Porting Linux BIOS
Hendricks David W.
dwh at lanl.gov
Thu Jun 24 09:45:01 CEST 2004
The EPIA M2 is the best one that I know of. Dave Ashley is probably the
best person to ask about the EPIA platform, he's done extensive work on
it.
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Michael Robinson wrote:
> David,
>
> Are all Via EPIA motherboards fairly well supported or just the EPIA
> M2? I would assume since the EPIA M2 uses the:
>
> - VIA CLE266 North Bridge
> - VIA VT8235 South Bridge
>
> that any of there other EPIA motherboards that use this chipset should
> be fairly compatible. Am I correct in this assumption or are there
> other important factors that can't be easily fixed?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Robinson
> mrobinson at fuzzymuzzle.com
> www.fuzzymuzzle.com
>
>
> Hendricks David W. wrote:
>
> >Right now I'd have to say the best supported mainboards currently are VIA
> >EPIA M2 and Opteron mainboards using the AMD8111 southbridge. Asus does weird
> >things with their SMbus and hasn't been very cooperative in the past with
> >documentation, so I would not recommend that you risk money on them.
> >
> >Though if you have a high threshold for pain, you can try one of the newer
> >VIA chipsets like the KT400 and hope they're generous enough with
> >documentation to complete a port. Some other VIA stuff is supported, so
> >that might help with a new port.
> >
> >On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Michael Robinson wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Ron,
> >>
> >>I'm not sure what mobo I'm going to use yet, before I buy one I want to
> >>make sure it's at least reasonably possible to get LinuxBIOS running on
> >>it. I've heard that the Asus SiS mobos won't work because of the flash
> >>chip. Is this just because of the pinout or is it because of actual
> >>software compatibility. I can always solder my own socket onto the
> >>board if necessary. I've been looking at the Asus boards and most of
> >>the compatible boards on your site seem to use the SiS chipset that many
> >>of the Asus's do. Can you give me any insight on the chip compatibility
> >>problem? Most of the SiS chips in the Asus boards seem very close in
> >>model number to the ones you guys have got working.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Michael Robinson
> >>mrobinson at fuzzymuzzle.com
> >>www.fuzzymuzzle.com
> >>
> >>ron minnich wrote:
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> >>>it depends on the chipset type. Can you give us some lspci output and we
> >>>can see what is possible?
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