Hello, > > are there any plans to port coreboot to a recent AMD chipset like 780G / > > SB700? I would like to see coreboot running on the ASUS M3A-H/HDMI. > > The AMD 690/600 is in the works.
That sounds great and I think that it won't be to difficult to move to AMD 780G / SB700, will it? Nevertheless, I cannot find any code for AMD 690 / SB600 in SVN - is it already there? I think that we need further information concerning irq routing (I think I have to ask ASUS for it) as well as the southbridge (like the addresses passed to pci_write_config32, right? I have to ask AMD for that). Do I need further information? > > I am not very experienced in low-level programming but I am willing to > > learn and to spend some time to port coreboot to that chipset. > > How far is the progress of coreboot v3? Is it a good idea to use that > > version or is it better to use coreboot v2 and port it to v3 as soon as > > it is stable? > > Start with V2, then it can be moved into V3. What is the difference between v2 and v3 / will it be difficult to move it? > > The flash chip on the ASUS M3A-H/HDMI is a SPI chip like the one that can > > be found on the GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4. There is a second unused position, > > too. Are there any limitations on the chips that can be used or can I use > > any of the supported spi chips (like the MX25L3205)? > > Depends on the southbridge as far as how large the spi device may be. The chip found on my mainboard is a MX25L8005 with 8MBit. Where can I buy a MX25L8005 or a larger chip (in Germay)? I have found 8MBit and 16Mbit spi chips on http://www.bios-fix.de (13,54€ + 2,21€) but I cannot find the MX25L3205. Kind regards Ole -- coreboot mailing list coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
