[LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] Support for the MSI MS-7260 (K9N Neo)

[David H. Barr]

On 9/16/07, Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de> wrote:

> here it is, working code for the MSI MS-7260 (K9N Neo). It's almost
> fully supported, a full Linux boot works, USB works, IDE works, onboard
> audio works, onboard ethernet works.

Uwe, my hero!


> Other than that this is a very nice new target, a relatively cheap,
> modern K8+MCP55 board, with _socketed_ PLCC chip!

I'll be very pleased to work with someone to set this up for automatic
testing, if that sort of thing interests anyone.  I have two boards,
BIOS-Saviors, and remote reboot capability.


> (well, at least in Rev. 1.0 which I have; I don't know anything about
> other revisions)

A caution: I know this board is already up to Rev. 3.0 (or 1.3?).


> Interestingly, with the factory BIOS flashrom doesn't work on this
> board, but it works flawlessly when booted with LinuxBIOS :)
> I'll investigate further when I find some time.

That's marvelous!  I got bogged down with looking at UniFlash code,
trying to figure out how to port that Pascal to FlashRom.

Thanks again!

-dhbarr.