Board:pcengines/alix1c
From coreboot
This page is work in progress.
Status
Device/functionality | Status | Comments | ||||||
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CPU | ||||||||
CPU works | OK | |||||||
L1 cache enabled | ||||||||
L2 cache enabled | ||||||||
L3 cache enabled | N/A | |||||||
Multiple CPU support | N/A | |||||||
Multi-core support | N/A | |||||||
Hardware virtualization | N/A | |||||||
RAM | ||||||||
EDO | N/A | |||||||
SDRAM | OK | It appears to work since it boots successfully. | ||||||
SO-DIMM | N/A | |||||||
DDR | N/A | |||||||
DDR2 | N/A | |||||||
DDR3 | N/A | |||||||
Dual channel support | N/A | |||||||
ECC support | ||||||||
On-board Hardware | ||||||||
On-board IDE 3.5" | ||||||||
On-board IDE 2.5" | ||||||||
On-board SATA | N/A | |||||||
On-board SCSI | Unknown | |||||||
On-board USB | OK | works only in GNU/Linux (keyboard not found during boot) | ||||||
On-board VGA | ||||||||
On-board Ethernet | OK | works in GNU/Linux | ||||||
On-board Audio | OK | Tested with MPD under parabola | ||||||
On-board Modem | N/A | |||||||
On-board FireWire | N/A | |||||||
On-board Smartcard reader | ||||||||
On-board CompactFlash | OK | can boot from it | ||||||
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 | OK | Booted successfully from a 3com PCI card with ipxe, also tested with an ath9k, works fine | ||||||
Mini-PCI add-on cards | OK | tested with an ath5k, works fine | ||||||
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 | N/A | |||||||
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 | works in coreboot,SeaBIOS,GNU(systemd)/Linux(kernel messages) | ||||||
Serial port 2 (COM2) | ||||||||
Parallel port | ||||||||
PS/2 keyboard | Not detected in coreboot, may work in GNU/Linux | |||||||
PS/2 mouse | ||||||||
Game port | N/A | |||||||
Infrared | N/A | |||||||
PC speaker | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
Hardware watchdog | ||||||||
SMBus | Unknown | |||||||
CAN bus | N/A | |||||||
CPU frequency scaling | ||||||||
Other powersaving features | ||||||||
ACPI | No | |||||||
Reboot | OK | tested with the reboot command under parabola(systemd based) | ||||||
Poweroff | ||||||||
Suspend | Unknown | |||||||
Nonstandard LEDs | ||||||||
High precision event timers (HPET) | ||||||||
Random number generator (RNG) | ||||||||
Wake on modem ring | ||||||||
Wake on LAN | ||||||||
Wake on keyboard | ||||||||
Wake on mouse | ||||||||
TPM | Unknown | |||||||
Flashrom | OK | Works in coreboot |
Recovery
- There is an LPC dongle with a socketed second BIOS chip in it, it can probably be bought or lent by the company making the card.
GNU/Linux Installation
- To install a GNU/Linux distro on the compact flash card without an external reader,and because keyboard is not working in coreboot/SeaBIOS, I compiled coreboot in verbose mode, and put the card in the slot after coreboot said to press F12, and before the linux kernel started. I booted on an ipxe network card and installed parabola.
- I could have used sgabios instead and pressed F12, and have booted on an ipxe network card and installed parabola
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