On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 08:41:36AM +0100, Raphaël Jacquot wrote:
could anyone tell me if there are any chances to see that board supported ?
Someone else likes it too: http://www.k9we.com/
There is support for Rev F in the tree and MCP55 is underway if not already done.
The specs list some other chips though: Chipset nVIDIA NFP3600 + NPF3050 NEC nPD720404 PCI-X tunnel SMSC Super I/O
(Is MCP55 slang for the 3600+3050?)
The NEC PCI-X chip is not supported but maybe it doesn't require any special support. (Ie. HT/PCI config is enough.)
8Mbit flash is nice, you will probably want a Linux kernel so you can boot from the nice SAS controller.
Possibly the chipset can decode 16Mbit in which case you'll fit Linux without effort. 8 will require some care in building the kernel but it's quite doable.
//Peter