[coreboot] RFC: reliable XEN-Server project with Core-Boot. Which Mainboard to use

2009-05-14 Thread Ludwig Jaffe
Hi there, as coreboot gives us the possibility to fully control a board's boot process, I would like to suggest to make a small end-user project. As I do want to build some web and application servers using xen. I think about joining forces and build a reference-implementation for that. So anyo

Re: [coreboot] RFC: reliable XEN-Server project with Core-Boot. Which Mainboard to use

2009-05-14 Thread Patrick Georgi
Am 14.05.2009 10:44, schrieb Ludwig Jaffe: The Server just boots coreboot and then the xen-kernel with the essential tools. So if anything goes wrong (Misconfigured Xen-clients, hdd-failures, Network, other pain which does not affect cpu+chipset) the box will be able to be put to life again from

Re: [coreboot] RFC: reliable XEN-Server project with Core-Boot. Which Mainboard to use

2009-05-14 Thread Peter Stuge
Ludwig Jaffe wrote: > Within coreboot, using a 8MByte Bios we should have enough space > for the userland. Note that 8Mbyte flash chips are very rare. Flash chip sizes are always expressed in bits, so 8MB means 8Mbit, ie. 1Mbyte. > Now the question is, which board/chipset would you choose? Prob