On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:26:42 +0200, Michal Janke m.yankee@gmail.com wrote:
Hi!
I'd like to give coreboot a try, but am not sure how difficult that would be. So far, I could see that flashrom and superiotool detect my chips as supported (outputs attached). Could someone give me a hint as to how much work would it require to get coreboot running? How probable you people think it is to work anyway? As far as the bios chip is concerned, I've checked that it is PLCC32 type, soldered - but I can make it socketed if I know it worth trying. Looks like there's enough space to solder a socket :) I also attach logs with some system information I believe to be important. Can also send a picture of the bios chip if someone finds this to be important.
Hello, Looks like an i830 chipset laptop. I would love to see coreboot running on an i830 chipset laptop. I wrote the i830 code (with lots of help from everyone here:-) ) and would be glad to help in any way that I can. Looks like the first thing is to get your SMSC LPC47N252 SuperIO working. Most of the SMSC LPC47* are closely related from a programming stand point. I think everything else is supported by coreboot. The only concerns I have is with the graphics (LCD) and battery charging. See: http://www.coreboot.org/Laptop If your willing to give it a go, I woud be glad to support you any way I can. If you want some base code to start with you can use the RCA RM4100 (i830 based set-top-box). Hope that helps.