Re: [coreboot] Good v3 port candidate for Socket F

[Myles Watson]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Arne Georg Gleditsch <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> "Myles Watson"  writes:
> > > The Tyan S2912(-E) is socket F, but has a HTX slot off of CPU1, not a
> > > PCIe bus.  Depending on your needs, I guesst that might or might not be
> > > a deal breaker...
> >
> > I need to get to SATA.  There are lots of PCIe -> SATA devices, but I
>
> can't
> > find a SATA card for the HTX slot.
>
> Hm, I'm not aware of any either.  (I know the HTX development boards we
> have come equipped with SATA ports, but you'd need your own FPGA design
> and you'd be limited to FPGA performance -- in other words you'd need to
> be pretty desperate...)

Yes.  I'm hoping to find a way that doesn't introduce yet another variable
:)

Thanks,
Myles