user7 writes:
Hello All. I have problem with port coreboot to HP XW8400. http://i.imgur.com/fFqTk95.png http://h50146.www5.hp.com/lib/doc/manual/workstation/xw8400/364898-001.pdf i want install on it Intel Xeon x54xx but i can install only x53xx. This motherboard have: Intel 5000X Chip. Intel =C2=AE 631xESB/632xESB I/O Controller Hub (ESB2) LSI SAS 1064 I/O Controller BCM5752 - Broadcom I check in coreboot siete and support chipset is 5000P, and I have 5000X it= is possilble to easy port coreboot on my platform?
I tried a similar experiment with putting an x54xx in an xw6400 (but not with cooreboot). It didn't work with the vendor BIOS (but maybe this is what you are trying to solve?) Here's a thread about it
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Workstations-z-series-xw-series/Adding-processo r-to-the-xw6400-fastest-Quad-Core-supported/td-p/2381625