Hi all, I'm sending this mail as instructed by the FAQ. I want to know if coreboot would run on my pc because original bios doesn't enable amd virtualization which is supported by cpu...
*relevant output of lshw:* product: Aspire L5100 vendor: Acer version: R01-B0 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall64 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=001C2589-1139-2008-0305-133923000000 *-core description: Motherboard product: FRS690L vendor: Acer physical id: 0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD physical id: 0 version: R01-B0 (01/29/2008) size: 128KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ slot: Socket AM2 size: 2300MHz capacity: 3GHz width: 64 bits clock: 199MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx
mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 8 slot: Internal Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 9 slot: External Cache size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1f slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 0 slot: A0 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 1 slot: A2 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: RS690 Host Bridge vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: latency=64 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=64 module=fglrx *-multimedia description: Audio device product: Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 5.2 bus info: pci@0000:01:05.2 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 module=snd_hda_intel *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport-driver *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 bus info: pci@0000 :00:12.0 logical name: scsi2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=64 module=ahci
*output of lspci:* 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series] 01:05.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) 03:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
*and link for acer's specs:* http://www.acer.co.il/public/page9.do?sp=page4&dau34.oid=36408&UserC...
Thank you.
Hi Gal,
your CPU and chipset is supported, so the biggest hurdle is solved. AMD are actively involved in maintaining the RS690/SB600 chipset code, so any problems that arise could get solved in the chipset area. CPU code is mature and tested.
There are a few things which can't be fully analyzed from the info you gave in your mail: - Embedded Controller. Controls poweron, battery charging and maybe the fans. Usually undocumented. No tool to autodetect it exists. High resolution photos of the mainboard (upper and lower side) are the easiest way to find the Embedded Controller. Usually not present on desktop mainboards. - SuperI/O. Manages keyboard and serial/parallel ports. In laptops it often is integrated into the Embedded Controller. If it is separate from the EC, superiotool has a high chance of detecting it. Please run superiotool and report the results. - BIOS flash chip. flashrom has a high chance of finding it, but it may need one special patch. Otherwise a high-resolution (not blurry) photo of the board helps. Even if flashrom finds the chip, a photo helps to identify whether the chip is soldered or socketed.
If there is no Embedded Controller, the chances to be able to add support for your board are pretty good. It will need developer time and a dedicated tester, though, and the former is a bit hard to come by (we all are really busy with our day jobs and important coreboot tasks). Still, with enough info, it can be done in a reasonable timeframe.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
On 27.01.2009 20:47, Gal Frishman wrote:
Hi all, I'm sending this mail as instructed by the FAQ. I want to know if coreboot would run on my pc because original bios doesn't enable amd virtualization which is supported by cpu...
*relevant output of lshw:* product: Aspire L5100 vendor: Acer version: R01-B0 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall64 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=001C2589-1139-2008-0305-133923000000 *-core description: Motherboard product: FRS690L vendor: Acer physical id: 0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD physical id: 0 version: R01-B0 (01/29/2008) size: 128KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ slot: Socket AM2 size: 2300MHz capacity: 3GHz width: 64 bits clock: 199MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx
mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch cpufreq *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 8 slot: Internal Cache size: 128KiB capacity: 128KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 9 slot: External Cache size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB capabilities: synchronous internal write-back *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1f slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 0 slot: A0 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns) physical id: 1 slot: A2 size: 1GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-pci:0 description: Host bridge product: RS690 Host Bridge vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz configuration: latency=64 *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci ht bus_master cap_list bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=64 module=fglrx *-multimedia description: Audio device product: Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 5.2 bus info: pci@0000:01:05.2 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 module=snd_hda_intel *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) vendor: ATI Technologies Inc physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport-driver *-network description: Ethernet interface product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 bus info: pci@0000 :00:12.0 logical name: scsi2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=64 module=ahci
*output of lspci:* 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx) 00:07.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (PCI Express Port 3) 00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA 00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0) 00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1) 00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2) 00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3) 00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4) 00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI) 00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14) 00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge 00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series] 01:05.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01) 03:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
*and link for acer's specs:* http://www.acer.co.il/public/page9.do?sp=page4&dau34.oid=36408&UserC...
Thank you.
-- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
-
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger -
Gal Frishman