[coreboot] Coreboot on Atom N550

Stefan Reinauer stefan.reinauer at coreboot.org
Tue Apr 12 02:48:21 CEST 2011


* Joesph Czerniak <joseph.czerniak at gmail.com> [110411 22:22]:
> Hi,
> I bought the HP 5103 netbook. I was wondering if coreboot would run on it. It
> has the following specs:
> 
> Here are the quick specs (the more detailed specs are at the bottom):
> 
> CPU: Intel Atom N550 with an integrated northbridge
> Southbridge: Intel N10/ICH 7
> SuperIO: SMSC FDC37B72x
> 
> So on your motherboard page, the closest motherboard I could find is the Intel
> D945GCLF. So I found the Kconfig file and thought a good way to start would be
> to modify it. It has:
>     select CPU_INTEL_SOCKET_441
>     select NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_I945GC
>     select SOUTHBRIDGE_INTEL_I82801GX
>     select SUPERIO_SMSC_LPC47M15X
> 
> Should I start by modifying these four lines? Then compile and flash?
> 
> The socket for the N550 is the Intel Socket 437. Does coreboot support that?
> 
> The other question I had was about the northbridge. Since its integrated into
> the CPU, should I remove that line? Or can I keep it in?

The N10/NM10 northbridge is unsupported by coreboot as of now. You will
have to write support for that in order to get coreboot working on your
system. 

Stefan





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