I would like to test coreboot on my PC, as I trust opensource far more than proprietary and besides the official BIOS for my MB has a couple o infuriating bugs (*) that drive me crazy. My MB is Gigabyte's GA-8I945PL-G v1.x and I am using the latest F8 BIOS. I could not find this model on the supported list, but I can see that the chipsets (945PL/IHC7) are! Is it possible to support my MB and try out coreboot on it? Thanx in advance :) (*) First, if I enable the onboard NIC PXE BIOS by checking "Enable boot from LAN" in BIOS settings, I can not enter the BIOS setup anymore - I have to clear the CMOS. The second one is not considered a bug, but a feature : the BIOS creates an HPA on the HD and saves a copy of itself there to facilitate recovery just in case...
Hi Kostas,
Kostas Gounaris wrote:
I could not find this model on the supported list,
So your mainboard is not supported.
but I can see that the chipsets (945PL/IHC7) are! Is it possible to support my MB
Sure it is. You need to spend some time on studying coreboot and the other mainboard ports using the 945 chipset, and then you can start developing the support for your board. Of course the community can and will give advice during your work. I'm looking forward to your patches!
//Peter
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Peter Stuge