[coreboot] goal for march summit

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 02.02.2008 10:58, Rudolf Marek wrote:
> ron minnich wrote:
> > I think our goal should be to get our first v3 port to the k8.
>
> DDR or DDR2 based?

DDR init code is easier, but almost all current processors have DDR2 or
DDR3.

> > We need a good, simple, cheap, target board with really common IO
> > (i.e. PATA, serial, etc.)
>
> Hmm I would say K8T890+VT8237 it works fine and I have the datasheets
> (even for
> onboard clockchip ;)

Great. Can we pick a socket AM2 board with these chips? Such boards are
more readily available than socket 939 boards and usually they are also
cheaper. A list of socket AM2 boards with K8T890/K8M890, availability
and price in Germany follows:

Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN, K8T890 (50 €)
Asus M2V, K8T890 (63 €, difficult to get)
Asus M2V-X (unavailable)
Asus M2V-TVM, K8M890 (49 €, difficult to get)
Asus M2V-MX, K8M890 (43 €)
Asus M2V-MX SE, K8M890 (38 €)
Foxconn K8M890M2MA-RS2H, K8M890 (40 €)
Foxconn K8M890M2MB-RS2H, K8M890 (36 €)
MSI K9VGM-V, K8M890 (38 €)

> There are at least two boards:
> Asus A8V-E Deluxe - uwe has it - very similar to mine, just IRQ
> routing must be
> fixed.
>
> Asus A8V-E SE - I have it. I checked ebay and there is 7 boards left.
> ($123)

That's really expensive.

See above for my preferences. However, it would be great if we had a
board supported in v2 before we try to port it to v3.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel