VIA pc2500e

The VIA pc2500e, V1.0C

This page describes how to use coreboot on the VIA pc2500e mainboard.

Status

Device/functionality	Status	Comments
CPU
CPU works	OK	VIA Esther processor 1500MHz
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: 128K (64 bytes/line)
L3 cache enabled	N/A
Multiple CPU support	N/A
Multi-core support	N/A
Hardware virtualization	N/A
RAM
EDO	N/A
SDRAM	N/A
SO-DIMM	N/A
DDR	N/A
DDR2	?	...
DDR3	N/A
Dual channel support	N/A
ECC support	?
On-board Hardware
On-board IDE 3.5"	?
On-board IDE 2.5"	N/A
On-board SATA	?
On-board SCSI	Unknown
On-board USB	?
On-board VGA	?
On-board ethernet	?
On-board audio	?
On-board modem	?
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	Untested	There's a CNR header on the board.
PCI add-on cards	?
Mini-PCI add-on cards	Unknown
PCI-X add-on cards	Unknown
AGP graphics cards	N/A
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	Untested
Serial port 1 (COM1)	OK
Serial port 2 (COM2)	N/A
Parallel port	?
PS/2 keyboard	?
PS/2 mouse	?
Game port	N/A
Infrared	Untested
PC speaker	?
DiskOnChip	NA
Miscellaneous
Sensors / fan control	?
Hardware watchdog	?
SMBus	Unknown
CAN bus	N/A
CPU frequency scaling	?
Other powersaving features	?
ACPI	?
Reboot	?
Poweroff	?
Suspend	Unknown
Nonstandard LEDs	?
High precision event timers (HPET)	?
Random number generator (RNG)	?
Wake on modem ring	Untested
Wake on LAN	Untested
Wake on keyboard	Untested
Wake on mouse	Untested
Flashrom	OK	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.

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