Bandan Das wrote:
Hello everybody,
I have been playing around with coreboot on qemu for a while. I am on the lookout for a cheap development board to try coreboot on some real hardware and stumbled upon the VIA pc2500e mainboard (http://www.via.com.tw/en/initiatives/empowered/pc2500_mainboard/index.jsp).
It has initial support with coreboot -v2 and I can find some cheap ones for sale on ebay. Is this a good board to start hacking with ?
Yes, it's already supported in V2.
ebay is a good source for other older boards supported in V2.
Can someone suggest some other sources to check out evaluation boards ?
The VIA VB7001 (very similar to Epia-LN and close to CN) is ~$100.
In the US : http://www.idotpc.com/thestore/pc/viewContent.asp?idpage=1 http://www.logicsupply.com/
I also saw clubit.com mentioned in a lot of posts, but that site seems to exist no more.
Yes, I don't think they stock them anymore. I don't know where you are located. The pc2500e is still being produced in Brazil. You might find some distributors there. Everex also sells a system using a pc2500 version board.
-Bari