[coreboot] via pc3500g

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Wed Sep 1 02:51:10 CEST 2010


illdred wrote:
> I would like to use coreboot on my machine. 
..
> VIA C7 cpu, VIA CN896 northbirdge, VIA 8237A southbridge
..
> Will it work?

No, not without development work.


> looks to me like the only unsupported piece is the northbridge.

That's not so "only" - adding support for a northbridge is a
significant effort.

That said, 896 is similar to other 8xx chipsets which are already
supported. Would you be interested in working on the project of
supporting also 896?


//Peter




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