[coreboot] [PATCH 7/7] SuperMicro H8SCM support (mainboard)

[Thomas Gstädtner]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 14:58, Thomas Gstädtner <thomas at gstaedtner.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:21, Paul Menzel
> <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>> Am Mittwoch, den 23.03.2011, 15:14 +0800 schrieb Bao, Zheng:
>>> Add support for Supermicro H8scm.
>>> It is AMD C32 + SR5650 + SP5100.
>>
>> Zheng, way to go! I am not knowledgeable enough to review, but thank you
>> very much for this contribution.
>>
>> What H8SCM board is that? Searching for this on the WWW there seem to be
>> several ones. Just H8SCM [1], H8SCM-F [2], H8SCM-O [3]? Probably just
>> the plain one.
>>
>> What was tested with this board? Are all features supported? Have you
>> had time yet to set up a page in the Wiki how to build an image and what
>> is supported?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> [1] http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron4100/SR56x0/H8SCM.cfm
>> [2] http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron4100/SR56x0/H8SCM-F.cfm
>> [3] http://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-H8SCM-microATX-Motherboard-MBD-H8SCM/dp/B0040720KC?tag=duckduckgo-d-20 (not listed at <http://www.supermicro.com/>)
>>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I, too, wonder what exact board that is. the H8SCM-F seems to have an
> additional fast-ethernet IPMI port on the EC, also it seems that it
> uses a socketed ROM.
> Unfortunately neither the datasheet, nor the available (small)
> pictures show the H8SCM well enough to see if it too has a socket for
> the ROM, but it doesn't seem that way. Can you confirm this?
>
> Anyway, it's awesome to see such a recent professional board
> supported, thanks a lot Zheng and AMD!
>

Just a little FYI for those interested in this board:
As of AMDs announcement to support coreboot even more, they listed the
H8SCM-F-O (commonly sold as H8SCM-F which appears to be the same in
any case) as socket C32 reference board for coreboot. On pictures it
often shows a SO16 flash socket - unfortunately I have not been able
to acquire one that really has the socket. One retailer was even nice
enough to check his stock for me, every single board has the flash
soldered on.