[coreboot] Chipset VIA Apollo Pro+?

[Mats Erik Andersson]

lördag den 28 augusti 2010 klockan 13:16 skrev anders at jenbo.dk detta:
> I did some initial code for this chip set (debug is working)
> but haven't played with it for a while.
> 
> Mvh Anders
> 

This is good news, that some knowledge indeed has been
gathered. I will begin reading the more or less relevant
background material there is, so I would welcome any
collaboration that might be offered.


Hälsningar, best regards,

Mats E A

> ----- Reply message -----
> Fra: "Darmawan Salihun" <darmawan.salihun at gmail.com>
> Dato: lør., aug. 28, 2010 10:09
> Emne: [coreboot] Chipset VIA Apollo Pro+?
> Til: "Mats Erik Andersson" <mats.andersson at gisladisker.se>
> Cc: <coreboot at coreboot.org>
> 
> 
> I have the datasheet of this chipset. I'll send it to you later. I was
> one working with legacy BIOS on moatherboard with this chipset.
> 
> -Darmawan
> 
> On 8/27/10, Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson at gisladisker.se> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > is there now, or has there been, someone interested
> > in the legacy chipset VIA Apollo Pro+? In the sense
> > of investigating its use with Coreboot.
> >
> > The northbridge is VIA VT82C693, and the southbridge
> > is VIA VT82C596A on a mainboard from ECS:
> >
> >    PCI-bridge     VT82C691,
> >    AGP-bridge     VT82C598,
> >    ISA-bridge     VT82C596A,
> >    IDE-interface  VT82C571,
> >    USB-controller VT82C572, and
> >    Power-ctrl     VT82C596.
> >
> > A search for datasheets has given nothing but trivial
> > information.