Hi Ron,
I appreciate that this is perhaps not a use you expect Coreboot to be put to, however the following devices all use RDC x86-compatible SoCs and so are theoretically capable of running coreboot + various payloads:
Airlink 101 AR525W (router) Edimax BR-6216Mg (router) Gemtek WRTR-137G (router) Longshine LCS-WR-2114M (router) Sitecom WL-153 (router) Sitecom WL-176 (router) Linksys WRT54GR (router) MGB100 (wireless NAS) Bifferboard (NAS) <--- My main interest
There are many more. They use either R8610, R3211, or S3282 CPUs and have 486SX instruction set, clocked around 133MHz and generally come with 32MB RAM + 1-4MB flash. The chips have OHCI/EHCI controllers and 10/100 ethernet built-in.
I think it makes sense to use the Coreboot payload system (if not Coreboot itself) to extend the bootloaders with extra functionality. One example is USB boot, another is PXE. We might be able to use the payloads as-is for many of these devices.
Kind regards, Biff.
--- On Sun, 17/5/09, ron minnich rminnich@gmail.com wrote:
From: ron minnich rminnich@gmail.com Subject: Re: [coreboot] Minimum RAM requirements for coreboot (under Qemu) To: "bifferos" bifferos@yahoo.co.uk Cc: coreboot@coreboot.org Date: Sunday, 17 May, 2009, 6:42 PM On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 8:04 AM, bifferos bifferos@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
So no surprise that it doesn't work, but how/where do
I change
these values?
It's hard to get a machine with that little memory any more. I think that's the reason for the high number.
I'll take a look today or tomorrow unless someone beats me to it. Sorry for the inconvenience!
ron
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