I would like to port Linux BIOS to an embedded CPU board: the Kontron ETX-P3M.
The board has a 400 MHz Celeron CPU, VIA VT8605 northbridge, and VIA VT82C686B southbridge. I would like to know if anybody has some experience with LinuxBIOS and these or similar chips. What would be a good starting point? Is the vt8605 similar to the (supported) vt8601?
What about the vt82c686b?
Thanks,
Joep
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 12:33:26PM -0800, Adam Talbot wrote:
So I have my new embedded board. It is running a chip set that is not supported, yet. I have all the doc's, that I think I will need. I would like to start trying to add support for the vt8605/vt8606 based board(s).
-Joep Yes, I have started work on vt8605. The north bridge is close to the vt8601, but there are some differences. I am currently setting up a new part of the tree for my board and chip sets. That part is done, I am just fixing compile errors currently. The south bridge on the other hand is a whole different chip. It is nothing like any other south bridge that is currently supported in the tree. That will take some work. If you would like I can send you a copy of my tree. Our boards are close in nature, just a different CPU and NIC. -Adam
Joep Jansen wrote:
I would like to port Linux BIOS to an embedded CPU board: the Kontron ETX-P3M.
The board has a 400 MHz Celeron CPU, VIA VT8605 northbridge, and VIA VT82C686B southbridge. I would like to know if anybody has some experience with LinuxBIOS and these or similar chips. What would be a good starting point? Is the vt8605 similar to the (supported) vt8601?
What about the vt82c686b?
Thanks,
Joep
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 12:33:26PM -0800, Adam Talbot wrote:
So I have my new embedded board. It is running a chip set that is not supported, yet. I have all the doc's, that I think I will need. I would like to start trying to add support for the vt8605/vt8606 based board(s).
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Adam Talbot -
Joep Jansen