Hi Carl-Daniel,
Thanks a lot for your reply. Much appreciated.
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote (ao):
On 16.09.2009 13:34, Sander wrote:
Supermicro X7SLA-H motherboard[2].
The chipsets of the X7SLA-H are Intel 945GC + ICH7R which are listed as WIP on "Devices supported in coreboot v3"[3]
What are the changes of getting Coreboot v3 to work on this motherboard?
Pretty slim. We are currently working on integrating all important v3 features in v2 because v2 gets more developer attention. If your chipset is supported in v2, you have a good chance to get your board working.
What makes v3 'alpha'? I can't seem to figure it out from reading the wiki.
Short answer: v3 has a pretty new design and we're still evaluating aspects of that design. Those parts of the design which are already proven will be integrated in v2, other parts may come later.
Makes sense, tnx :-)
I consider myself an experienced Linux user but I have no hardware tools for flash or debug. Would I be able to play with Coreboot and be of any use to the community?
It is very useful to have a serial nullmodem cable and a POST card. Test both of them. It is also a requirement to be able to recover if flashing went wrong. That means you either need a second board with the same flash type (the board can be totally different as long as the flash type (FWH/LPC/SPI) is identical) or an external programmer. Of course, to recover the flash chip on your board, that flash chip should be in a socket (or have a SPI recovery header).
I've just received the motherboard and it has a SPI BIOS with no header whatsoever. So, sadly, no coreboot on this one.
Thanks again for your reply.
Sander