Hi,
with regards to recent AMD patches, I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board (AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).
thanks
Marek
Hi,
I recently got a response from official GA support team and the chips used on this board are:
MX25L1606EM2I-12G iTE8720
Marek
On 1.4.2011, at 21:37, Marek mlf.conv@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
with regards to recent AMD patches, I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board (AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).
thanks
Marek
Marek wrote:
with regards to recent AMD patches,
Note that the patches did not include support for your mainboard.
I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board (AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).
The answer is, as always, no it will not work unless you make it work.
The final piece of the puzzle, mainboard support, is still missing, but all the other 4999 pieces have been put in place for you by AMD and the rest of the coreboot community.
//Peter
Hi Peter,
On 12.4.2011, at 15:08, Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se wrote:
Marek wrote:
with regards to recent AMD patches,
Note that the patches did not include support for your mainboard.
I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board (AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).
The answer is, as always, no it will not work unless you make it work.
The final piece of the puzzle, mainboard support, is still missing, but all the other 4999 pieces have been put in place for you by AMD and the rest of the coreboot community.
thanks for your answer, I'm fully aware of the situation, my question was more directed to people (if there are any) who own that MB, perhaps work on coreboot support, or have considered it and abanonded it in the initial phase or even made progress but were unable to continue due to various circumstances. No answer most likely means that there isn't anyone who owns this board so far, so I just pushed all information I could find out without buying that board in case someone wants to buy one and add coreboot support for it.
Marek
//Peter
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Hi Marek,
I do own this board, and it is probably one of the more painful to get ported. There is no SPI header, no serial port, and it has the gigabyte dual-BIOS mechanism to deal with. I also have an MSI e350 mini-ITX board, without any of those problems, and maybe someday I will try to make a port for it.
Tom
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Marek mlf.conv@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Peter,
On 12.4.2011, at 15:08, Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se wrote:
Marek wrote:
with regards to recent AMD patches,
Note that the patches did not include support for your mainboard.
I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board (AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).
The answer is, as always, no it will not work unless you make it work.
The final piece of the puzzle, mainboard support, is still missing, but all the other 4999 pieces have been put in place for you by AMD and the rest of the coreboot community.
thanks for your answer, I'm fully aware of the situation, my question was more directed to people (if there are any) who own that MB, perhaps work on coreboot support, or have considered it and abanonded it in the initial phase or even made progress but were unable to continue due to various circumstances. No answer most likely means that there isn't anyone who owns this board so far, so I just pushed all information I could find out without buying that board in case someone wants to buy one and add coreboot support for it.
Marek
//Peter
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Hi Tom and Niklas,
What about the DB_PORT programming header? Is the dual BIOS stored on the MX25L1606EM2I-12G chip? I'm not interested in USB3 that much although it's a nice and useful feature but it seems to be a very good board in general.
Marek
On 16.4.2011, at 11:12, Tom Sylla tsylla@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Marek,
I do own this board, and it is probably one of the more painful to get ported. There is no SPI header, no serial port, and it has the gigabyte dual-BIOS mechanism to deal with. I also have an MSI e350 mini-ITX board, without any of those problems, and maybe someday I will try to make a port for it.
Tom
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Marek mlf.conv@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Peter,
On 12.4.2011, at 15:08, Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se wrote:
Marek wrote:
with regards to recent AMD patches,
Note that the patches did not include support for your mainboard.
I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board (AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).
The answer is, as always, no it will not work unless you make it work.
The final piece of the puzzle, mainboard support, is still missing, but all the other 4999 pieces have been put in place for you by AMD and the rest of the coreboot community.
thanks for your answer, I'm fully aware of the situation, my question was more directed to people (if there are any) who own that MB, perhaps work on coreboot support, or have considered it and abanonded it in the initial phase or even made progress but were unable to continue due to various circumstances. No answer most likely means that there isn't anyone who owns this board so far, so I just pushed all information I could find out without buying that board in case someone wants to buy one and add coreboot support for it.
Marek
//Peter
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Marek wrote:
What about the DB_PORT programming header?
Maybe! Can you trace the connections from the port to the flash chips?
Is the dual BIOS stored on the MX25L1606EM2I-12G chip?
GIGABYTE boards that actually implement DualBIOS should have two flash chips, close to each other.
//Peter
2011/4/18 Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se:
Marek wrote:
What about the DB_PORT programming header?
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1598236
Maybe! Can you trace the connections from the port to the flash chips?
Is the dual BIOS stored on the MX25L1606EM2I-12G chip?
GIGABYTE boards that actually implement DualBIOS should have two flash chips, close to each other.
//Peter
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Hi Marek,
When I first got the board, I checked the signals of the DB_PORT header with a meter, and found several connections going to the Super I/O instead of the flash chip. I was thinking it might be a serial port header of some non standard pinout instead of a SPI header. It would be good to double-check though.
Tom
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Marek mlf.conv@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tom and Niklas,
What about the DB_PORT programming header? Is the dual BIOS stored on the MX25L1606EM2I-12G chip? I'm not interested in USB3 that much although it's a nice and useful feature but it seems to be a very good board in general. Marek On 16.4.2011, at 11:12, Tom Sylla tsylla@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Marek,
I do own this board, and it is probably one of the more painful to get
ported. There is no SPI header, no serial port, and it has the
gigabyte dual-BIOS mechanism to deal with. I also have an MSI e350
mini-ITX board, without any of those problems, and maybe someday I
will try to make a port for it.
Tom
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Marek mlf.conv@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Peter,
On 12.4.2011, at 15:08, Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se wrote:
Marek wrote:
with regards to recent AMD patches,
Note that the patches did not include support for your mainboard.
I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to install coreboot on
Gigabyte GA AMD E350N USB3 board
(AMD E350, chipset FCH A50 Hudson M1, iTE 8720).
The answer is, as always, no it will not work unless you make it work.
The final piece of the puzzle, mainboard support, is still missing,
but all the other 4999 pieces have been put in place for you by AMD
and the rest of the coreboot community.
thanks for your answer, I'm fully aware of the situation, my question was more directed to people (if there are any) who own that MB, perhaps work on coreboot support, or have considered it and abanonded it in the initial phase or even made progress but were unable to continue due to various circumstances. No answer most likely means that there isn't anyone who owns this board so far, so I just pushed all information I could find out without buying that board in case someone wants to buy one and add coreboot support for it.
Marek
//Peter
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