Board:sunw/ultra40m2
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This page describes the Sun Ultra 40 M2.
It is maintained by jakllsch and seait.
Status
Device/functionality | Status | Comments | ||||||
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CPU | ||||||||
CPU works | WIP | Dual-core K8 CPUs only running at 1Ghz. Possible issue booting Linux when setting FID/VID. | ||||||
L1 cache enabled | Untested | |||||||
L2 cache enabled | Untested | |||||||
L3 cache enabled | Untested | |||||||
Multiple CPU support | OK | |||||||
Multi-core support | OK | |||||||
Hardware virtualization | Untested | |||||||
RAM | ||||||||
EDO | N/A | |||||||
SDRAM | N/A | |||||||
SO-DIMM | N/A | |||||||
DDR | N/A | |||||||
DDR2 | WIP | Possible issues addressing memory above 4GB. ECC needs tested. | ||||||
DDR3 | N/A | |||||||
Dual channel support | OK | Seems to be working. | ||||||
ECC support | N/A | |||||||
On-board Hardware | ||||||||
On-board IDE 3.5" | Untested | |||||||
On-board IDE 2.5" | N/A | |||||||
On-board SATA | OK | SATA on MCP55b (IO-55) unknown - needs tested. | ||||||
On-board SCSI | N/A | |||||||
On-board USB | OK | |||||||
On-board VGA | N/A | |||||||
On-board Ethernet | OK | |||||||
On-board Audio | Untested | |||||||
On-board Modem | N/A | |||||||
On-board FireWire | No | Firewire is on stuck PCI Bus (00:06.0) | ||||||
On-board Smartcard reader | N/A | |||||||
On-board CompactFlash | N/A | |||||||
On-board PCMCIA | N/A | |||||||
On-board Wifi | N/A | |||||||
On-board Bluetooth | N/A | |||||||
On-board SD card reader | N/A | |||||||
Add-on slots/cards | ||||||||
ISA add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
Audio/Modem-Riser (AMR/CNR) cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI add-on cards | No | 00:06.0 stuck PCI Bus. Firewire and PCI slot affected. | ||||||
Mini-PCI add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
Mini-PCI-Express add-on cards | Unknown | |||||||
PCI-X add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
AGP graphics cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x1 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x2 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x4 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x8 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
PCI Express x16 add-on cards | OK | Slot on board with label "PCIE3" tested with video card - works. Others need tested but probably working. | ||||||
PCI Express x32 add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
HTX add-on cards | N/A | |||||||
Legacy / Super I/O | ||||||||
Floppy | N/A | |||||||
Serial port 1 (COM1) | OK | Using LCP47B397 superio code. superio/smscsuperio possibly broken. | ||||||
Serial port 2 (COM2) | N/A | |||||||
Parallel port | N/A | N/A | ||||||
PS/2 keyboard | N/A | |||||||
PS/2 mouse | N/A | |||||||
Game port | N/A | |||||||
Infrared | N/A | |||||||
PC speaker | Unknown | |||||||
DiskOnChip | N/A | |||||||
Input | ||||||||
Trackpoint | N/A | |||||||
Touchpad | N/A | |||||||
Fn Hotkeys | N/A | |||||||
Fingerprint Reader | N/A | |||||||
Laptop | ||||||||
Docking VGA | N/A | |||||||
Docking LAN | N/A | |||||||
Docking USB | N/A | |||||||
Docking Audio | N/A | |||||||
Docking Displayport | N/A | |||||||
Thinklight | N/A | |||||||
Webcam | N/A | |||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||||
Sensors / fan control | WIP | jakllsch has figured some of this out and put in place a short term solution for managing fan speed. More work needed. | ||||||
Hardware watchdog | N/A | |||||||
SMBus | Unknown | |||||||
CAN bus | N/A | |||||||
CPU frequency scaling | Untested | |||||||
Other powersaving features | N/A | |||||||
ACPI | No | No ACPI implementation yet. | ||||||
Reboot | Untested | |||||||
Poweroff | No | |||||||
Suspend | Unknown | |||||||
Nonstandard LEDs | Untested | |||||||
High precision event timers (HPET) | No | Present but not enabled. | ||||||
Random number generator (RNG) | N/A | |||||||
Wake on modem ring | Untested | |||||||
Wake on LAN | Untested | |||||||
Wake on keyboard | Untested | |||||||
Wake on mouse | Untested | |||||||
TPM | Unknown | |||||||
Flashrom | OK |
Board Information
CPU: Dual Socket F with Node 1 connected to HT Link 0 on Node 0
Chipset: Two southbridges - nForce Pro 3600 (MCP55) connected to HT Link 1 on Node 0 and nForce Pro 3050 (IO-55) connected to HT Link 2 on Node 0.
SuperIO: SMSC DME1737
Fan Controller: Chassis and Memory are on the DME1737 HW monitor (accessible via i2c.)
CPU Fan Controller: SMSC EMC6D103 (LM85 Linux driver)
Supported CPUs
Currently supports Socket F dual-core processors (K8.) Planned support for Fam10.
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