coreboot on Intel GM45 and ICH9M-E ?

[Stephan Raue]

Is it possible to run coreoot on a Gigabyte GA-6QPCV-RH with Intel GM45 
and ICH9M-E and ITE IT8718F Super I/O ?

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Networking/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=...

Details:

Processor Supported

* Intel® Celeron M585/M575 series processor
     * Socket P with 667/800/1066MHz

Chipset Description

* Intel® GM45
     * Intel® ICH9M-E

System Memory

* 2 x DDR2 SO-DIMM sockets
     * Up to 4GB 667/800 memory

System BIOS

* PhoenixBIOS on 8Mb flash ROM

Integrated Super I/O Controller

* ITE IT8718F Super I/O

Integrated SATA Controller

* Intel®ICH9M-E with RAID 0,1
     * 4 SATA connectors

Integrated Network

* Intel® 82567LM and 82574L GbE controllers
     * Supports iAMT function (Only 82567LM)

Expansion Slot

* 1 PCI slots 32-Bit/33MHz
     * 1 mini card slot (PCI-E x1/ USB 2.0)

Integrated Video Controller

* Intel® GMA 4500AHD 3D Graphic Engine
     * Shared system memory up to 256MB

On Board Connectors

* 1 x 24bit LVDS connector
     * 1 x 19V_IN DC power connector
     * 4 x SATA connectors
     * 2 x Serial connectors (COM)
     * 1 x front audio connector
     * 3 x USB 2.0 connectors for additional 6 ports by cable
     * 1 x front panel connecctor
     * 1 x System fan cable connector
     * 1 x CPU fan cable connector

Rear I/O Connectors

* 1 x SPDIF Out (Optical + Coaxial)
     * 1 x YPbPr prot (HDTV out )
     * 1 x HDMI port
     * 1 x VGA port
     * 4 x USB 2.0 ports
     * 2 x LAN RJ45 ports
     * 1 HD Audio jacks (Line-out / MIC-in / Line-in/Cen/SURR) can 
configure 7.1 channel output by utility

Board Dimension

* Mini ITX form factor
     * 170mmx170mm

[Peter Stuge]

Stephan Raue wrote:
> * Intel® GM45

IIRC GM45 is fairly different from 945 which is the most recent Intel
chipset currently supported.

It's doable but only with docs, which are very difficult<tm> to come
by.

Sorry. :\

//Peter

[sxpert]

On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 01:05 +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Stephan Raue wrote:
> > * Intel® GM45
>
> IIRC GM45 is fairly different from 945 which is the most recent Intel
> chipset currently supported.
>
> It's doable but only with docs, which are very difficult<tm> to come
> by.
>
> Sorry. :\
>
> //Peter

you should probably contact keith packard at intel
>

[Peter Stuge]

sxpert wrote:
> > IIRC GM45 is fairly different from 945 which is the most recent
> > Intel chipset currently supported.
> >
> > It's doable but only with docs, which are very difficult<tm> to
> > come by.
>
> you should probably contact keith packard at intel

I'm not sure that they have orange cover documents easily available
even internally at Intel. He may also not have the documentation that
is needed.

How to program graphics is a topic very different from how to program
the memory controller..

But sure - if he does have docs and wants to help coreboot he is of
course welcome. I think he's already pretty busy though.

//Peter