Corey Osgood wrote: > Marc Jones wrote: >> Meant to send this to the list. >> Marc >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2 >> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:05:47 -0600 >> From: Marc Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Darmawan Salihun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> Darmawan Salihun wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I've grepped through the source code last night but haven't found >>> code for board that uses this chipset. Is there any support coming >>> down the road? I'm planning to buy a new system for BIOS experiments >>> in the next few days. This chipset is a candidate for me. I want a >>> chipset with onboard video and K8 processor. >>> I choose K8 because the datasheet for the memory controller is >>> readily available. I'm open for any suggestion(s). Basically, I just >>> want a system that can run Vista, support multicore processor and can >>> be used for LinuxBIOS experiments (preferably without soldering stuff >>> needed). >>> Anyway, one further question: hot-flashing can be done on SPI >>> chips as well, right? >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Darmawan Salihun >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -= Human knowledge belongs to the world =- >>> >> Hi Darmawan, >> Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) >> chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't >> have a specific release date. >> >> == >> Marc Jones >> Senior Firmware Engineer >> (970) 226-9684 Office >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors >> >> >> Marc > > Great news! Is this only for current and future chipsets, or might we > see some older ones as well? Most interested in the RS480/SB400, btw, > I'd like to mess around with it on my laptop and see what happens. > > Thanks, > Corey >
Corey, We will focus on current chipsets for now since that is what our customers need. Marc -- Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
