[coreboot] Can I run coreboot on my motherboard <P35-DS3R>

[Peter Stuge]

Hi Sebastian,

Sebastian Rust wrote:
> I watched the presentation at the 26C3 and I'm really impressed by
> your work.

It's tricky sometimes, but programming hardware is fun. :)


> So I wonder if i can run coreboot on my board. Forgive in case this
> is the wrong mailinglist.

No problem, this is the only mailing list.


> Okay here are the information:
> It's a GA-P35-DS3R from GYGABYTE, currently running a Intel Q8400
> cpu, here the link to the vendor 
> http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2746&ver=#anchor_os
>
> Here is the output of lspci output:
>> -[0000:00]-+-00.0  Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0]
>>            +-1f.0  Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2916]

The G33/G31/P35/P31 chipset isn't supported, no. Please check the
Supported boards and Supported chipsets pages on the web.

What's worse, that Intel chipset is most likely so much work to
support that it will never be supported unless there is a strong
business case to do the work or someone has copious amount of free
time along with good hardware knowledge and a passion for reverse
engineering.

Sorry to not give a more encouraging response. :\


//Peter