Hi all, I'm sending this mail as instructed by the FAQ. I want to know if coreboot would run on my pc because original bios doesn't enable amd virtualization which is supported by cpu...
*relevant output of lshw:* product: Aspire L5100 vendor: Acer version: R01-B0 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall64 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=001C2589-1139-2008-0305-133923000000 *-core description: Motherboard product: FRS690L vendor: Acer physical id: 0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD physical id: 0 version: R01-B0 (01/29/2008) size: 128KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ slot: Socket AM2 size: 2300MHz capacity: 3GHz width: 64 bits clock: 199MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx
mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 8 slot: Internal Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 9 slot: External Cache size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1f slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 0 slot: A0 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 1 slot: A2 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: RS690 Host Bridge vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: latency=64 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=64 module=fglrx *-multimedia description: Audio device product: Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 5.2 bus info: pci@0000:01:05.2 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 module=snd_hda_intel *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport-driver *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 bus info: pci@0000 :00:12.0 logical name: scsi2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=64 module=ahci
*output of lspci:* 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series] 01:05.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) 03:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
*and link for acer's specs:* http://www.acer.co.il/public/page9.do?sp=page4&dau34.oid=36408&UserC...
Thank you.