VIA pc2500e - Revision history

Stepan: /* Build tutorial */

2010-05-05T08:16:21Z

‎Build tutorial

Stepan: /* Build tutorial */ svn paths

2009-10-30T18:34:40Z

‎Build tutorial: svn paths

Uwe at 21:33, 14 October 2009

2009-10-14T21:33:57Z

Uwe at 00:58, 11 December 2008

2008-12-11T00:58:41Z

Uwe at 00:46, 11 December 2008

2008-12-11T00:46:06Z

Uwe: VIA pc2500e Build Tutorial moved to VIA pc2500e

2008-11-16T15:07:20Z

VIA pc2500e Build Tutorial moved to VIA pc2500e

Uwe: /* Build tutorial */ Ugly hack no longer needed.

2008-10-19T20:27:46Z

‎Build tutorial: Ugly hack no longer needed.

Uwe at 18:53, 11 October 2008

2008-10-11T18:53:02Z

Uwe: Status updates. Boots to a login prompt now.

2008-10-11T15:18:17Z

Status updates. Boots to a login prompt now.

Uwe: Initial status page and tutorial for the VIA pc2500e mainboard.

2008-10-11T01:24:17Z

Initial status page and tutorial for the VIA pc2500e mainboard.

New page

[[Image:Via pc2500e.jpg|thumb|The VIA pc2500e, V1.0C]]

This page describes how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_mainboard/index.jsp VIA pc2500e]''' mainboard.

== Status ==

{{Status|

|CPU_status = OK
|CPU_comments = VIA Esther processor 1500MHz
|CPU_L1_status = OK
|CPU_L1_comments = CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
|CPU_L2_status = OK
|CPU_L2_comments = CPU: L2 Cache: 128K (64 bytes/line)
|CPU_L3_status = N/A
|CPU_multiple_status = N/A
|CPU_multicore_status = N/A
|CPU_virt_status = N/A

|RAM_EDO_status = N/A
|RAM_SDRAM_status = N/A
|RAM_SODIMM_status = N/A
|RAM_DDR_status = N/A
|RAM_DDR2_status = ?
|RAM_DDR2_comments = ...
|RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
|RAM_dualchannel_status = N/A
|RAM_ecc_status = ?

|IDE_status = ?
|IDE_comments =
|IDE_CF_status = ?
|IDE_CF_comments =
|IDE_25_status = N/A
|CDROM_DVD_status = ?
|CDROM_DVD_comments =
|SATA_status = ?
|SATA_comments =
|USB_status = ?
|USB_comments =
|Onboard_VGA_status = ?
|Onboard_VGA_comments =
|Onboard_ethernet_status = ?
|Onboard_audio_status = ?
|Onboard_modem_status = ?
|Onboard_firewire_status = N/A
|Smartcard_status = N/A
|Onboard_CF_status = N/A
|Onboard_PCMCIA_status = N/A

|ISA_cards_status = N/A
|AMR_cards_status = Untested
|AMR_cards_comments = There's a CNR header on the board.
|AGP_cards_status = N/A
|PCI_cards_status = ?
|PCI_cards_comments =
|PCIE_x1_status = N/A
|PCIE_x2_status = N/A
|PCIE_x4_status = N/A
|PCIE_x8_status = N/A
|PCIE_x16_status = N/A
|PCIE_x32_status = N/A
|HTX_status = N/A

|Floppy_status = Untested
|COM1_status = OK
|COM2_status = N/A
|PP_status = ?
|PP_comments =
|PS2_keyboard_status = ?
|PS2_mouse_status = ?
|Game_port_status = N/A
|IR_status = Untested
|Speaker_status = ?
|DiskOnChip_status = NA

|Sensors_status = ?
|Sensors_comments =
|Watchdog_status = ?
|Watchdog_comments =
|CAN_bus_status = N/A
|CPUfreq_status = ?
|CPUfreq_comments =
|Powersave_status = ?
|ACPI_status = ?
|ACPI_comments =
|Reboot_status = ?
|Poweroff_status = ?
|LEDs_status = ?
|LEDs_comments =
|HPET_status = ?
|HPET_comments =
|RNG_status = ?
|WakeOnModem_status = Untested
|WakeOnLAN_status = Untested
|WakeOnKeyboard_status = Untested
|WakeOnMouse_status = Untested
|Flashrom_status = OK
|Flashrom_comments = Works fine out of the box with the vendor BIOS.

