[coreboot] Geode db800 vs Wyse S50

[Oliver Schinagl]

On 05/25/10 17:58, anders at jenbo.dk wrote:
> Is probably IDE, verrrrryyy unlikely its in the BIOS Rom.
>
> Mvh Anders
I'll check the rom as advised on the list; but I wouldn't be supprised
if it was; the IDE port is free and unused
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> Fra: "Oliver Schinagl" <oliver at schinagl.nl>
> Dato: tir., maj 25, 2010 14:01
> Emne: [coreboot] Geode db800 vs Wyse S50
> Til: <coreboot at coreboot.org>
>
> On 05/25/10 13:07, Joseph Smith wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 25 May 2010 10:45:47 +0200, Oliver Schinagl <oliver at schinagl.nl>
> > wrote:
> >  
> >> On 05/25/10 00:16, Joseph Smith wrote:
> >>    
> >>> On 05/24/2010 04:36 PM, Nils wrote:
> >>>      
> >>>> Hi Oliver,
> >>>>
> >>>> Oliver wrote:
> >>>>        
> >>>>> I just found http://www.coreboot.org/AMD_Geode_Porting_Guide over on
> >>>>> the wiki and was wondering if that was maybe slightly outdated
> or not
> >>>>> needed for a Wyse S10? The S10 uses similar hardware as the S50.
> >>>>>          
> >>>> The wiki page is a little outdated.
> >>>>        
> >>>>> Actually the only difference is that the S50 has 128kb onboard
> flash,
> >>>>> so minor difference.
> >>>>>          
> >>>> Are you sure ?
> >>>> Joseph reported that his S30 uses a cs5535 instead of the cs5536
> on the
> >>>> S50.
> >>>>        
> >>> Yes my S30 has a GX2 and cs5535.From what I have read both the S30 and
> >>> S50 are upgradable to the S10. It is just a bios and software upgrade.
> >>>
> >>> On another note I just got a V30L, sweet little VIA C& machine....
> >>>
> >>> Hope that helps.
> >>>
> >>>      
> >> Hmm; I thought that the S10 was the most basic version :)
> >>
> >>
> >> Processor:     AMD Geode GX 366MHz
> >> Memory:     0 Flash/128MB RAM
> >>
> >>    
> > So S10 has 0 flash??? Does it just PXE boot?
> >
> >  
>
> Well it has a 2MB Bios chip, so I suppose the Wyse OS lives in the
> biosflash area?
>
> Other then that, it only supports RDP, ICA int he Wyse OS; booting it
> does from the following 3 options, IDE, PXE, USB. I'll take a foto of
> the bios, though it really isn't interesting at all.
> >> As the S50 reads:
> >> Processor:     AMD Geode GX 366MHz
> >> Memory:     128MB Flash/256MB RAM
> >>
> >> btw they use a gx in the spec instead of gx2; odd.
> >>
> >>    
> > Yes you will see that alot, the GX is actually the sucsesor to the GX1.
> > Others will call it GX2 for clarification (me :-)).
> >  
> Ah! ok so there was GX1; and GX, but we call GX GX2 to make it sound as
> a successor, as it is. I know linux uses GX2 in it's naming.
> >> The S30 lists the same btw:
> >>
> >> Processor:     AMD Geode GX 366MHz
> >> Memory:     64MB Flash/128MB RAM
> >>
> >>    
> > S30 comes with different flash/ram combos.
> > Mine has 32MB Flash/ 64MB RAM
> >  
> I wonder where the flash is located at, in the bios chip, or if it's an
> IDE devices 'flash' thing.
> >>
> >> So besides the tool outputs etc etc I posted earlier; I'll take
> loads of
> >> pics. Do I need to pry off the CPUs heatsink for a pic of that? Since I
> >> don't know how to best re-attach it; id' like to postpone that.
> >>
> >>    
> > Yes I think this is a great idea :-) No need to take the heatsink
> off, we
> > already know what the CPU is. I propose a new wiki page "Wyse Thin
> Clients"
> > That we can upload pics too, and information about each system. I
> have 3 or
> > 4 different models so a central info point would be cool. I would be
> glad
> > to take lots of pics too.
> >  
> Ok I'll do my best to make some nice pics of front/back of the pcb and
> some of the chips.
> >  
> >> Also not having a GX VSA is kinda really off-putting; it basically
> means
> >> I can't use coreboot on this thing yet? How did people do it on the S30
> >> and more specifically the S50? The S50 does list as being
> supported, how?
> >>
> >>    
> > Don't worry about VSA too much, I am sure we can up with a solution
> when we
> > get to that point.
> >
> >  
> Ok. Atm I have compiled everything and it seemed to build after some
> tweaking fine; using the Wyse S50 mainboard.
>
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