Looking for advice and counsel regarding LinuxBIOS support for I/O hub alternatives ...
We've just completed a very dense cPCI dual Opteron design with an AMD 8111 as the I/O hub, no superIO, no 8131, no 8151, with 8GB SDRAM. LinuxBIOS seems to work fine, although the lack of legacy support for serial I/O was problematic (we ended up simulating a serial port). Thanks for everyone's support on helping us with early issues getting up to speed with LinuxBIOS.
For our next generation, we would like to use a better supported and more integrated I/O hub than the 8111 (USB 2.0 doesn't work on the 8111, to start with). The nVidia nForce 3-2506B and the VIA K8T800 Pro seem to have a lot of potential, but I'm concerned about support for these from the manufacturers as far as LinuxBIOS is concerned. We don't mind helping with debug on any new code required, but we don't want to even start unless we have some confidence that there will be some level of support and effort behind our choice (and that we are not alone).
Are there any opinions out there about these (or other) candidates related to LinuxBIOS?
Any comments appreciated.
Regards,
Craig Forney
Opus Innovations LLC Cupertino, CA