[LinuxBIOS] [Fwd: Re: AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2]

[Marc Jones]

Corey Osgood wrote:
> Marc Jones wrote:
>> Meant to send this to the list.
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: 	Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2
>> Date: 	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:05:47 -0600
>> From: 	Marc Jones <Marc.Jones at AMD.com>
>> To: 	Darmawan Salihun <darmawan.salihun at gmail.com>
>> References: 	<46893e740709101937j32a4f32bu6dc296a628d36dc6 at mail.gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> Darmawan Salihun wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi all,
>>>     I've grepped through the source code last night but haven't found 
>>> code for board that uses this chipset. Is there any support coming 
>>> down the road? I'm planning to buy a new system for BIOS experiments 
>>> in the next few days. This chipset is a candidate for me. I want a 
>>> chipset with onboard video and K8 processor.
>>>     I choose K8 because the datasheet for the memory controller is 
>>> readily available. I'm open for any suggestion(s). Basically, I just 
>>> want a system that can run Vista, support multicore processor and can 
>>> be used for LinuxBIOS experiments (preferably without soldering stuff 
>>> needed).
>>>     Anyway, one further question: hot-flashing can be done on SPI 
>>> chips as well, right?
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Darmawan Salihun
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -= Human knowledge belongs to the world =- 
>>>     
>> Hi Darmawan,
>> Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) 
>> chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't 
>> have a specific release date.
>>
>> ==
>> Marc Jones
>> Senior Firmware Engineer
>> (970) 226-9684 Office
>> mailto:Marc.Jones at amd.com
>> http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
>>
>>
>> Marc
> 
> Great news! Is this only for current and future chipsets, or might we
> see some older ones as well? Most interested in the RS480/SB400, btw,
> I'd like to mess around with it on my laptop and see what happens.
> 
> Thanks,
> Corey
> 

Corey,

We will focus on current chipsets for now since that is what our 
customers need.

Marc




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Marc Jones
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mailto:Marc.Jones at amd.com
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