Hello!
Will coreboot work on my system?
*Step* *1:* A very brief description of your system: board vendor: MSI board name: 890FXA-GD70 (MS-7640) CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (stepping 00) northbridge: AMD 890FX southbridge: AMD SB850 /optionally/ /other/ /important/ /details:/ USB 3.0: Renesas/NEC μPD720200 *Step* *2:* Linux "lspci -tvnn" output for your system original BIOS, version 1.80 (release date 2011-02-24) /see/ /attachment/ /1:/ lspci.txt *Step* *3:* Super I/O chip on the mainboard According to [1] the chip is a Fintek F71889ED. This is yet unconfirmed, as superiotool (Gentoo Linux, see below) doesn't find it. /see/ /attachment/ /2:/ superiotool.txt *Step* *4:* Type of BIOS device /see/ /attachment/ /3:/ flashrom.txt BIOS/ROM flashing works. I successfully updated from 1.70 to 1.80. *Step* *5:* URL to the mainboard specifications page http://www.msi.com/product/mb/890FXA-GD70.html *Step* *6:* Any other relevant information you can provide None so far.
If all components are already supported for other mainboards, it should /theoretically/ be possible to add this mainboard to the coreboot configuration. I'd be happy about it.
How can I confirm the Super I/O chip? I used the official source tree ebuild sys-apps/superiotool-9999 from Gentoo Linux: This version apparently doesn't even give a release information.
I'd be happy if the 890FXA-GD70 was supported by coreboot. Thanks, Andreas aka Linux User #330250
Sources: [1]: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/MSI-890FXA-GD70-Motherboard/1023/7