[coreboot] [RFC] First K8 board to port to v3

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Wed Mar 12 23:45:15 CET 2008


On 12.03.2008 20:01, Rudolf Marek wrote:
>> The MSI board only has 150 MB/s SATA-I, so I'd like to pick one of the
>> Asus boards. The M2V-MX SE seems to use soldered SPI flash, so it is not
>> an ideal target. That leaves us with the M2V-MX.
>
> Hmm what is the problem with 150MB/s if hdd can do 50mb/s ? I think
> the socketed flash on MSI is a win.

AFAIK the old SATA standard can't do NCQ (Native Command Queuing) and a
few other desired features.

The Asus M2V-MX and the MSI board should both have socketed flash
according to the board photos.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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