[commit] Support for Intel se7501cw2

[steven james]

Greetings,

I've just committed support for the 533MHz FSB version of Intel
Clearwater and the E7501 northbridge.

It's not well tested yet, but it does etherboot the kernel.

G'day,
sjames

[Justin Cormack]

On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 00:30, steven james wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've just committed support for the 533MHz FSB version of Intel
> Clearwater and the E7501 northbridge.
>
> It's not well tested yet, but it does etherboot the kernel.

How similar is E7505? Does anyone have the docs? There are now much
cheaper, actual ATX form factor E7505  eg

http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7505/X5DAL-G.htm

These are GBP 299, with only 1 fewer AGP socket, built in e1000.

Justin

[Ronald G. Minnich]

I'm trying out a 7501 now, and then 7505

ron

[steven james]

Greetings,

It looks pretty similar (there are a few additional documented
settings). There are likely a few undocumented regs in the 0x80-0x8f range
that will have to be hacked on.

The docs are on Intel's website. (select products, server/workstation
chipsets, follow the links. Datasheet links to the right of the page).

G'day,
sjames

On 25 Feb 2003, Justin Cormack wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 00:30, steven james wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I've just committed support for the 533MHz FSB version of Intel
> > Clearwater and the E7501 northbridge.
> >
> > It's not well tested yet, but it does etherboot the kernel.
>
> How similar is E7505? Does anyone have the docs? There are now much
> cheaper, actual ATX form factor E7505  eg
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7505/X5DAL-G.htm
>
> These are GBP 299, with only 1 fewer AGP socket, built in e1000.
>
> Justin
>
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[Bari Ari]

Justin Cormack wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 00:30, steven james wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I've just committed support for the 533MHz FSB version of Intel
> > Clearwater and the E7501 northbridge.
> >
> > It's not well tested yet, but it does etherboot the kernel.
>
> How similar is E7505? Does anyone have the docs? There are now much
> cheaper, actual ATX form factor E7505  eg

The 7505 is very similar to the 7501 with 533 MHz system bus and also 
features 8x AGP.... a missing feature from recent Xeon chipsets.

And according to the Digitimes 
http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2003/02/20&pag...
the 800MHz system bus with DDR400 chips (i865, i875) are due out next 
quarter.

We should work on having LinuxBIOS ready and publicly posted for 
chipsets the moment they are released. This would be a nice step towards 
having LinuxBIOS ready months before release as legacy BIOS vendors have 
always done.

Bari