[coreboot] Good v3 port candidate for Socket F

joelr at tyan.com joelr at tyan.com
Tue Dec 23 16:44:32 CET 2008


All the AMD Socket F designs are basically going to be the same.  You
have a CPU that contains the Northbridge chipset that has a HT link to
the 2nd CPU.  From the 2nd CPU you then have a HT link that takes you to
your southbridge chipset and all the PCI, PCI-X or PCI-E slots.

The only difference between Broadcom or NVIDIA would be how many memory
slots may or may not be tied directly to each CPU.  Outside of that the
design basically the same in regards to routing.

Joel Robertson
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Jones [mailto:marcj303 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:41 PM
To: Myles Watson
Cc: Coreboot; yhlu; joelr (joelr - TYANUS)
Subject: Re: Good v3 port candidate for Socket F

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Myles Watson <mylesgw at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm looking for a system to port to v3.  It needs to be Dual socket F.
>
> Here's the "simplified" block diagram of the system that I have:
>
> Opteron - Opteron
>   |
> Chipset
>   |
>  PCIe
>
> And the system that I need:
>
> Opteron - Opteron
>  |         |
> PCIe       Chipset
>
> Notice that the second socket has an independent link to a PCIe
controller.
>
> The Tyan s2895 would work, but I need socket F.
>
> My question is if you know of any Socket F systems that would fit the
bill.
> I'm especially interested in what chipsets they use.  I'd like to port
it to
> Coreboot-v3.

I am not sure what you mean. You want a HT-PCIe bridge that isn't a
tunnel to the southbridge?
Have you looked at serverworks/broadcom boards?

Marc





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