Meant to send this to the list. Marc
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:05:47 -0600 From: Marc Jones Marc.Jones@AMD.com To: Darmawan Salihun darmawan.salihun@gmail.com References: 46893e740709101937j32a4f32bu6dc296a628d36dc6@mail.gmail.com
Darmawan Salihun wrote:
Hi all, I've grepped through the source code last night but haven't found code for board that uses this chipset. Is there any support coming down the road? I'm planning to buy a new system for BIOS experiments in the next few days. This chipset is a candidate for me. I want a chipset with onboard video and K8 processor. I choose K8 because the datasheet for the memory controller is readily available. I'm open for any suggestion(s). Basically, I just want a system that can run Vista, support multicore processor and can be used for LinuxBIOS experiments (preferably without soldering stuff needed). Anyway, one further question: hot-flashing can be done on SPI chips as well, right?
Regards,
Darmawan Salihun
-= Human knowledge belongs to the world =-
Hi Darmawan, Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
== Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:Marc.Jones@amd.com http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
Marc
Marc Jones wrote:
Meant to send this to the list. Marc
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:05:47 -0600 From: Marc Jones Marc.Jones@AMD.com To: Darmawan Salihun darmawan.salihun@gmail.com References: 46893e740709101937j32a4f32bu6dc296a628d36dc6@mail.gmail.com
Darmawan Salihun wrote:
Hi all, I've grepped through the source code last night but haven't found code for board that uses this chipset. Is there any support coming down the road? I'm planning to buy a new system for BIOS experiments in the next few days. This chipset is a candidate for me. I want a chipset with onboard video and K8 processor. I choose K8 because the datasheet for the memory controller is readily available. I'm open for any suggestion(s). Basically, I just want a system that can run Vista, support multicore processor and can be used for LinuxBIOS experiments (preferably without soldering stuff needed). Anyway, one further question: hot-flashing can be done on SPI chips as well, right?
Regards,
Darmawan Salihun
-= Human knowledge belongs to the world =-
Hi Darmawan, Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
== Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:Marc.Jones@amd.com http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
Marc
Great news! Is this only for current and future chipsets, or might we see some older ones as well? Most interested in the RS480/SB400, btw, I'd like to mess around with it on my laptop and see what happens.
Thanks, Corey
Corey Osgood wrote:
Marc Jones wrote:
Meant to send this to the list. Marc
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] AMD 690G chipset support in LinuxBIOS v2 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:05:47 -0600 From: Marc Jones Marc.Jones@AMD.com To: Darmawan Salihun darmawan.salihun@gmail.com References: 46893e740709101937j32a4f32bu6dc296a628d36dc6@mail.gmail.com
Darmawan Salihun wrote:
Hi all, I've grepped through the source code last night but haven't found code for board that uses this chipset. Is there any support coming down the road? I'm planning to buy a new system for BIOS experiments in the next few days. This chipset is a candidate for me. I want a chipset with onboard video and K8 processor. I choose K8 because the datasheet for the memory controller is readily available. I'm open for any suggestion(s). Basically, I just want a system that can run Vista, support multicore processor and can be used for LinuxBIOS experiments (preferably without soldering stuff needed). Anyway, one further question: hot-flashing can be done on SPI chips as well, right?
Regards,
Darmawan Salihun
-= Human knowledge belongs to the world =-
Hi Darmawan, Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
== Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:Marc.Jones@amd.com http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
Marc
Great news! Is this only for current and future chipsets, or might we see some older ones as well? Most interested in the RS480/SB400, btw, I'd like to mess around with it on my laptop and see what happens.
Thanks, Corey
Corey,
We will focus on current chipsets for now since that is what our customers need.
Marc
Hi Mark,
On 9/10/07, Marc Jones Marc.Jones@amd.com wrote:
... Hi Darmawan, Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
Is it possible for us here to obtain the SB600 datasheet? Or is it already available online, somewhere?
I've bought AMD690G board made by ECS yesterday. I want to play around with it ;-).
Regards,
Darmawan Salihun -------------------------------------------------------------------- -= Human knowledge belongs to the world =-
Hi all,
On 9/14/07, Darmawan Salihun darmawan.salihun@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Mark,
On 9/10/07, Marc Jones Marc.Jones@amd.com wrote:
... Hi Darmawan, Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
Is it possible for us here to obtain the SB600 datasheet? Or is it already available online, somewhere?
hmmm, can be downloaded from:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739_15137,0...
But, I don't know how complete the datasheet over there ;-).
Regards,
Darmawan Salihun -------------------------------------------------------------------- -= Human knowledge belongs to the world =-
"Darmawan Salihun" darmawan.salihun@gmail.com skrev:
hmmm, can be downloaded from:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739_15137,0...
But, I don't know how complete the datasheet over there ;-).
I had a look at the 690 stuff. It looked like it mainly contained info about chip pinouts and other stuff you'd want to know if you were to build a 690 based motherboard. Nothing about registers and that stuff.
