Hi,
Walmart has chosen to pre-install Linux on their least expensive computer, the Everex TC2502 Green gPC w/ Via C7-D Processor [1], which costs $199.
The fact that Walmart is intent on outdoing all of their competitors by aggressively cutting costs wherever they can -- especially on this model -- bodes well for LinuxBIOS. I'm sure Walmart would be ecstatic to find out that they can save $15-$30 per board (7.5%-15% of the total cost of the computer) by dropping the proprietary BIOS and using the free/open-source LinuxBIOS.
Has anyone looked into supporting the motherboard that powers the Everex TC2502 Green gPC? The makers of gOS [2] point to the development kit motherboard with part number PC2500E, available from ClubIT.com [3]. Is it already supported by the vt8237r and Via C7 code checked into the LinuxBIOS SVN recently?
Also, has anyone tried contacting Walmart, Everex, and/or gOS people about LinuxBIOS? They might not yet be aware of its cost-saving advantages :)
Vlad
[1] http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614 [2] http://www.ThinkGOS.com [3] http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001
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And CN700 will be supported very soon, once I can free up a few more registers. Only problem is, it only supports a single dimm for now. Wish I could afford $60 to buy the board.
-Corey
Vlad wrote:
Hi,
Walmart has chosen to pre-install Linux on their least expensive computer, the Everex TC2502 Green gPC w/ Via C7-D Processor [1], which costs $199.
The fact that Walmart is intent on outdoing all of their competitors by aggressively cutting costs wherever they can -- especially on this model -- bodes well for LinuxBIOS. I'm sure Walmart would be ecstatic to find out that they can save $15-$30 per board (7.5%-15% of the total cost of the computer) by dropping the proprietary BIOS and using the free/open-source LinuxBIOS.
Has anyone looked into supporting the motherboard that powers the Everex TC2502 Green gPC? The makers of gOS [2] point to the development kit motherboard with part number PC2500E, available from ClubIT.com [3]. Is it already supported by the vt8237r and Via C7 code checked into the LinuxBIOS SVN recently?
Also, has anyone tried contacting Walmart, Everex, and/or gOS people about LinuxBIOS? They might not yet be aware of its cost-saving advantages :)
Vlad
[1] http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7754614 [2] http://www.ThinkGOS.com [3] http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001
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Corey Osgood wrote:
And CN700 will be supported very soon, once I can free up a few more registers. Only problem is, it only supports a single dimm for now. Wish I could afford $60 to buy the board.
Another inexpensive option with higher performance are the SiS760GX mainboards. Now with new LinuxBIOS support!
Still no x11, dri, OpenGL drivers yet though (hint, hint SiS).
761GXM-M V1.0 http://www.ecsusa.com
SiS760GX maniboard + Sempron CPU for $50. ECS GOAL3+ AMD Sempron 3000+ 754 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU Combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135060
only socket 754 but the AM2's versions are out soon.
-Bari
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 04:06:27PM -0600, bari wrote:
761GXM-M V1.0 http://www.ecsusa.com
Yep.
ECS GOAL3+ AMD Sempron 3000+ 754 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU Combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135060
This uses SiS 965L, which may or may not be supported by the SiS 966(L) code in svn.
Uwe.
SiS965(L) vs 966(L)
Identical device ID: LAN, USB Different device ID: SATA, Audio(966 has HD Audio, but still reserved AC97)
Although they are funtionally alike, such like register map. There is somewhare different value to be filled for bug fix.
For SATA, their IDs are 0x0182, 0x0184, 0x1183, 0x1184, 0x1185, 0x1186...etc,.. It has long long story, sorry I'm not familiar with SATA device.
Morgan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Hermann" uwe@hermann-uwe.de To: "bari" bari@onelabs.com Cc: "Corey Osgood" corey.osgood@gmail.com; linuxbios@linuxbios.org; "Morgan Tsai" my_tsai@sis.com Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Walmart/Everex GPC TC2502 (VIA CN700 + VT8237RChipset), PC2500E
On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 04:06:27PM -0600, bari wrote:
761GXM-M V1.0 http://www.ecsusa.com
Yep.
ECS GOAL3+ AMD Sempron 3000+ 754 SiS 761 GX Micro ATX Motherboard/CPU Combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135060
This uses SiS 965L, which may or may not be supported by the SiS 966(L) code in svn.
Uwe.
Hi Morgan!
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:52:19AM +0800, Morgan Tsai /SiS wrote:
SiS965(L) vs 966(L)
Identical device ID: LAN, USB Different device ID: SATA, Audio(966 has HD Audio, but still reserved AC97)
Although they are funtionally alike, such like register map. There is somewhare different value to be filled for bug fix.
That doesn't sound too bad, IMHO. If the only real differences are PCI IDs of some devices and small changes in some registers, then the 966(L) code could easily be adapted to also work with 965(L), correct?
Adding more PCI IDs is trivial and we can do that without datasheet access I think, but the "different value to be filled for bug fix" could be a problem if it's not documented publically...
Is there some errata sheet we can look at and/or do you know how to fix the 966(L) code in svn to make it work for 965(L), too?
Thanks, Uwe.
Dear Uwe,
Sorry for there is no errata sheet. Maybe I can add more PCI IDs for our chipset first. I can provide some recommend setting written at internal document, if needed.
Morgan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Hermann" uwe@hermann-uwe.de To: "Morgan Tsai /SiS" my_tsai@sis.com Cc: "bari" bari@onelabs.com; "Corey Osgood" corey.osgood@gmail.com; linuxbios@linuxbios.org Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Walmart/Everex GPC TC2502 (VIA CN700 +VT8237RChipset), PC2500E
Hi Morgan!
