Hi,
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:41:42PM -0500, Bari Ari wrote:
Quinn Storm wrote:
I have a motherboard, via kt133 chipset, I think its an abit, not sure, but the model name is kt7a-raid...anyhow I am rather curious if it will work with linuxbios, does anyone know?
Take a look at: http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/FAQ#Will_LinuxBIOS_work_on_my_machine.3F
The VIA KT133 chipset
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/legacy/kt133/
was the VT8363 with the VT82C686A. Not supported by LinuxBIOS.
I'd really, really like to see a bunch of popular, cheap, mainstream boards supported out of the box. IMHO this is really essential to get more developers on board.
Looking at a few random shops here in Germany, it seems that the most popular brands are Asus, ASRock, MSI, Gigabyte for mainbaords in the price range of 40-80 Euros. I personally have a bunch of Asus boards here I can use for testing.
What's the major obstacle for supporting those? Is it just that Someone Has To Do It (tm), or are there major problems with lack of datasheets or something?
Uwe.