/Rasmus
Rasmus Wiman wrote:
"Darmawan Salihun" darmawan.salihun@gmail.com skrev:
hmmm, can be downloaded from:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_739_15137,0...
But, I don't know how complete the datasheet over there ;-).
I had a look at the 690 stuff. It looked like it mainly contained info about chip pinouts and other stuff you'd want to know if you were to build a 690 based motherboard. Nothing about registers and that stuff.
/Rasmus
The register documents have not been released. As Rasmus pointed out, the datasheets that have been released don't contain the registers. Marc
"Marc Jones" marc.jones@amd.com wrote:
The register documents have not been released. As Rasmus pointed out, the datasheets that have been released don't contain the registers. Marc
Are you held back by legal stuff or is it just the fact that it's of ATI origin? Also, is ACPI done by someone else who requires NDA like on the MCP55 or can one expect functional Powernow in a future 690 Linuxbios?
/Rasmus
Rasmus Wiman wrote:
"Marc Jones" marc.jones@amd.com wrote:
The register documents have not been released. As Rasmus pointed out, the datasheets that have been released don't contain the registers. Marc
Are you held back by legal stuff or is it just the fact that it's of ATI origin? Also, is ACPI done by someone else who requires NDA like on the MCP55 or can one expect functional Powernow in a future 690 Linuxbios?
/Rasmus
To be honest, I don't know all the details. Being a LB developer I would like to see the documents released but I don't know how or when that will happen. As for ACPI, when I do get a chance to work on the 690/600, there shouldn't be any NDA issues (obviously since I am an AMD employee). It is an internal requirement to have PowerNow working with LB.
Marc
Any news on AMD M690 Coreboot support now that it is part of the AMD Embedded Solutions group?
-Bari
Marc Jones wrote:
Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
== Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:Marc.Jones@amd.com http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
Marc
The 690/600 support should be available in the first half of this year. We moved it out a few months to bring in the Barcelona support. I don't have specific dates but we will announce the code to the list as soon as it is available.
Marc
bari wrote:
Any news on AMD M690 Coreboot support now that it is part of the AMD Embedded Solutions group?
-Bari
Marc Jones wrote:
Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
== Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:Marc.Jones@amd.com http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
Marc
Hi Marc,
On Jan 22, 2008 1:21 AM, Marc Jones marc.jones@amd.com wrote:
The 690/600 support should be available in the first half of this year. We moved it out a few months to bring in the Barcelona support. I don't have specific dates but we will announce the code to the list as soon as it is available.
The support would be on coreboot v2?linuxbios v2 right?
Marc
bari wrote:
Any news on AMD M690 Coreboot support now that it is part of the AMD Embedded Solutions group?
-Bari
Marc Jones wrote:
Currently there is no support in LinuxBIOS for any ATI(now AMD) chipsets. We do plan to work on this in the next six months but I don't have a specific release date.
== Marc Jones Senior Firmware Engineer (970) 226-9684 Office mailto:Marc.Jones@amd.com http://www.amd.com/embeddedprocessors
Marc
Regards,
Darmawan
------------------------------------------------------------------- -= Human knowledge belongs to the world =-
Darmawan Salihun wrote:
Hi Marc,
On Jan 22, 2008 1:21 AM, Marc Jones marc.jones@amd.com wrote:
The 690/600 support should be available in the first half of this year. We moved it out a few months to bring in the Barcelona support. I don't have specific dates but we will announce the code to the list as soon as it is available.
The support would be on coreboot v2?linuxbios v2 right?
Yes
Marc
Hi Marc. I'm new to the ML, but was very curious about Barcelona(Phenom) support. Will we be able to run Phenom CPUs with coreboot on a 4Mbit BIOS? There were some rumors about only 8Mbit BIOS being supported. I'm definetely interested since I have two AM2 boards with 4Mbit BIOS chips. Either way, when will support be available? Best regards, Tiago Marques
On 1/22/08, Marc Jones marc.jones@amd.com wrote:
Darmawan Salihun wrote:
Hi Marc,
On Jan 22, 2008 1:21 AM, Marc Jones marc.jones@amd.com wrote:
The 690/600 support should be available in the first half of this year. We moved it out a few months to bring in the Barcelona support. I don't have specific dates but we will announce the code to the list as soon as it is available.
The support would be on coreboot v2?linuxbios v2 right?Yes
Marc
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Tiago Marques wrote:
Hi Marc. I'm new to the ML, but was very curious about Barcelona(Phenom) support. Will we be able to run Phenom CPUs with coreboot on a 4Mbit BIOS? There were some rumors about only 8Mbit BIOS being supported. I'm definetely interested since I have two AM2 boards with 4Mbit BIOS chips. Either way, when will support be available? Best regards, Tiago Marques
Tiago,
The initial support is in coreboot v2. It will just fit in 4Mbit with fallback and filo only. maindboard/amd/serengeti_cheetah_fam10 would be the place to start. That mainboard is with the 8111/8131 chipset. I am looking for people to port to more mainboards/chipsets.
Marc
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