[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS on the IBM eServer xSeries 335 ?

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Tue Oct 23 20:25:52 CEST 2007


On 23.10.2007 19:19, Viktor Godard wrote:
> I would like to use the LinuxBIOS on the IBM eServer xSeries 335. 
>   

Will be difficult to impossible. But see below.

> CPU:
>
>   Socket type: mPGA 604 (x2)
>
>   CPU0:
>
>     On pins side: 2800DP/512/533/1.50V , SL6VN COSTA RICA, 3431A517-0534
>
>     On upside: C11503 01 S65
>
>     On barcode label: 8EE HMM for FRU  118 38L5026 21N36T49D03L 409
>   

Unsupported AFAIK due to lack of docs.

> B: NorthBridge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_%28computing%29 )
>
>    Description: square, close to RAM, removable on mini-board, use heat-sink, silver metal top.
>
>    Engraving:   SWC, NB7465-P03, 0428NX054
>   

Serverworks. See below.

> Q: SouthBridge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge_%28computing%29 )
>
>     Description: sqare, close to CPU0, removable on mini-board, plastic black top
>
>     Engraving: SWC-SB7440-P01, 0428RUC09
>   

Serverworks chipset, unsupported, but someone posted a few months ago to
this list that he had implemented support.

> R: Super IO ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_I/O )
>
>    Description: plastic, on-board, plastic black top
>
>    Engraving:   VS418AE, NSC000A4, PC87417-IBM/VLA
>   

NatSemi PC87417-IBM, data sheet available, supportable.

> S:  Flash Memory 32MB 
>
>    Description: dual inline short edges, IBM label: T2E127A, U27 
>
>    Engraving: LH28F320BJE-PBTL90, SHARP, Japan, 0424, 3xJ
>
>    Links: http://www.datasheetsite.com/extpdf.php?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ortodoxism.ro%2Fdatasheets%2FSharp%2FmXuqqsy.pdf>
>   

Bios flash chip. Will look at the data sheet, no promises.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel




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