On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Jelle de Jong jelledejong@powercraft.nl wrote:
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Hello everybody,
I would like to start with thanking all volunteers on the coreboot project! At FOSDEM 2011 I had dinner with two of the volunteers. I have been watching the coreboot for the past years, as something that I love to have running on my motherboards but never found the time/resources to made a first step.
I would like to get coreboot on this system[1]. I would like the coreboot to be installed by a volunteer. I can provide ssh access (both ipv4 and ipv6) and a root passwd to the machine, and standby to help over IRC.
[1] http://debian.pastebin.com/mqphUf5U # details ASUSTeK M4A78 PRO
Features I would like:
- Serial Console Redirection
- AMD Athlon II X4 615e support
- ECC Memory support
- Readout volt,temp,rpm sensors
- Boot 2.6 kernel support
- Grub 2 (lvm, mdadm, ext4) support
I got two M4A78 PRO motherboards that I would like to give new life by getting coreboot on them.
With kind regards,
Jelle de Jong
Welcome,
Your platform is a good candidate for coreboot support, but the best way to get coreboot on your system is for you to develop it. You may want to look at the AMD Mahogany platform as a place to start. You need to find out what your flash device is. Flashrom didn't ID it. Mistakes will be made along the way, so make sure that you have a way to recover from a bad flash. Your board may have a SPI header for reprogramming.
Marc