[coreboot] ICH8 chipset among others

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Tue Feb 17 02:14:21 CET 2009


Hi Alan,

Alan Jones wrote:
> I've got a laptop I'd love to get coreboot up and running on. I
> notice that it's chipset isn't in the supported list yet, but some
> of the predecessors are.
> 
> I've put an lspci at the bottom of this mail. Any info on how I
> could help out adding support and testing would be great.

..

> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960
> Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)

Note that the chipset is 965 + ICH8. ICH8 is only the southbridge.

Problem with the 965 is that no developer has both documentation and
free time to work on adding the support.

Documentation is key for a new northbridge and Intel doesn't give it
out if we ask. :\


//Peter




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