DFI NF570 Build Tutorial

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

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Device/functionality	Status	Comments
CPU
CPU works	OK	I'm using: CPU model 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"	OK	filo gets its menu from /boot/filo/menu.lst
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	OK
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	There's a power-on LED on the board PCB, it lights up when the board is powered up.
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  VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge [1106:0238]
           +-00.1  VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge [1106:1238]
           +-00.2  VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge [1106:2238]
           +-00.3  VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge [1106:3238]
           +-00.4  VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge [1106:4238]
           +-00.5  VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller [1106:5238]
           +-00.7  VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge [1106:7238]
           +-01.0-[0000:01]--
           +-02.0-[0000:02]--
           +-03.0-[0000:03]--
           +-03.1-[0000:04]--
           +-03.2-[0000:05]----00.0  Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller [11ab:4362]
           +-03.3-[0000:06]--
           +-07.0 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8310 and 88W8000G [Libertas] 802.11g client chipset [11ab:1fa7]
           +-08.0 Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104c:8023]
           +-0f.0  VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller [1106:3149]
           +-0f.1  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE [1106:0571]
           +-10.0  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038]
           +-10.1  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038]
           +-10.2  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038]
           +-10.3  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038]
           +-10.4  VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104]
           +-11.0  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] [1106:3227]
           +-11.5  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller [1106:3059]
           +-11.6  VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller [1106:3068]
           +-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

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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