Hello,
The following four patches in subsequent e-mails are a coreboot-v3 port to Artec Group ThinCan DBE63 whose prototype is on my table. As we hope to not ever need an internal branch for this, I'm posting the code for it for your consideration for early inclusion, so we wouldn't need to maintain an internal patchset for the time being.
For reference, the hardware is like DBE62, with the following differences:
* Instead of 64MB NAND flash it has a CompactFlash slot * Instead of 256MB soldered-on RAM, it has one SO-DIMM DDR1 slot * A RTC battery is included * An extra line out audio connector in the back * Internal power LED that slightly glows through the headphone connector * Theoretical internal USB and/or serial daughterboard support is gone, but pin header possibility for dedicated serial connection remains
This is tested on actual hardware. CompactFlash works. Few memory modules I've tried work. Looks good, we just now need to do more extensive testing on top of this code and see if anything to improve comes up or not.
Regards, Mart Raudsepp Artec Design LLC
Hi Mart,
this is awesome, thanks! Unfortunately I won't have time to review this in the next 6 weeks, so if you get any Ack, don't delay. v3 can use some new activity.
On 22.01.2009 20:03, Mart Raudsepp wrote:
The following four patches in subsequent e-mails are a coreboot-v3 port to Artec Group ThinCan DBE63 whose prototype is on my table. [...] For reference, the hardware is like DBE62, with the following differences:
- Instead of 64MB NAND flash it has a CompactFlash slot
Nice. That way the hardware remains competitive if flash prices go down even further.
- Instead of 256MB soldered-on RAM, it has one SO-DIMM DDR1 slot
Two comments about this. First, the ability to use real SPD is awesome. Second, how does this relate to the DDR1/DDR2 adapter doe GeodeLX mentioned at http://www.techpowerup.com/82143/AMD_Adds_DDR2_Support_for_Embedded_Geode_Pl... and http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090115VL201.html
This is tested on actual hardware.
Even better.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
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