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illdred
illdred at gmail.com
Wed Sep 1 04:25:14 CEST 2010
On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 02:51:10 +0200
Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:
> illdred wrote:
> > I would like to use coreboot on my machine.
> ..
> > VIA C7 cpu, VIA CN896 northbirdge, VIA 8237A southbridge
> ..
> > Will it work?
>
> No, not without development work.
>
>
> > looks to me like the only unsupported piece is the northbridge.
>
> That's not so "only" - adding support for a northbridge is a
> significant effort.
>
> That said, 896 is similar to other 8xx chipsets which are already
> supported. Would you be interested in working on the project of
> supporting also 896?
>
>
> //Peter
>
Yes, I would be interested. let me know what I can do to assist.
I'll join up on the #coreboot irc
thanks for writing back to me
Fraser
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