<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div>Serial Cable is only for debug output. USB should work fine.</div><div><br></div><div>Start by downloding the source.</div><div><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); line-height: 19px; "><pre style="padding-top: 1em; padding-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 1em; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-right-style: dashed; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-left-style: dashed; border-top-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); border-right-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); border-bottom-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); border-left-color: rgb(47, 111, 171); color: black; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 1.1em; "> $ svn co <a href="svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk" class="external free" title="svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(51, 102, 187); background-image: url(http://www.coreboot.org/skins/monobook/external.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 13px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-position: 100% 50%; ">svn://coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk</a> coreboot
</pre><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre;">go to the src/mainboard/tyan folder and copy the folder for the s1846, it has all the same chips as your board so we will use it to base your board of.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre;">You should call yor dolder src/mainboard/dell/optiplex_gx1. Edit <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.28125); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.214844); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.214844); ">src/mainboard/dell/Kconfig, add 'source "src/mainboard/dell<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.28125); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.214844); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.214844); ">optiplex_gx1/Kconfig"' abouve the existing source line.</span></span></span></div></span><div>Open the Kconfig in yor board folder and change all the references to your board.</div><div>Run lspci -tvnn and make sure that your devicetree.cb seams to match it's output.</div><div>Open mainboard.c and correct the board name.</div><div><br></div><div>Go back to the coreboot folder type make menuconfig, select your board and make any other adjustments that you think is needed or would like.</div><div>Exit and save, run make. Hopfully it will compile a 256kb rom image.</div><div><br></div><div>We also need to know somthing about your rom chip so run flashrom and post the out put her.</div><div><br></div><div>Next I'll try to help you saifly flash your board and posibly improve the support for your board.<br><br>Mvh Anders</div><div><br>Den 09/05/2010 kl. 18.27 skrev Cooper Harrison <<a href="mailto:coop.rocks.123e@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:coop.rocks.123e@gmail.com">coop.rocks.123e@gmail.com</a></a>>:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Who cares about ACPI! :D I don't have ECC memory either. Can I use an USB keyboard as input or do I have to get a serial cable?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:24 AM, <a href="mailto:anders@jenbo.dk"></a><a href="mailto:anders@jenbo.dk"><a href="mailto:anders@jenbo.dk">anders@jenbo.dk</a></a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anders@jenbo.dk"></a><a href="mailto:anders@jenbo.dk"><a href="mailto:anders@jenbo.dk">anders@jenbo.dk</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi<br><br>As you are the only one who has this board you will have to do a bit of the work your self. But I would be glad to help you, I recently ported coreboot to a 440bx board, Ubuntu boots on it so Debians should work fine.<br>
There is still a few limitations in the support for this chip. No L2 cache no ecc memory, only sdram and no ACPI.<br><br>Also it looks like you won't have support for any legacy I/O (ps2 keyboard pc speaker)<br><br>You could of ofcourse fix all this by reading the docs an coding a bit of C :)<br>
<br>-Anders<br><br><div>----- Reply message -----<br>Fra: "Cooper Harrison" <<a href="mailto:coop.rocks.123e@gmail.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:coop.rocks.123e@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:coop.rocks.123e@gmail.com">coop.rocks.123e@gmail.com</a></a>><br>Dato: tor., maj 6, 2010 14:04<br>Emne: [coreboot] Dell Optiplex GX1 support<br>
Til: <<a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org" target="_blank"></a><a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org"><a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org">coreboot@coreboot.org</a></a>><br><br></div>By looking at all the supported hardware, it looks like it should work at a minimum amount. It has an Intel 440BX, an Intel PIIX4e and a NSC (formerly National) PC87309. Will I be able to boot Debian and if not, how soon until whoever is working on it estimates they will have it at a working status? I am just wondering as I think it would be cool to have it on my computer. <br>
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