Re: [coreboot] Geode db800 vs Wyse S50

[Oliver Schinagl]

On 05/25/10 14:29, Joseph Smith wrote:
> > > > Processor:     AMD Geode GX 366MHz
> > > > Memory:     64MB Flash/128MB RAM
> > >
> > > S30 comes with different flash/ram combos.
> > > Mine has 32MB Flash/ 64MB RAM
> >
> > I wonder where the flash is located at, in the bios chip, or if it's an
> > IDE devices 'flash' thing.
>
> Yes, there is a funny little connector (looks like something you would see
> in a laptop) connected to a 32MB IDE flash disk module. I can boot Linux
> over USB and in Linux it looks just like a IDE hard drive. The S30 only has
> a 256k bios chip. Only other difference is it has CS5535 southbridge with a
> VIA USB 2.0 chip.

44 pin mini IDE; the S10 has that aswell, THE reason I am speeding up my
coreboot interest, the default bios boots from the IDE device just fine,
however when it does not boot from the IDE device (or maybe even then?)
it'll set the IDE interface to disabled from the bios and it won't
detect/run any disks from the header. Might be to not confuse Wyse OS
and try to export it? Who knows.

So I'm guessing, the S10 gives bigger bios chips (2MB) so wyse OS can
reside there, and the S30-S50 use smaller bios chips (without Wyse OS)
and Wyse OS (if at all) on the IDE flash.

The reason I'm after all this, is I have purchased 1G and 4G Disk on
Flash module (e.g. a very very basic ssd)
> > > > So besides the tool outputs etc etc I posted earlier; I'll take loads
>
> of
> > > > pics. Do I need to pry off the CPUs heatsink for a pic of that? Since I
> > > > don't know how to best re-attach it; id' like to postpone that.
> > >
> > > Yes I think this is a great idea :-) No need to take the heatsink off,
>
> we
> > > already know what the CPU is. I propose a new wiki page "Wyse Thin
> >
> > Clients"
> > > That we can upload pics too, and information about each system. I have 3
> >
> > or
> > > 4 different models so a central info point would be cool. I would be
>
> glad
> > > to take lots of pics too.
> >
> > Ok I'll do my best to make some nice pics of front/back of the pcb and
> > some of the chips.
> > > > Also not having a GX VSA is kinda really off-putting; it basically
>
> means
> > > > I can't use coreboot on this thing yet? How did people do it on the S30
> > > > and more specifically the S50? The S50 does list as being supported,
> >
> > how?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Don't worry about VSA too much, I am sure we can up with a solution when
> >
> > we
> > > get to that point.
> >
> > Ok. Atm I have compiled everything and it seemed to build after some
> > tweaking fine; using the Wyse S50 mainboard.