[LinuxBIOS] Support for Abit AV8? Suggestion for AM2 board?

[Dan Armak]

Hello,

Does or will LinuxBIOS support my motherboard? It's an Abit AV8 - socket 939, 
Athlon64 3200, VIA K8T800 Pro / VT8327 chipset. Video via AGP slot Radeon 
9250. Manufacturer link:
http://abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=175

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 
South]
00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller 
(rev 46)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC 
(rev 01)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit 
Ethernet (rev 10)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 
34)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6120/VT6121/VT6122 
Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 11)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID 
Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge 
[KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 
AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
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
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 
PRO] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] 
(Secondary) (rev 01)

SuperIO chipset is Winbond W83627HF-AW.

I'm really not sure about the BIOS chip. There's a chip that _might_ be the 
BIOS (it has an Abit mGURU sticker on it). It's square, soldered directly to 
the motherboard, and has >10 thin legs on each of the four sides. According 
to your FAQ that probably makes it a PLCC but I'm really not qualified to 
judge this.

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I'm also looking to build a new system soon. What motherboards are known to 
work with LinuxBIOS that have: socket AM2, PCI express, no embedded video 
unless it's got free drivers?

Please cc: any replies as I am not subscribed to the list.

Thanks a lot,

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Dan Armak
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