPI chip (Serial Peripheral + Interface, a synchronous serial communication protocol primarily used + to communicate between microcontrollers and peripheral devices like + sensors or memory devices) that contains the firmware \cite{winbond}. + Meanwhile, the Nuvoton W83795G/ADG Hardware Monitor oversees the system’s health by monitoring temperatures, voltages, and fan speeds, ensuring that the system operates within safe parameters \cite{nuvoton}. On the KGPE-D16, access to the Super @@ -992,7 +995,8 @@ The \path{bootblock_soc_early_init} function is called to initialize the I2C bus of the southbridge. The \path{bootblock_fch_early_init} function is invoked to - initialize the SPI buses (including the one for the ROM) and the + initialize the SPI buses (Serial Peripheral Interface, + allowing to access the chip that contains the ROM) and the serial and "legacy" buses of the southbridge. The CMOS clock is then initialized, followed by the pre-initialization of the serial console.