}}

== Build tutorial ==

$ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2
$ cd coreboot-v2/src/southbridge/via/vt8237r
$ svn up -r3566
$ cd ../../../../targets
$ ./buildtarget via/pc2500e
$ cd via/pc2500e/via_pc2500e
$ make -s

The resulting '''coreboot.rom''' is your coreboot ROM image you can flash using [[flashrom]].

{{PD-self}}

@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 |RAM_DDR_status = N/A
 |RAM_DDR2_status = OK
-|RAM_DDR2_comments = The CN700 code in svn currently only supported one DIMM. The RAM inserted in the second DIMM will not be usable.
+|RAM_DDR2_comments = The CN700 code in svn currently only supports one DIMM. The RAM inserted in the second DIMM will not be usable.
 |RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
 |RAM_dualchannel_status = N/A

@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 |RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
 |RAM_dualchannel_status = N/A
-|RAM_ecc_status = ?
+|RAM_ecc_status = N/A
 |IDE_status = OK
@@ Line 67: / Line 67: @@
 |PP_status = OK
 |PP_comments = Doing '''modprobe ppdev''' works fine, but further tests were not performed.
-|PS2_keyboard_status = ?
+|PS2_keyboard_status = OK
-|PS2_mouse_status = ?
+|PS2_mouse_status = OK
 |Game_port_status = N/A
 |IR_status = Untested
 |Speaker_status = OK
-|DiskOnChip_status = NA
+|DiskOnChip_status = N/A
 |Sensors_status = OK
@@ Line 83: / Line 83: @@
 |ACPI_status = No
 |ACPI_comments = No ACPI support (yet?) for this board.
-|Reboot_status = ?
+|Reboot_status = OK
-|Poweroff_status = ?
+|Poweroff_status = No
 |LEDs_status = N/A
-|HPET_status = ?
+|HPET_status = OK
-|HPET_comments =
+|HPET_comments = Using '''hpet=force''' on the Linux command line works, but it's unclear whether using the HPET is better or not.
 |RNG_status = OK
 |RNG_comments = Doing '''modprobe via-rng''' works fine, further test were not performed, yet.

@@ Line 105: / Line 105: @@
 == Build tutorial ==
- $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk coreboot
+See the [[Build HOWTO]] for information on how to build coreboot for this board.
- $ cd coreboot/targets
- $ ./buildtarget via/pc2500e
- $ cd via/pc2500e/via_pc2500e
- $ make -s
-−
-The resulting '''coreboot.rom''' is your coreboot ROM image you can flash using [[flashrom]].
 {{PD-self}}

@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 |IDE_status = OK
 |IDE_comments = The IDE device names in [[FILO]] are '''hde''' and '''hdf''' (hda, hdb, hdc, hdd are for SATA)!
 |IDE_25_status = N/A
 |SATA_status = ?
 |SATA_comments =
@@ Line 49: / Line 46: @@
 |Onboard_CF_status = N/A
 |Onboard_PCMCIA_status = N/A
 |ISA_cards_status = N/A
 |AMR_cards_status = Untested
 |AMR_cards_comments = There's a CNR header on the board.
 |AGP_cards_status = N/A
 |PCI_cards_status =  ?
@@ Line 79: / Line 79: @@
 |Sensors_comments = Works fine using the '''it87''' kernel module.
 |Watchdog_status = N/A
 |CAN_bus_status = N/A
 |CPUfreq_status = ?

