Would that board be OK
(MCP55-Ultra)?
If so, it would be a good choice
I think.
Simon Labrecque
From: Lu, Yinghai
[mailto:yinghai.lu@amd.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:05 PM
To: Simon Labrecque; linuxbios@linuxbios.org
Subject: RE: [LinuxBIOS] Support for recent chipset and powerful desktop
CPU
If you select one AM2 + MCP55 MB, It would only take me one or two
hours to get it done.
If so, I’d like to do that for free.
YH
From:
linuxbios-bounces+yinghai.lu=amd.com@linuxbios.org
[mailto:linuxbios-bounces+yinghai.lu=amd.com@linuxbios.org] On Behalf Of Simon
Labrecque
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:34 AM
To: linuxbios@linuxbios.org
Subject: [LinuxBIOS] Support for recent chipset and powerful desktop CPU
Hi,
We’re starting
development of a (pretty much high-end) PVR/MediaCenter which will of course
run linux. Now, one of the avenue we’re looking at is using standard x86
hardware (as opposed to custom built embedded hardware). Since the product will
need a lot of processing power (since if we’re using x86 hardware,
we’ll do most processing in software), we would like to use a dual-core
CPU, something powerful. But it must also be low power/low heat, as you
can’t have a 12” fan running at 8000rpm to cool your CPU in the
living now…
The device should also feel
“appliance-like”. That means that it must boot very quickly, at
least displaying some nice animated loading screen within 5 seconds. And
that’s where LinuxBIOS comes into play.
Are there any supported
board/CPU combo that would fit our needs? For an AMD board, something with an
AM2 socket would be ideal as it’s a recent chipset and will stay longer
on the market than say socket 939, but it’s not a requirement per se. We
would need standard stuff on the board: USB, IDE, ideally PCI-E and pci and
maybe onboard sound and video (although that’s more optional than
anything).
If no such board/cpu combo is
supported by LinuxBIOS currently, we would be willing to evaluate the
possibility of hiring someone to port LinuxBIOS to the chosen platform. Do you
know of any individual/company that would do such work and an idea of how much
such work might cost?
Thanks a lot.
Simon Labrecque