Hi all, I have a dell vostro 1400 laptop and I would like to install coreboot on it. Could somebody let me know if it is possible?
The laptop has:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo T7500 @ 2.20GHz cpu.
Intel 965GM Express chipset for integrated graphics.
More detailed specifications can be found at:
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/Vos1400/en/OM/specs.htm
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The output of "lspci -tvnn" is as follows:
[ Note: I will be replacing Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AGN card with Atheros ar9280 based mini card. So please consider atheros chipset based wireless card in place of the intel card. ]
-[0000:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00]
+-02.0 Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02]
+-02.1 Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03]
+-1a.0 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834]
+-1a.1 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835]
+-1a.7 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a]
+-1b.0 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b]
+-1c.0-[0000:0b]--
+-1c.1-[0000:0c]----00.0 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4229]
+-1c.3-[0000:0d-0e]--
+-1c.5-[0000:09]----00.0 Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1713]
+-1d.0 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830]
+-1d.1 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831]
+-1d.2 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832]
+-1d.7 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836]
+-1e.0-[0000:03]--+-01.0 Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832]
| +-01.1 Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822]
| +-01.2 Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller [1180:0843]
| +-01.3 Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592]
| -01.4 Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852]
+-1f.0 Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815]
+-1f.1 Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850]
+-1f.2 Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller [8086:2828]
-1f.3 Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e]
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# superiotool
superiotool r3844
No Super I/O found
# flashrom
flashrom v0.9.1-r946
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH8M", enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: FWH,SPI.
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chip "Spansion S25FL008A" (1024 KB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff00000.
Error: No filename specified.
# ectool
EC RAM:
00: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
10: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
20: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
30: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
40: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
50: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
60: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
70: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
80: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
90: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
a0: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
b0: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
c0: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
d0: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
e0: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
f0: 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c
Not dumping EC IDX RAM.
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Thanks.