[LinuxBIOS] MSI K9SD Master-S2R (MS-9185)

[Arvind Seshadri]

Hi,
I am looking for a Socket F motherboard that is compatible with LinuxBIOS.
The MSI K9SD Master-S2R (MS-9185) seems to be the only one that fits the
bill. A couple of questions:
1. Where can I find datasheets for the chipset on this motherboard
(Broadcom BCM5785, Broadcom BCM5780)?
2. What is the best place to buy this motherboard? It seems MSI only sells
this board in Germany. None of the dealers listed on the MSI Germany
webpage seem to carry the board.

Thanks,
Arvind

[Tom Sylla]

Arvind Seshadri wrote:
> Hi,
> I am looking for a Socket F motherboard that is compatible with LinuxBIOS.
> The MSI K9SD Master-S2R (MS-9185) seems to be the only one that fits the
> bill. A couple of questions:
> Where can I find datasheets for the chipset on this motherboard
>
> (Broadcom BCM5785, Broadcom BCM5780)?

As is with many chipsets, you can only get them from the manufacturer, 
in this case Broadcom. You will have to sign appropriate NDAs, and it 
will take a *very* long time. They may not deem your need worthy, and 
you may not get the datasheets at all. (if you were designing a 
platform, they might give you documentation)

Regarding a Socket F platform: at my day job, I made an LB port to Tyan 
s3992. It booted with ATI graphics, but was pretty unstable for some 
reason. (some boots would hang in IDE detection, some would hang in with 
MCEs). I am a hardware minion, not a BIOS minion, so I didn't really 
spend much time trying to figure out why it wouldn't work well. The diff 
between the 3992 and broadcom blast (LB supported) were really very 
small. If someone willing to deal with the gore of LB would like to add 
support for more Socket F platforms, Tyan s3992 and s3970 would be good 
candidates. (one is 2x Socket F, HT2000, HT1000, ATI gfx; one is 2x 
Socket F, HT1000, XGI Z7 gfx)

[yhlu]

I will release MCP55 support very soon. We got the approval.

YH

[David H. Barr]

On 1/13/07, yhlu  wrote:
> I will release MCP55 support very soon. We got the approval.

Great news!  Thanks for all your hard work on this, YH.  I know all
the other desktop people must be as eager as I am.

-dhbarr.

[Vlad C.]

--- "David H. Barr"  wrote:
> On 1/13/07, yhlu  wrote:
> > I will release MCP55 support very soon. We got the approval.
>
> Great news!  Thanks for all your hard work on this, YH.  I know all
> the other desktop people must be as eager as I am.
>
> -dhbarr.

Indeed, thank you very much YH for helping to make LinuxBIOS on some
of the latest desktops a reality. Once the code has been released,
I'll work to spread the word among Free/Open Source Software users who
I'm sure will create an increased demand for the LinuxBIOS-supported
motherboards.

Vlad

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