
<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><span>Hi Tom and Niklas,</span><br><span></span><br></div><div>What about the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Arial; ">DB_PORT </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-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); ">programming header? Is the dual BIOS stored on the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 1px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 1px; ">MX25L1606EM2I-12G chip? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">I'm not interested in USB3 that much although it's a nice and useful feature but it seems to be a very good board in general.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>Marek</div><div><br><span>On 16.4.2011, at 11:12, Tom Sylla <<a href="mailto:tsylla@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:tsylla@gmail.com">tsylla@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Marek,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I do own this board, and it is probably one of the more painful to get</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>ported. There is no SPI header, no serial port, and it has the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>gigabyte dual-BIOS mechanism to deal with. I also have an MSI e350</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>mini-ITX board, without any of those problems, and maybe someday I</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>will try to make a port for it.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tom</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Marek <<a href="mailto:mlf.conv@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:mlf.conv@gmail.com">mlf.conv@gmail.com</a></a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi Peter,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 12.4.2011, at 15:08, Peter Stuge <<a href="mailto:peter@stuge.se"><a href="mailto:peter@stuge.se">peter@stuge.se</a></a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Marek wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>with regards to recent AMD patches,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Note that the patches did not include support for your mainboard.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>(AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The answer is, as always, no it will not work unless you make it work.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>The final piece of the puzzle, mainboard support, is still missing,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>but all the other 4999 pieces have been put in place for you by AMD</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>and the rest of the coreboot community.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>thanks for your answer, I'm fully aware of the situation, my question was more directed to people (if there are any) who own that MB, perhaps work on coreboot support, or have considered it and abanonded it in the initial phase or even made progress but were unable to continue due to various circumstances. No answer most likely means that there isn't anyone who owns this board so far, so I just pushed all information I could find out without buying that board in case someone wants to buy one and add coreboot support for it.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Marek</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>//Peter</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>coreboot mailing list: <a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org"></a><a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org"><a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org">coreboot@coreboot.org</a></a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot"><a href="http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot">http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot</a></a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>coreboot mailing list: <a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org"></a><a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org"><a href="mailto:coreboot@coreboot.org">coreboot@coreboot.org</a></a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot"><a href="http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot">http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot</a></a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote></div><div><span></span></div></div><div><span></span></div></body></html>