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:52:19AM +0800, Morgan Tsai /SiS wrote:
SiS965(L) vs 966(L)
Identical device ID: LAN, USB Different device ID: SATA, Audio(966 has HD Audio, but still reserved AC97)
Although they are funtionally alike, such like register map. There is somewhare different value to be filled for bug fix.
That doesn't sound too bad, IMHO. If the only real differences are PCI IDs of some devices and small changes in some registers, then the 966(L) code could easily be adapted to also work with 965(L), correct?
Adding more PCI IDs is trivial and we can do that without datasheet access I think, but the "different value to be filled for bug fix" could be a problem if it's not documented publically...
Is there some errata sheet we can look at and/or do you know how to fix the 966(L) code in svn to make it work for 965(L), too?
Thanks, Uwe.
I have programming guides and older boards, but aren't the 965 and 964 getting old?
How about focusing on new boards with the 968? For example: http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/detail_spec.aspx?ID=en-us... AM2 + 761GX + 968
-Bari
Morgan Tsai /SiS wrote:
Dear Uwe,
Sorry for there is no errata sheet. Maybe I can add more PCI IDs for our chipset first. I can provide some recommend setting written at internal document, if needed.
Morgan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Hermann" uwe@hermann-uwe.de To: "Morgan Tsai /SiS" my_tsai@sis.com Cc: "bari" bari@onelabs.com; "Corey Osgood" corey.osgood@gmail.com; linuxbios@linuxbios.org Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:10 AM Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] Walmart/Everex GPC TC2502 (VIA CN700 +VT8237RChipset), PC2500E
Hi Morgan!
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:52:19AM +0800, Morgan Tsai /SiS wrote:
SiS965(L) vs 966(L)
Identical device ID: LAN, USB Different device ID: SATA, Audio(966 has HD Audio, but still reserved AC97)
Although they are funtionally alike, such like register map. There is somewhare different value to be filled for bug fix.
That doesn't sound too bad, IMHO. If the only real differences are PCI IDs of some devices and small changes in some registers, then the 966(L) code could easily be adapted to also work with 965(L), correct?
Adding more PCI IDs is trivial and we can do that without datasheet access I think, but the "different value to be filled for bug fix" could be a problem if it's not documented publically...
Is there some errata sheet we can look at and/or do you know how to fix the 966(L) code in svn to make it work for 965(L), too?
Thanks, Uwe.
Vlad wrote:
The fact that Walmart is intent on outdoing all of their competitors by aggressively cutting costs wherever they can -- especially on this model -- bodes well for LinuxBIOS. I'm sure Walmart would be ecstatic to find out that they can save $15-$30 per board (7.5%-15% of the total cost of the computer) by dropping the proprietary BIOS and using the free/open-source LinuxBIOS.
I'm sure the BIOS vendor wished they were getting $15-$30 per license sticker/BIOS copy. They are in reality getting only <<$1 per copy of the closed source BIOS.
Every penny saved does count in high volume.
-Bari
I have two of these motherboard. Purchased under then name PCChips V21G V1.0C Have been looking for some time to load linuxbios on them. All the hardware information is below. Any one playing around with these, be careful, flashrom hangs on these boards, and I have had no luck at tracking down the reason why. Hope this helps -Adam
v21g ~ # lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR+ Latency: 8 Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.5 Status: RQ=8 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: fb000000-fcffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f4000000-f7ffffff Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR+ <PERR+ BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: I/O ports at ff00 [size=8] Region 1: I/O ports at fe00 [size=4] Region 2: I/O ports at fd00 [size=8] Region 3: I/O ports at fc00 [size=4] Region 4: I/O ports at fb00 [size=16] Region 5: I/O ports at f400 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP P riP]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18 Region 0: [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] Region 2: [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] Region 3: [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] Region 4: I/O ports at fa00 [size=16] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19 Region 4: I/O ports at f900 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19 Region 4: I/O ports at f800 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 19 Region 4: I/O ports at f700 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 19 Region 4: I/O ports at f600 [size=32] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 19 Region 0: Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 20 Region 0: I/O ports at f200 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 0102 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 (750ns min, 2000ns max), Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17 Region 0: I/O ports at ee00 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UniChrome Pro IGP (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device aa51 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 (500ns min) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16 Region 0: Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Region 1: Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fc000000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [70] AGP version 3.0 Status: RQ=256 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=7 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3+ Rate=x4,x8 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
bari wrote:
Vlad wrote:
The fact that Walmart is intent on outdoing all of their competitors by aggressively cutting costs wherever they can -- especially on this model -- bodes well for LinuxBIOS. I'm sure Walmart would be ecstatic to find out that they can save $15-$30 per board (7.5%-15% of the total cost of the computer) by dropping the proprietary BIOS and using the free/open-source LinuxBIOS.
I'm sure the BIOS vendor wished they were getting $15-$30 per license sticker/BIOS copy. They are in reality getting only <<$1 per copy of the closed source BIOS.
Every penny saved does count in high volume.
-Bari
Vlad wrote:
Has anyone looked into supporting the motherboard that powers the Everex TC2502 Green gPC? The makers of gOS [2] point to the development kit motherboard with part number PC2500E, available from ClubIT.com [3]. Is it already supported by the vt8237r and Via C7 code checked into the LinuxBIOS SVN recently?
I have emailed their development contact (about gettting one of these on the cheap), hope to have a response soon. The biggest problems with the port will lie in interrupt routing. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, should make a nice slashdot article when it's done.
-Corey
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