ASUS M2N-E

This page describes how to use coreboot on the ASUS M2N-E mainboard. It is maintained by Uwe Hermann.

Status

Device/functionality	Status	Comments
CPU
CPU works	OK	I'm using: CPU model AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+
L1 cache enabled	OK	CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
L2 cache enabled	OK	CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line)
L3 cache enabled	N/A
Multiple CPU support	N/A
Multi-core support	Untested	I don't have a multicore CPU to test with, but it should work.
Hardware virtualization	Untested
RAM
EDO	N/A
SDRAM	N/A
SO-DIMM	N/A
DDR	N/A
DDR2	OK	Tested: One 512 MB DIMM in slot DIMM_A2 (see manual).
DDR3	N/A
Dual channel support	OK	Seems to work. Tested: Two 512MB DIMMs (in the DIMM_A2 and DIMM_B2 slots).
ECC support	Untested
On-board Hardware
On-board IDE 3.5"	OK	Tested: Booting from IDE disk (CF card actually).
On-board IDE 2.5"	N/A
On-board SATA	OK	Tested: Booting from a SATA disk in ports SATA1-SATA6 (all of them work).
On-board SCSI	N/A
On-board USB	OK	Tested: USB keyboard on all 10 USB ports.
On-board VGA	N/A
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	OK	Tested: PCI graphics card in all three PCI slots.
Mini-PCI add-on cards	N/A
PCI-X add-on cards	N/A
AGP graphics cards	N/A
PCI Express x1 add-on cards	OK	Tested: PCI-E x1 NIC in both PCI-E x1 slots.
PCI Express x2 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x4 add-on cards	OK	Tested: PCI-E x1 NIC (which also fits in the x4 slot).
PCI Express x8 add-on cards	N/A
PCI Express x16 add-on cards	OK	Tested: PCI-E x16 graphics card.
PCI Express x32 add-on cards	N/A
HTX add-on cards	N/A
Legacy / Super I/O
Floppy	WIP	Doesn't seem to work, yet.
Serial port 1 (COM1)	OK
Serial port 2 (COM2)	N/A
Parallel port	OK	Tested: modprobe ppdev.
PS/2 keyboard	OK
PS/2 mouse	OK
Game port	N/A
Infrared	N/A
PC speaker	OK
DiskOnChip	N/A
Miscellaneous
Sensors / fan control	OK	The k8temp, it87, lm85, eeprom and i2c-nforce2 / i2c-dev modules load fine and seem to work.
Hardware watchdog	N/A
SMBus	N/A
CAN bus	N/A
CPU frequency scaling	WIP	Doesn't work, yet.
Other powersaving features	N/A
ACPI	No	There's no ACPI implementation for this board, yet.
Reboot	OK
Poweroff	No	Needs ACPI support.
Nonstandard LEDs	OK	There's a power-on LED on the board PCB, it lights up when the board is powered up.
High precision event timers (HPET)	WIP	Currently not enabled in coreboot, but you can enable it via the hpet=force Linux kernel cmdline argument. The powertop tool works fine.
Random number generator (RNG)	N/A
Wake on modem ring	Untested
Wake on LAN	Untested
Wake on keyboard	Untested
Wake on mouse	Untested
Flashrom	WIP	Works fine with the proprietary BIOS, the may be issues when booted with coreboot though (investigating).

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