Peter Stuge schrieb:
That could be used to boot from SPI with factory BIOS first, to a simple program that resets the registers to boot from LPC or PCI, puts LinuxBIOS in place, and does a reset.
The PCI option is interesting.
http://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/30701302.pdf
I put a note in the wiki (flashrom).
PCI. Note that BIOS decode range bits and the other BIOS protection bits have no effect when PCI is selected.
There are several things to explore especially if you're handy with the soldering iron. If not you could investigate the LPC boot option and simply pressing a PLCC flash chip against the pads where it could be soldered. (Or am I confusing your board with another now?)
there was talk about the Gigabyte 570SLI board with pads for DUAL BIOS. Would be interesting to know whether the secondary soldering pads are functional or not.
If booting from PCI expansion ROM can be made possible, it may be quite handy for some LinuxBIOS developers who like to fall back to manufacturer std BIOS without much hassle (unplug the PCI card). --Q