Graeme Russ wrote:
I have an in-circuit SPI programmer, but there is no header on the motherboard to get at the flash chip - I may need to jury-rig some kind of connection to the flash chip (as soon as I locate it).
The flash chip may be socketed, in which case you can glue a knob to it for easy moving back and forth.
Can I assume a particular south-bridge chip
I think there is only one chip.
Depending on your experience and skill should expect to spend some months on the project.
I have a fair bit of experience (x86 port of U-Boot) so once I get access to the Flash, I should be able to hack it pretty quickly.
Maybe you'll be interested in Rudolf's work on making U-Boot run as a coreboot payload.
Does the E350M1 port fully support booting and running Linux (including PCIe etc.)?
Yes, it's rather complete, there may still be a glitch or two, but it's pretty good.
//Peter