[coreboot] Chipset VIA Apollo Pro+?

Anders Jenbo anders at jenbo.dk
Tue Aug 31 23:20:05 CEST 2010


I think David Borg might also have looked at this chipset.

I attached my patch for the chipset.

-Anders

tir, 31 08 2010 kl. 22:57 +0200, skrev Mats Erik Andersson:
> lördag den 28 augusti 2010 klockan 13:16 skrev anders at jenbo.dk detta:
> > I did some initial code for this chip set (debug is working)
> > but haven't played with it for a while.
> > 
> > Mvh Anders
> > 
> 
> This is good news, that some knowledge indeed has been
> gathered. I will begin reading the more or less relevant
> background material there is, so I would welcome any
> collaboration that might be offered.
> 
> 
> Hälsningar, best regards,
> 
> Mats E A
> 
> > ----- Reply message -----
> > Fra: "Darmawan Salihun" <darmawan.salihun at gmail.com>
> > Dato: lør., aug. 28, 2010 10:09
> > Emne: [coreboot] Chipset VIA Apollo Pro+?
> > Til: "Mats Erik Andersson" <mats.andersson at gisladisker.se>
> > Cc: <coreboot at coreboot.org>
> > 
> > 
> > I have the datasheet of this chipset. I'll send it to you later. I was
> > one working with legacy BIOS on moatherboard with this chipset.
> > 
> > -Darmawan
> > 
> > On 8/27/10, Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson at gisladisker.se> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > is there now, or has there been, someone interested
> > > in the legacy chipset VIA Apollo Pro+? In the sense
> > > of investigating its use with Coreboot.
> > >
> > > The northbridge is VIA VT82C693, and the southbridge
> > > is VIA VT82C596A on a mainboard from ECS:
> > >
> > >    PCI-bridge     VT82C691,
> > >    AGP-bridge     VT82C598,
> > >    ISA-bridge     VT82C596A,
> > >    IDE-interface  VT82C571,
> > >    USB-controller VT82C572, and
> > >    Power-ctrl     VT82C596.
> > >
> > > A search for datasheets has given nothing but trivial
> > > information.

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