[coreboot] Will coreboot work on my machine?

Sun Nov 23 21:21:41 CET 2008

Hi,
I own an MSI (MS-6758) (v1.x) 875P Neo-LSR M/B.

--- Here is a brief description of my system: ---
CPU: Intel P4 HT (Northwood, socket:478) 2,60GHz.
Northbridge: Intel 82875P (Canterwood)
Southbrigde: Intel 82801ER (ICH5R)
Super I/O: Winbond W83627HF
2x512MB DDR-1 RAM (dual channel setup)

--- Below is the output of "lspci -v" command: ---

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P/E7210 Memory Controller Hub (rev 
02)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-6758 (875P Neo)
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Capabilities: [e4] Vendor Specific Information <?>
        Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 3.0
        Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
        Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82875P Processor to AGP Controller (rev 
02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 32
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        Memory behind bridge: fa900000-fe9fffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: cff00000-efefffff

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI 
Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7580
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at cc00 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI 
Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7580
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI 
Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7580
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI 
Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7580
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
        I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI 
Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7580
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
        Kernel modules: ehci-hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2) (prog-if 00 
[Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
        Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 50000000-500fffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface 
Bridge (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
        Kernel modules: intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE 
Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MSI 875P
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
        I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=16]
        Memory at 50100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
        Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
        Kernel modules: piix

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 
02) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7580
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at ec00 [size=8]
        I/O ports at e800 [size=4]
        I/O ports at e400 [size=8]
        I/O ports at e000 [size=4]
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=16]
        Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
        Kernel modules: ata_piix

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 
02)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 7580
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 17
        I/O ports at 0c00 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
        Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] 
(rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N6600GT TD 128M AGP
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 16
        Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nvidia

02:02.0 Ethernet controller: U.S. Robotics USR997902 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI 
Network Card (rev 10)
        Subsystem: U.S. Robotics USR997902 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI Network Card
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at b800 [size=256]
        Memory at feafff00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at 50000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169

02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at b400 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: EMU10K1_Audigy
        Kernel modules: snd-emu10k1

02:03.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 04)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game Port
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: Emu10k1_gameport
        Kernel modules: emu10k1-gp

02:03.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04) 
(prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
        Memory at feaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at feaf8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
        Kernel modules: ohci1394

02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet 
Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-6758 (875P Neo)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
        Memory at feafe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at b000 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: e100
        Kernel modules: e100

BIOS TYPE: PLCC

URL: 
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=544

If coreboot works on my machine please give me how-to instructions.
(Config.lb, config, make, flash)