[coreboot] request for comments: Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 (rev. 1.0)

John Wyzer john.wyzer at gmx.de
Wed Jun 16 22:00:34 CEST 2010


I'm really interested in using coreboot and tried to follow http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ to 
find out about the chances for my motherboard.

Note: I disabled line wrapping for better readability of command line tools output. 
No annoying intended.

*  Step 1: A very brief description of your system: board vendor, board name, CPU, northbridge, southbridge, and optionally other important details.

Board: Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 (rev. 1.0)
CPU: Intel Core Duo
# Northbridge: Intel® 945PL Express Chipset
# Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
# Realtek 8111B Gigabit Ethernet controller 
further Bios details:
BIOS	

   1. 4 Mbit flash ROM
   2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
   3. Supports Virtual Dual BIOS
   4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b. 

Other Features	

   1. Supports @BIOS
   2. Supports Download Center
   3. Supports Q-Flash
   4. Supports EasyTune 5
   5. Supports Xpress Install
   6. Supports Xpress Recovery2
   7. Supports Virtual DualBIOS 
 

* Step 2: Linux "lspci -tvnn" output for your system, generated by booting Linux via the original BIOS and runnning lspci.
-[0000:00]-+-00.0  Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub [8086:2770]
           +-1b.0  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:27d8]
           +-1c.0-[01]--+-00.0  JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197b:2363]
           |            \-00.1  JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197b:2363]
           +-1c.3-[02]----00.0  Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168]
           +-1d.0  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:27c8]
           +-1d.1  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:27c9]
           +-1d.2  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:27ca]
           +-1d.3  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:27cb]
           +-1d.7  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:27cc]
           +-1e.0-[03]--+-00.0  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038]
           |            +-00.1  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [1106:3038]
           |            +-00.2  VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104]
           |            +-00.3  VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller [1106:3044]
           |            \-02.0  ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP [1002:4750]
           +-1f.0  Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:27b8]
           +-1f.1  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller [8086:27df]
           +-1f.2  Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller [8086:27c0]
           \-1f.3  Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:27da]


* Step 3: Super I/O chip on the mainboard (report the model numbers on the actual chip, for example "Winbond W83627HF" and/or run "superiotool -dV").
superiotool said: Found ITE IT8718F (id=0x8718, rev=0x1) at 0x2e

* Step 4: Type of BIOS device (see the question "How do I identify the BIOS chip on my mainboard?" below). Please send us the output of "flashrom -V"

flashrom -V said in between:
[...]
Found ITE Super I/O, id 8718
Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R", enabling flash write...
[...]
Found chip "SST SST25VF040.REMS" (512 KB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff80000.
[...]


* Step 5: URL to the mainboard specifications page (optional).
All non-generated information comes from from http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2325 
 
* Step 6: Any other relevant information you can provide. 
I'm extremely comfortable with C and linux in general and willing to invest time into making this work if possible.
Please let me know if there's a chance to get coreboot running and/or if there is anything I can do to help.
Please CC me - I'm subscribed but disabled reception until it makes sense to get further involved.

Best regards!
John





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