[coreboot] ICH8 chipset among others

Alan Jones skyphyr at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 04:11:06 CET 2009


Hi Peter,

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:
>> 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.

Ahhh - thanks - I was wondering how to figure out north vs 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. :\

I guess this means nobody has docs they could share? I've not done such
low level coding, but I'm game to give it a swing if somebody is willing to do
code reviews and answer stupid questions :)

Cheers,

Alan.




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