AMD SOUTH STATION

This page describes how to use coreboot on the South Station mainboard.

Status

Device/functionality	Status	Comments
CPU
CPU works	OK
L1 cache enabled	OK
L2 cache enabled	OK
L3 cache enabled	N/A
Multiple CPU support	N/A
Multi-core support	OK
Hardware virtualization	Untested
RAM
EDO	N/A
SDRAM	N/A
SO-DIMM	OK	unbuffered, non-ECC
DDR	N/A
DDR2	N/A
DDR3	N/A
Dual channel support	N/A
ECC support	N/A
On-board Hardware
On-board IDE 3.5"	N/A
On-board IDE 2.5"	Unknown
On-board SATA	OK
On-board SCSI	N/A
On-board USB	OK
On-board VGA	OK	VBIOS available from AMD
On-board ethernet	OK
On-board audio	OK
On-board modem	N/A
On-board FireWire	N/A
On-board smartcard reader	N/A
On-board CompactFlash	N/A
On-board PCMCIA	N/A
Add-on slots/cards
ISA add-on cards	N/A
Audio/Modem-Riser (AMR/CNR) cards	N/A
PCI add-on cards	N/A
Mini-PCI add-on cards	OK
PCI-X add-on cards	N/A
AGP graphics cards	N/A
PCI Express x1 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x2 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x4 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x8 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x16 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x32 add-on cards	N/A
HTX add-on cards	N/A
Legacy / Super I/O
Floppy	N/A
Serial port 1 (COM1)	N/A
Serial port 2 (COM2)	N/A
Parallel port	N/A
PS/2 keyboard	N/A
PS/2 mouse	N/A
Game port	N/A
Infrared	N/A
PC speaker	Untested
DiskOnChip	N/A
Miscellaneous
Sensors / fan control	WIP
Hardware watchdog	WIP
SMBus	Unknown
CAN bus	N/A
CPU frequency scaling	OK
Other powersaving features	N/A
ACPI	OK
Reboot	OK
Poweroff	OK
Nonstandard LEDs	WIP	onboard drive LED remains on until OS loads
High precision event timers (HPET)	Need to test
Random number generator (RNG)	N/A
Wake on modem ring	N/A
Wake on LAN	Untested
Wake on keyboard	Untested
Wake on mouse	Untested
Flashrom	OK

latest working commit

b79935129

OS Install

Tested with SeaBIOS 0.6.2 plus AHCI patch http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bios.coreboot.seabios/1663.

• Ubuntu 11.10
  • http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/DVDs/ubuntu/10.10/release/ubuntu-10.10-dvd-amd64.iso
  • ATI Catalyst Graphic Driver: pass. http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-11-11-x86.x86_64.run

• Verified Feature:

HDMI, LAN, mini-pcie slots, sata, usb, RAID.

• • RAID:
    • Coreboot: SATA RAID Option ROM is required.
    • OS: AHCI Device Driver is required.