[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS on the IBM eServer xSeries 335 ?
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Tue Oct 23 20:25:52 CEST 2007
On 23.10.2007 19:19, Viktor Godard wrote:
> I would like to use the LinuxBIOS on the IBM eServer xSeries 335.
>
Will be difficult to impossible. But see below.
> CPU:
>
> Socket type: mPGA 604 (x2)
>
> CPU0:
>
> On pins side: 2800DP/512/533/1.50V , SL6VN COSTA RICA, 3431A517-0534
>
> On upside: C11503 01 S65
>
> On barcode label: 8EE HMM for FRU 118 38L5026 21N36T49D03L 409
>
Unsupported AFAIK due to lack of docs.
> B: NorthBridge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_%28computing%29 )
>
> Description: square, close to RAM, removable on mini-board, use heat-sink, silver metal top.
>
> Engraving: SWC, NB7465-P03, 0428NX054
>
Serverworks. See below.
> Q: SouthBridge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge_%28computing%29 )
>
> Description: sqare, close to CPU0, removable on mini-board, plastic black top
>
> Engraving: SWC-SB7440-P01, 0428RUC09
>
Serverworks chipset, unsupported, but someone posted a few months ago to
this list that he had implemented support.
> R: Super IO ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_I/O )
>
> Description: plastic, on-board, plastic black top
>
> Engraving: VS418AE, NSC000A4, PC87417-IBM/VLA
>
NatSemi PC87417-IBM, data sheet available, supportable.
> S: Flash Memory 32MB
>
> Description: dual inline short edges, IBM label: T2E127A, U27
>
> Engraving: LH28F320BJE-PBTL90, SHARP, Japan, 0424, 3xJ
>
> Links: http://www.datasheetsite.com/extpdf.php?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ortodoxism.ro%2Fdatasheets%2FSharp%2FmXuqqsy.pdf>
>
Bios flash chip. Will look at the data sheet, no promises.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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