On 02.02.2008 10:58, Rudolf Marek wrote:
ron minnich wrote:
I think our goal should be to get our first v3 port to the k8.
DDR or DDR2 based?
DDR init code is easier, but almost all current processors have DDR2 or DDR3.
We need a good, simple, cheap, target board with really common IO (i.e. PATA, serial, etc.)
Hmm I would say K8T890+VT8237 it works fine and I have the datasheets (even for onboard clockchip ;)
Great. Can we pick a socket AM2 board with these chips? Such boards are more readily available than socket 939 boards and usually they are also cheaper. A list of socket AM2 boards with K8T890/K8M890, availability and price in Germany follows:
Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN, K8T890 (50 €) Asus M2V, K8T890 (63 €, difficult to get) Asus M2V-X (unavailable) Asus M2V-TVM, K8M890 (49 €, difficult to get) Asus M2V-MX, K8M890 (43 €) Asus M2V-MX SE, K8M890 (38 €) Foxconn K8M890M2MA-RS2H, K8M890 (40 €) Foxconn K8M890M2MB-RS2H, K8M890 (36 €) MSI K9VGM-V, K8M890 (38 €)
There are at least two boards: Asus A8V-E Deluxe - uwe has it - very similar to mine, just IRQ routing must be fixed.
Asus A8V-E SE - I have it. I checked ebay and there is 7 boards left. ($123)
That's really expensive.
See above for my preferences. However, it would be great if we had a board supported in v2 before we try to port it to v3.
Regards, Carl-Daniel