[LinuxBIOS] Status VIA Epia M1000

[Corey Osgood]

Jørgen P. Tjernø wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've got an Epia M1000 that I use as a mediamachine (HTPC?), and I 
> recently learnt of LinuxBIOS. Therefore, I was curious wether or not 
> using LinuxBIOS would be to my advantage, e.g. to reduce boot-times. I 
> see the main LinuxBIOS lists HTPC under example uses. :-)
>
> So, I'm curious. Would you recommend me trying out LinuxBIOS on the 
> machine? What advantages would it give me?
> Also, does LinuxBIOS v2 (or the unfinished v3) support Epia M1000 
> properly? On the "Supported Motherboards" page for LinuxBIOS v2, it says 
> "Motherboard mostly works, but some issues remain." on Epia-M. Is this 
> correct? Are there any places which list the issues that I can expect?
>
> I should probably also mention that it boots Linux (Ubuntu) over the 
> network, currently using PXE for the linux image, and NFS for the root fs.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Kindest regards, Jørgen P. Tjernø.
>
>   
Hi!
Sorry, but the Epia-M1000 uses the via vt8235 southbridge, which we do 
we do have support for in LBv2 (v3 is still in the early development 
stages), and the via cle266 northbridge, which we don't support yet.

-Corey