[coreboot] unknown board - via chipset

jtd jtd at mtnl.net.in
Wed Apr 23 12:52:10 CEST 2008


On Tuesday 22 April 2008 10:24 pm, Antoine Martin wrote:
> jtd wrote:
> >> On Thursday 10 April 2008 09:53 pm, Antoine Martin wrote:
> >> / Hi,
> >
> > />/
> > />/ I've got this board I would like to get coreboot flashed on:
> > />/ *eBox-3850
> > />/ **http://www.icoptech.com/ebox-pc/*
> > />/
> > />/ 1) CPU is a via C3 Nemehia
> > />/ Northbridge is a VT8623
> > />/ Southbridge is a VT82xxxxx?
> > />/
> > />/ 2) # lspci
> > />/ 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apollo
> > CLE266] />/ 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633
> > [Apollo Pro266 />/ AGP] 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies,
> > Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI />/ USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
> > />/ 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev
> > 82) />/ 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA
> > Bridge />/ 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> > />/ VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev
> > 06) />/ 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies,
> > Inc. />/ VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
> > />/ 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102
> > />/ [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
> > />/ 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.
> > VT8623 />/ [Apollo CLE266] integrated CastleRock graphics (rev
> > 03) />/
> > />/ 3)  Super I/O: via VT1211
> > /
> > Almost the same as the idot mobo i am working on without much
> > success
> >
> > :(. Only the network controller is different.
>
> How far did you get?
> Does anything initialize at all?

No. Absolutely nothing. If the it8705f 0637-gxs i/o controller were 
initialised i should have got something on the serial.
But no luck whatsoever.
Even flashrom does not work.

> > Does spd work on the epia / epia-m
>
> Dunno.
> I've had some good results with coreboot + epia-m before (can't
> remember anything about spd).
>
> Cheers
> Antoine

-- 
Rgds
JTD




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