[LinuxBIOS] [Fwd: Re: AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2]

[Marc Jones]

Meant to send this to the list.
Marc


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2
Date: 	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:05:47 -0600
From: 	Marc Jones <Marc.Jones at AMD.com>
To: 	Darmawan Salihun <darmawan.salihun at gmail.com>
References: 	<46893e740709101937j32a4f32bu6dc296a628d36dc6 at mail.gmail.com>



Darmawan Salihun wrote:
> Hi all,
>     I've grepped through the source code last night but haven't found 
> code for board that uses this chipset. Is there any support coming 
> down the road? I'm planning to buy a new system for BIOS experiments 
> in the next few days. This chipset is a candidate for me. I want a 
> chipset with onboard video and K8 processor.
>     I choose K8 because the datasheet for the memory controller is 
> readily available. I'm open for any suggestion(s). Basically, I just 
> want a system that can run Vista, support multicore processor and can 
> be used for LinuxBIOS experiments (preferably without soldering stuff 
> needed).
>     Anyway, one further question: hot-flashing can be done on SPI 
> chips as well, right?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Darmawan Salihun
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> -= Human knowledge belongs to the world =- 

Hi Darmawan,
Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) 
chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't 
have a specific release date.

==
Marc Jones
Senior Firmware Engineer
(970) 226-9684 Office
mailto:Marc.Jones at amd.com
http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors


Marc



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Marc Jones
Senior Firmware Engineer
(970) 226-9684 Office
mailto:Marc.Jones at amd.com
http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors