[coreboot] Veriton FP2

Joseph Smith joe at settoplinux.org
Wed May 13 05:40:45 CEST 2009




On Tue, 12 May 2009 23:16:28 -0400, Corey Osgood <corey.osgood at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:16 AM, Joseph Smith <joe at settoplinux.org>
wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 11 May 2009 20:54:38 +0200, Quentin RAMEAU <quinq.ml at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have got a Veriton FP2 (
>> > http://www.acersupport.com/desktop/html/vfp2.html)
>> > with a S511P motherboard, Intel 82815 northbridge and 82801BA
>> southbridge.
>> >
>> > I can do tests on it (socketed plcc32 bios and serial port available)
>> > I attach informations from system to this mail, I can give more if
>> needed.
>>
>> Hello,
>> Unfortunately the i815 northbridge is not supported YET. It is on my
> todo
>> list. The good news is there are quite a few publicly available docs so
> It
>> shouldn't be too difficult. I just don't have the time right now to do
> it.
>> If you want, you can check the supported chipsets page periodically to
> see
>> if it has been supported yet.
>>
>> http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
> 
> 
> It's also VERY similar to the i810, which is supported. IMO, the best
> place
> to start would probably be with the i810 and i815 datasheets
side-by-side,
> find the differences, and modify i810 to fit. I have an i815 board here
> that
> I've been meaning to poke at since last fall, but there's too little time
> in the day. 

AH, then you will like this...
The i815 has one of the very very rare public Programmers Reference Manual
(PRM) available.
http://developer.intel.com/design/chipsets/manuals/298237.htm

Yes I would love to see coreboot running on this i815 box:
http://www.settoplinux.org/index.php?title=Akimbo_AP1200

-- 
Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org





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