Biostar M6TBA

This pages describes how to use coreboot on the Biostar M6TBA mainboard. It's maintained by Uwe Hermann.

This page is work in progress!

Status

Device/functionality	Status	Comments
CPU
CPU works	OK	CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
L1 cache enabled	Untested
L2 cache enabled	WIP	L2 cache is not being enabled at the moment. We're working on fixing it.
L3 cache enabled	N/A
Multiple CPU support	N/A
Multi-core support	N/A
Hardware virtualization	N/A
RAM
EDO	N/A
SDRAM	WIP	Works, but currently the RAM settings are hardcoded to one 64MB DIMM and certain speed settings. This will be fixed soon, a patch is on the way.
SO-DIMM	N/A
DDR	N/A
DDR2	N/A
DDR3	N/A
Dual channel support	N/A
ECC support	WIP	Not yet supported by the coreboot 440BX code, but it's on out TODO list.
On-board Hardware
On-board IDE 3.5"
On-board IDE 2.5"	N/A
On-board SATA	N/A
On-board SCSI	Unknown
On-board USB	Untested
On-board VGA	N/A
On-board ethernet	N/A
On-board audio	N/A
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
Audio/Modem-Riser (AMR/CNR) cards	Unknown
PCI add-on cards
Mini-PCI add-on cards	Unknown
PCI-X add-on cards	Unknown
AGP graphics cards
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
Serial port 1 (COM1)	OK
Serial port 2 (COM2)
Parallel port
PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 mouse
Game port	N/A
Infrared	Unknown
PC speaker	Unknown
DiskOnChip	N/A
Miscellaneous
Sensors / fan control
Hardware watchdog	Unknown
SMBus	Unknown
CAN bus	N/A
CPU frequency scaling
Other powersaving features	Unknown
ACPI	No	There's no ACPI implementation for this board.
Reboot	Unknown
Poweroff	Unknown
Suspend	Unknown
Nonstandard LEDs	N/A	No special-purpose LEDs available on the board.
High precision event timers (HPET)	Unknown
Random number generator (RNG)	Unknown
Wake on modem ring	Unknown
Wake on LAN	Unknown
Wake on keyboard	Unknown
Wake on mouse	Unknown
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