[LinuxBIOS] Micro-ATX Via CN700 + VT8237R plus

[bari]

Corey has C7D+CN700+8237 support posted but not committed yet.

It's 99% there.

The mainboard in the Wal-mart/Everext PC is a VIA Mfg. NO: PC2500E:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_platform/index.jsp

ClubIT Price: $59.99:
http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001

The cpu is a 1.5GHz VIA C7-D:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/c7-d/index.jsp
32 bit
400MHz FSB
sixteen pipeline stages
MMX, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3
128KB full-speed exclusive L2 cache

The chipset is a VIA CN700:
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/c-series/cn700/index.jsp
and supports up to 2GB of DDR2 533/400 with a maximum memory bandwidth 
of 4.2GB/s.

-Bari

tw3k wrote:
> Greetings list,
> 
> I see from the wiki that there are several variants of Via supported.
> http://www.linuxbios.org/Supported_Motherboards
> 
> Has anyone tried LinuxBIOS with the Via CN700 + VT8237R plus?
> This would also be know as the $200 walmart gPC TC2502.
> 
> Many Thanks
> Forest
>