recommendations to run LB on ASUS A7V8X, TX97E

[Anton Borisov]

Hi.
    I wonder whether these motherboards supported? First based on VIA KT400 chipset, second - very famous :)
    What kind of PLCC should I use? M-Systems?

[Hendricks David W.]

Sorry, I don't think either of those will run with LinuxBIOS in the 
immediate future. There has been extensive work done on VIA platforms, 
particularly the EPIA. Perhaps some of that work could be ported to the 
KT400, but I'm not sure if anyone on this list is actively working on such 
a project.

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Anton Borisov wrote:
> Hi.
>    I wonder whether these motherboards supported? First based on VIA KT400 chipset, second - very famous :)
>    What kind of PLCC should I use? M-Systems?

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Hendricks David W.  [040603 17:34]:
> Sorry, I don't think either of those will run with LinuxBIOS in the 
> immediate future. There has been extensive work done on VIA platforms, 
> particularly the EPIA. Perhaps some of that work could be ported to the 
> KT400, but I'm not sure if anyone on this list is actively working on such 
> a project.

I've not seen enough information (data sheets) available without NDA to 
make this happen. Might be that I looked in the wrong places though. If
you don't buy a lot of motherboards, you normally don't get this kind of
information from VIA.

Stefan

[ron minnich]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> I've not seen enough information (data sheets) available without NDA to
> make this happen. Might be that I looked in the wrong places though. If
> you don't buy a lot of motherboards, you normally don't get this kind of
> information from VIA.

It depends. At times via has been incredibly helpful, but not in all 
cases. If you can make the case for this they might be able to help you.

ron