[LinuxBIOS] Support for Intel G965 GMCH Chipset?
Chris Ziomkowski
cziom at jsg.co.th
Sun Oct 29 11:41:17 CET 2006
I am investigating options for an embedded systems project which we need
to launch Q1 next year.
I found linuxbios and love the idea. I have a few concerns though, and I
thought someone here might be able to help me decide how difficult it
might be to go this route.
First, all of the mainboards that I can find which fit our requirements
use the Intel G965 GMCH chipset. (Requirements are mini ITX format,
Intel Core 2 Duo desktop processor support, not socket 478, and dual
Gbit LAN. I've only found 3 products after a week of searching. )
Chipset docs are available at
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelg965/
The G965 is not listed as supported, and I've been unable to find any
comforting comments in the list archives. I am an accomplished embedded
systems programmer, but my time is stretched very thin on this project.
Do you guys believe I will be able to make this work without heroic
efforts?
Second, the mainboards all come with an 8 Mbit BIOS flash. Will this be
enough to boot Linux directly? There is no IDE capability on these
boards, so the only disk options are USB or SATA. I don't need video
support. There will only be a serial console.
Assuming I can boot direct to Linux from the BIOS, would SATA or USB be
more appropriate for loading the rest of the system?
Any comments would be appreciated. Am I getting in over my head? Do you
think linuxbios is stable enough to consider for a commercial product?
Thanks,
Chris
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