[coreboot] Ask for install advices on NORCO EMB-3680 AMD Geode LX 800

Paul Menzel paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net
Wed Jan 6 22:00:21 CET 2010


Dear Gavin,


Am Mittwoch, den 06.01.2010, 19:59 +0800 schrieb Gavin: 
> I am new in coreboot. Now for fasting boot, I want to install coreboot
> to a PC104 computer. I wonder whether it is supported by the coreboot.
> The following is some information of the martherboard,
> 1.       Vendor: NORCO
> 2.       Mainboard:EMB-3680
> 3.       Northbridge: AMD Geode LX 800
> 4.       Southbridge: AMD Geode CS5536
> 5.       Super I/O: Winbond W83627HG
> 6.       CPU: AMD Geode LX-800-500MHz
> 7.       Home page:
> http://www.norco.cn/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=31&BigClassName=Embedded
> %20Industrial%20Motherboard&SmallClassName=3.5%20Inch%20Motherboard
>  
> And run lspci, it displays,
> 00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] Host Bridge (rev 33)
> 00:01.1 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX Video
> 00:0c.0 Bridge: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. IT8888F/G PCI to ISA Bridge with SMB [Golden Gate] (rev 03)
> 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> 00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] ISA (rev 03)
> 00:0f.2 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] IDE (rev 01)
> 00:0f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] Audio (rev 01)
> 00:0f.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] OHC (rev 02)
> 00:0f.5 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode companion] EHC (rev 02)
> 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
>  
> From the supported boards list of coreboot website, this PC104
> computer is the most similar to IEI IEI PCISA-LX-800-R10 in coreboot
> v2, except the supper I/O is W83627EHG. 
>  
> Based on the above mentioned points, can I follow the tutorial of IEI
> IEI PCISA-LX-800-R10 to install the coreboot v2 to PC104 computer? And
> any hint?
>  
> Thank you for any input?

1. Does flashrom [1] support your board/system?
2. Do you have a backup plan? For example, can you take out your flash
chip? Do you have replacement chips to easily recover? There is some
information on this in the Wiki.
3. I do not know about it, but I think if 1. and 2. are resolved you
could just build an image and try to boot it and look how far you get.
You should have a serial cable to log the output.
4. If I remember correctly it is suggested to run coreboot v3 on Geode
systems until the features have been ported back to trunk.


Thanks and please correct me, if I wrote nonsense,

Paul


[1] http://www.flashrom.org/
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