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Image:Via pc2500e.jpg|thumb|The VIA pc2500e, V1.0C]]
-This page describes how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_mainboard/index.jsp VIA pc2500e]''' mainboard.
+This page describes how to use coreboot on the '''[http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_mainboard/index.jsp VIA pc2500e]''' mainboard. It is maintained by [[User:Uwe|Uwe Hermann]].
 == Status ==

@@ Line 103: / Line 103: @@
   $ svn co svn://coreboot.org/repos/trunk/coreboot-v2
-  $ cd coreboot-v2/src/southbridge/via/vt8237r
+  $ cd coreboot-v2/targets
- $ svn up -r3566
- $ cd ../../../../targets
   $ ./buildtarget via/pc2500e
   $ cd via/pc2500e/via_pc2500e

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 |RAM_SODIMM_status = N/A
 |RAM_DDR_status = N/A
-|RAM_DDR2_status = ?
+|RAM_DDR2_status = OK
-|RAM_DDR2_comments = ...
+|RAM_DDR2_comments = The CN700 code in svn currently only supported one DIMM. The RAM inserted in the second DIMM will not be usable.
 |RAM_DDR3_status = N/A
 |RAM_dualchannel_status = N/A
 |RAM_ecc_status = ?
-|IDE_status = ?
+|IDE_status = OK
-|IDE_comments =
+|IDE_comments = The IDE device names in [[FILO]] are '''hde''' and '''hdf''' (hda, hdb, hdc, hdd are for SATA)!
-|IDE_CF_status = ?
+|IDE_CF_status = OK
-|IDE_CF_comments =
 |IDE_25_status = N/A
 |CDROM_DVD_status = ?
@@ Line 39: / Line 38: @@
 |USB_status = ?
 |USB_comments =
-|Onboard_VGA_status = ?
+|Onboard_VGA_status = OK
-|Onboard_VGA_comments =
+|Onboard_VGA_comments = Works fine with the '''openchrome''' X.org driver. No VGA BIOS needed, no BOCHS needed!
 |Onboard_ethernet_status = ?
-|Onboard_audio_status = ?
+|Onboard_audio_status = OK
 |Onboard_modem_status = ?
 |Onboard_firewire_status = N/A
@@ Line 66: / Line 65: @@
 |COM1_status = OK
 |COM2_status = N/A
-|PP_status = ?
+|PP_status = OK
-|PP_comments =
+|PP_comments = Doing '''modprobe ppdev''' works fine, but further tests were not performed.
 |PS2_keyboard_status = ?
 |PS2_mouse_status = ?
 |Game_port_status = N/A
 |IR_status = Untested
-|Speaker_status = ?
+|Speaker_status = OK
 |DiskOnChip_status = NA
-|Sensors_status = ?
+|Sensors_status = OK
-|Sensors_comments =
+|Sensors_comments = Works fine using the '''it87''' kernel module.
-|Watchdog_status = ?
+|Watchdog_status = N/A
-|Watchdog_comments =
 |CAN_bus_status = N/A
 |CPUfreq_status = ?
 |CPUfreq_comments =
 |Powersave_status = ?
-|ACPI_status = ?
+|ACPI_status = No
-|ACPI_comments =
+|ACPI_comments = No ACPI support (yet?) for this board.
 |Reboot_status = ?
 |Poweroff_status = ?
-|LEDs_status = ?
+|LEDs_status = N/A
-|LEDs_comments =
 |HPET_status = ?
 |HPET_comments =
-|RNG_status = ?
+|RNG_status = OK
 |WakeOnModem_status = Untested
 |WakeOnLAN_status = Untested
@@ Line 97: / Line 95: @@
 |WakeOnMouse_status = Untested
 |Flashrom_status = OK
-|Flashrom_comments = Works fine out of the box with the vendor BIOS.
+|Flashrom_comments = Works fine out of the box with the vendor BIOS as well as with coreboot.
 }}