[LinuxBIOS] Alix boards

[Luis Correia]

Hi!

On 8/6/07, Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse at amd.com> wrote:
> On 06/08/07 16:17 +0100, Luis Correia wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > is there anyone working on LinuxBIOS for this board?
> >
> > http://pcengines.ch/alix1b.htm
>
> The CPU and southbridge are supported.  I don't think anybody has been
> working on the mainboard, though.  Looking at the chips on the board,
> it looks like it might be similar to the db800 mainboard, but there
> are probably some differences.
>
> If you can get the schematics, then it should be fairly simple to get
> LinuxBIOS working on this board (probably just a few changes to the
> mainboard code).

Yes, I've got some information about the board, but not the board itself.

The PCEngines engineer told me that 'someone on the US is already
working on LinuxBIOS for it'.

Therefore I asked :)

>
> Jordan
>
> --
> Jordan Crouse
> Systems Software Development Engineer
> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Answering also to Peter Stuge, yes, LPC flash add-on is possible and
will be the best way to test and develop LinuxBIOS for this particular
board :)


Luis Correia