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This page describes how to use coreboot on the '''[http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=5115&CATEGORY_TYPE=INFINITY&SITE=US DFI Infinity NF570 series]''' mainboard. It is maintained by [[User:ChrisLingard|Chris Lingard]].
 
This page describes how to use coreboot on the '''[http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=5115&CATEGORY_TYPE=INFINITY&SITE=US DFI Infinity NF570 series]''' mainboard. It is maintained by [[User:ChrisLingard|Chris Lingard]].
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== Status ==

Revision as of 10:37, 8 November 2008

This page describes how to use coreboot on the DFI Infinity NF570 series mainboard. It is maintained by Chris Lingard.


Work in progress, back soon

Status

Device/functionality Status Comments
CPU
CPU works OK AMD Athlon(tm) X2 dual core Processor 6000+
L1 cache enabled OK CPU: L1 I 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 OK Works fine, tested with prolonged builds like gcc and glibc
Hardware virtualization Untested
RAM
EDO N/A
SDRAM N/A
SO-DIMM N/A
DDR N/A N/A
DDR2 OK Using 2 by 2GB 667
DDR3 N/A
Dual channel support Untested
ECC support Untested
On-board Hardware
On-board IDE 3.5" N/A
On-board IDE 2.5" N/A
On-board SATA OK Tested: SATA port 1 , that is my CD/DVD RW.
On-board SCSI Unknown
On-board USB Untested Should be OK.all the right modules are loaded by udev/kernel
On-board VGA N/A
On-board ethernet OK
On-board audio Untested
On-board modem N/A
On-board FireWire Untested
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 Untested
Mini-PCI add-on cards Unknown
PCI-X add-on cards Unknown
AGP graphics cards N/A
PCI Express x1 add-on cards OK
PCI Express x2 add-on cards Untested
PCI Express x4 add-on cards N/A
PCI Express x8 add-on cards N/A
PCI Express x16 add-on cards OK Tested: Saphire ati clone radion card. Works using the radionhd X11 driver.
PCI Express x32 add-on cards N/A
HTX add-on cards N/A
Legacy / Super I/O
Floppy WIP Does not work with either the factory or coreboot BIOS
Serial port 1 (COM1) OK
Serial port 2 (COM2) N/A
Parallel port Untested
PS/2 keyboard OK
PS/2 mouse OK
Game port Untested
Infrared N/A
PC speaker OK
DiskOnChip N/A
Miscellaneous
Sensors / fan control Untested
Hardware watchdog Untested
SMBus Unknown
CAN bus N/A
CPU frequency scaling Untested
Other powersaving features N/A
ACPI Untested
Reboot OK
Poweroff Untested
Suspend Unknown
Nonstandard LEDs OK
High precision event timers (HPET) Untested
Random number generator (RNG) N/A
Wake on modem ring Untested
Wake on LAN Untested
Wake on keyboard Untested
Wake on mouse Untested
Flashrom OK Works fine with coreboot and with the proprietary BIOS. The board/chipset/flashrom can decode 1MB chips fine.

Hardware

  • AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2
  • Nvidea MCP55
  • Nvidea
  • Pm49LF004

lspci -tvnn


[0000:00]-+-00.0 nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller [10de:0369] 

          +-01.0  nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge [10de:0362]
          +-01.1  nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus [10de:0368]
          +-01.2  nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller [10de:036a]
          +-01.3  nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMU [10de:036b]
          +-02.0  nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller [10de:036c]
          +-02.1  nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller [10de:036d]
          +-04.0  nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE [10de:036e]
          +-05.0  nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller [10de:037f]
          +-05.1  nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller [10de:037f]
          +-05.2  nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller [10de:037f]
          +-06.0-[0000:01]----07.0  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller [1106:3044]
          +-06.1  nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio [10de:0371]
          +-08.0  nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet [10de:0373]
          +-0b.0-[0000:02]--
          +-0c.0-[0000:03]--
          +-0d.0-[0000:04]--
          +-0e.0-[0000:05]--
          +-0f.0-[0000:06]--+-00.0  ATI Technologies Inc RV630 [Radeon HD 2600XT] [1002:9588]
          |                 \-00.1  ATI Technologies Inc RV630/M76 audio device [Radeon HD 2600 Series] [1002:aa08]
          +-18.0  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration [1022:1100]
          +-18.1  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map [1022:1101]
          +-18.2  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller [1022:1102]
          \-18.3  Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control [1022:1103]


Building coreboot

This motherboard has a socketed BIOS chip, so, first of all buy half a dozen empty Pm49LF004 chips. Build flasrom and do something like:


BIOS Power up — OS loader Linux — shell Summary
Vendor BIOS (boot from SATA disk) 24s 24s 48s
coreboot (boot from SATA disk) 9s 24s 33s


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