[coreboot] [PATCH 0/4] Artec Group ThinCan DBE63 support

[Mart Raudsepp]

> Hi Mart,

Hey,

> this is awesome, thanks!
> Unfortunately I won't have time to review this in the next 6 weeks, so
> if you get any Ack, don't delay. v3 can use some new activity.

Professors bothering you again? :)

> On 22.01.2009 20:03, Mart Raudsepp wrote:
>> The following four patches in subsequent e-mails are a coreboot-v3 port
>> to Artec Group ThinCan DBE63 whose prototype is on my table.
>> [...]
>> For reference, the hardware is like DBE62, with the following
>> differences:
>>
>> * Instead of 64MB NAND flash it has a CompactFlash slot
>>
>
> Nice. That way the hardware remains competitive if flash prices go down
> even further.
>
>> * Instead of 256MB soldered-on RAM, it has one SO-DIMM DDR1 slot
>>
>
> Two comments about this.
> First, the ability to use real SPD is awesome.

Yeah, it's quite nice to push that particular work down to the SO-DIMM
module manufacturers ;)  (in addition to the obvious benefit of choice in
the size, price and speed, though likely higher price if the choice
happens to be similar to the one that would be soldered-on)

> Second, how does this relate to the DDR1/DDR2 adapter doe GeodeLX
> mentioned at
> http://www.techpowerup.com/82143/AMD_Adds_DDR2_Support_for_Embedded_Geode_Platform.html
> and http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090115VL201.html

It doesn't right now, as the prototype was already at factory stage in the
pipeline by the time these news cropped up. However I have already
forwarded the information to our hardware team for evaluation, shortly
after Bari mentioned the digitimes link on IRC, and it might or might not
affect the final product. There is quite a question for the coreboot side
of things here, as "BIOS" changes are told to be necessary for this. If we
can't do this in coreboot, then that could be a showstopper.

>> This is tested on actual hardware.
>
> Even better.


Regards,
Mart Raudsepp