* Luc Verhaegen libv@skynet.be [070323 21:18]:
Ok, so do I get this right: all boards below might be supported by LinuxBIOS as well, if we create ports for them based on the Epia-M and start setting correct subsystem vendor ids?
No, this is just flashrom working on them. If users want to read/write prorietary bioses from linux directly, then they can. It's only the various flash enables that need to be written for flashrom to become a general tool.
Sorry, I asked the wrong way. Do all systems have the same north and southbridge? Because then we could easily get all of them up in LinuxBIOS itself in a few days, if there's testhardware. But it looks like it is not that easy:
As for the other devices: The Shuttle and the Asus have VIAs KM400 northbridge, if time permits, i will try to implement them fully.
Is this very different from the vt8623?
Also: This is nothing that the user would manually choose, except during migration process. Later these strings are read from the linuxbios table, which is "the one correct answer" rather than a solution based on heuristics..
Right, depend on the linuxbios table. On the other hand, it's too easy to copy over a mainboards Options.lb and forget about adjusting the name :)
Well, if you do that on an already working port, you might be into trouble, but then again, if you mess up other files like that, you will end up with a not bootable system very easily.
Maybe the linuxbios name is added to the pci-id table as well, NULL if unknown.
If there's a linuxbios table present, then just try to match main ids and the name. Otherwise, try to match both main and card ids.
sounds reasonable.