[coreboot] Alias motherboard?

mrnuke mr.nuke.me at gmail.com
Mon Feb 17 08:42:08 CET 2014


On Monday, February 17, 2014 08:21:55 AM Oskar Enoksson wrote:
> > On Monday, February 17, 2014 06:27:34 AM Oskar Enoksson wrote:
> >> On 02/16/2014 09:08 AM, mrnuke wrote:
> >> > On Sunday, February 16, 2014 08:40:43 AM Oskar Enoksson wrote:
> >> >> Ok, but when I look inside my DL145G1 the text "AMD Serenade" is
> >> 
> >> printed
> >> 
> >> >> on the motherboard. In fact, HP DL145 G1 is not a motherboard, it's a
> >> >> server which uses the AMD Serenade motherboard.
> >> > 
> >> > Does the vendor BIOS say "HP DL145 G1" or "AMD Serenade" ?
> >> 
> >> I think the vendor BIOS said HP DL145, not AMD Serenade.
> > 
> > Then the board is HP DL145, not AMD Serenade. Don't mistake the bare
> > hardware
> > for the motherboard. Firmware plays a very big role.
> 
> Ok. Although my guess is that "very big" is probably incorrect in this
> case. My guess is that they are identical.

"Guess", eh? And that's exactly why we now mandate a board-status report.

Alex



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