[coreboot] [PATCH] VIA CX700 support

[Stephan Raue]

Am 13.04.2009 06:40, schrieb Peter Stuge:
> Hi Stephan,
>
> Stephan Raue wrote:
>    
>> how i can add support for Jetway J7F5M1G5E-VHE-LF
>> (http://www.jetway.com.tw/jw/ipcboard_view.asp?productid=374&proname=J7F5M1G5E-VHE-LF)
>> in coreboot with this patch,
>>      
>
> Start by comparing the added board (VIA reference board) with the
> Jetway board, chip wise. If they are using the same superio you could
> try simply booting a coreboot image built for the VIA board on the
> Jetway board, and it might work.
>
>    
here is the first problem - Jetway seems like to use Fintek SuperIOs now 
Coreboot has included F71805F/FG and the

J7F5M1G5E Board uses F71806F/FG or F71872F/FG (i think F71806F/FG because F71872F/FG has a Keyboardcontroller and the Board have no PS/2 Keyboard Port). I have found at Google that 71806 [3] and 71872 [4] (both supports 11 sets of voltage sensors) with are fully compatible (except the Keyboard Controller) [1], [2] and mostly(fully?) compatible with 71805 [5] (9 sets of voltage sensor).

Can anyone include this SuperIOs or can i try this with F71805? How i can change the Configuration from the VIA VT8454C to include this SuperIO (the rest must be identical)
- i think like the creation of Jetway J7F2/4 from VIA CN

Output of Superiotool: Found Fintek F71872F/FG / F71806F/FG (vid=0x3419, id=0x4103) at 0x4e


[1] http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2007-July/020419.html
[2] http://lists.lm-sensors.org/pipermail/lm-sensors/2007-July/020420.html
[3] http://www.fintek.com.tw/files/productfiles/F71806_V026P.pdf
[4] http://www.fintek.com.tw/files/productfiles/F71872F_ab.pdf
[5] http://www.fintek.com.tw/files/productfiles/F71805F_V025.pdf

Stephan
>    
>> or better - because i have not experience with coreboot - can
>> anyone do this for me?
>>      
>
> Maybe you can find a volunteer, but everyone is busy.. Also, trying
> to do development of this kind without physical access to the
> hardware kills the spirit. There are often many problems to solve,
> and it is really heavy work to try to debug them via the internet.
>
>
>    
>> i have this board so i can test this.
>>      
>
> It seems to be using mostly VIA chips. Maybe you are lucky and a VIA
> reference board image will just work. We are interested in any test
> results!
>
>
> //Peter
>
>    


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