Hi,
I´m considering the possibility of using OpenFirmware in our processor module. Is there a list of supported processors ? We are using Intel® AtomTM Processor E680T !
Krds,
Paulo Roberto F. de A. Luz Technology Engineer - Embedded Platform paulo.luz@padtec.com.br luz,paulo +55 19 2104-0426 9191 1402
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:13:23AM -0300, Paulo Roberto Faria de Almeida Luz wrote:
I´m considering the possibility of using OpenFirmware in our processor module. Is there a list of supported processors ? We are using Intel® AtomTM Processor E680T !
Do you perhaps mean CoreBoot?
After all openfirmware can be loaded by a regular BIOS already.
The intention is not to use a BIOS from AMI for instance.
-----Mensagem original----- De: openbios-bounces@openbios.org [mailto:openbios-bounces@openbios.org] Em nome de Lennart Sorensen Enviada em: quinta-feira, 14 de junho de 2012 16:24 Para: The OpenBIOS Mailinglist Assunto: Re: [OpenBIOS] Support to Athom E6xx processor
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:13:23AM -0300, Paulo Roberto Faria de Almeida Luz wrote:
I´m considering the possibility of using OpenFirmware in our processor module. Is there a list of supported processors ? We are using Intel® AtomTM Processor E680T !
Do you perhaps mean CoreBoot?
After all openfirmware can be loaded by a regular BIOS already.
-- Len Sorensen
You might want to talk with Firmworks - they have a business porting OpenFirmware to various embedded platforms, they'd probably give you a quote for porting to Intel Atom.
We did business with them for decades (when we were Sun Microsystems), and they provide excellent software.
On 2012-Jun-14 16:29 , Paulo Roberto Faria de Almeida Luz wrote:
The intention is not to use a BIOS from AMI for instance.
-----Mensagem original----- De:openbios-bounces@openbios.org [mailto:openbios-bounces@openbios.org] Em nome de Lennart Sorensen Enviada em: quinta-feira, 14 de junho de 2012 16:24 Para: The OpenBIOS Mailinglist Assunto: Re: [OpenBIOS] Support to Athom E6xx processor
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:13:23AM -0300, Paulo Roberto Faria de Almeida Luz wrote:
I´m considering the possibility of using OpenFirmware in our processor module. Is there a list of supported processors ? We are using Intel® AtomTM Processor E680T !
Do you perhaps mean CoreBoot?
After all openfirmware can be loaded by a regular BIOS already.
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 05:29:51PM -0300, Paulo Roberto Faria de Almeida Luz wrote:
The intention is not to use a BIOS from AMI for instance.
Then I think you are looking for CoreBoot. That does not currently support that particular atom (it does support some of the older z5xx models with the us15w chipset.)
Coreboot is what used to be called linuxbios. You could then use openfirmware on top of that as the interface.
I could be wrong, perhaps openfirmware is enough (apparently on the OLPC that is in fact the case).
On 2012-Jun-14 16:41 , Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 05:29:51PM -0300, Paulo Roberto Faria de Almeida Luz wrote:
The intention is not to use a BIOS from AMI for instance.
Then I think you are looking for CoreBoot. That does not currently support that particular atom (it does support some of the older z5xx models with the us15w chipset.)
Coreboot is what used to be called linuxbios. You could then use openfirmware on top of that as the interface.
I could be wrong, perhaps openfirmware is enough (apparently on the OLPC that is in fact the case).
It can be. Depends on how much initialization you are willing to do in OpenFirmware and how much support for Windows you have to provide. In the case of OneLaptop, the whole point of using OpenFirmware was to be able to fit in a much smaller prom, so the hard work was done to intialize the system in OpenFirmware.
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