[coreboot] I want to be a contributor(Cloud Dai)

[Merlin Büge]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:02:02 +0800
戴，曉政 via coreboot <coreboot at coreboot.org> wrote:

> Dear Taiidan,
> 
> I just want to install and simply compile correboot at the current
> stage because I am a junior develop of coreboot. I will buy a ASUS
> KGPE-D16 mainboard from auction website after I restore my
> development environment. Thank you for your response. I have two
> question finally.
> 1. Does BIOS rom of KGPE-D16 be removable?

The BIOS (SPI) flash chip on the KGPE-D16 is socketed, so yes it is
removable. If you plan to swap it, I highly recommend a dedicated
DIP extractor for it! Something like this:

https://lut.im/K9hQJgJbKk/gR8wUUwDwd7pjBMu.JPG


> 2. Does  architecture of KGPE-D16 be pre-PSP or not?

Yes, it is pre-PSP.


Good luck!


> 
> 
> 
> > Dear Taiidan,
> >
> > I have read letter from Kyosti, he said ?AGESA family15 boards and
> > chipset vendorcode for older than Trinity has been/will be removed
> > on 4.7 release?. In this case, whether I still can >use H8SCM for
> > my first coreboot mainboard or not?
> >If you want to port coreboot it is a good board, to have as a
> >functional device no.
> >   And I will try to port KGPE-D16 after I complete porting of H8SCM
> > with coreboot. In addition, I apologize again for my poor English.
> >Porting is creating the code base for a motherboard.
> >Installing coreboot is simply compiling and installing, I am not
> >sure which you want? The H8SCM needs a port whereas the KGPE-D16 is
> >fully functional and a great example of coreboot ports.
> 
> 
> 
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