On 02.02.2008 14:19, Rudolf Marek wrote: > > Great. Can we pick a socket AM2 board with these chips? Such boards are > > more readily available than socket 939 boards and usually they are also > > cheaper. A list of socket AM2 boards with K8T890/K8M890, availability > > and price in Germany follows: > > > Asrock ALiveSATA2-GLAN, K8T890 (50 Euro) > > Asus M2V, K8T890 (63 Euro, difficult to get) > > Asus M2V-X (unavailable) > > Asus M2V-TVM, K8M890 (49 Euro, difficult to get) > > Asus M2V-MX, K8M890 (43 Euro) > > Asus M2V-MX SE, K8M890 (38 Euro) > > Foxconn K8M890M2MA-RS2H, K8M890 (40 Euro) > > Foxconn K8M890M2MB-RS2H, K8M890 (36 Euro) > > MSI K9VGM-V, K8M890 (38 Euro) > > > Hmm M2V seems to use VT3351 aka K8T890CF (not CE). I checked some > lspci dumps I > found and this is bit different - perhaps I will need to contact VIA > again and > get the docs. This can take few months :/
That's unfortunate. Then again, the M2V is difficult to get, so it probably is not a viable candidate. > I would suggest to stick with the boards which PCI id is > > 00:00.0 0600: 1106:0238 > 00:00.1 0600: 1106:1238 > 00:00.2 0600: 1106:2238 > 00:00.3 0600: 1106:3238 > 00:00.4 0600: 1106:4238 > 00:00.5 0800: 1106:5238 > 00:00.7 0600: 1106:7238 > 00:01.0 0604: 1106:b188 > > (K8T890CE variant) > > I was unable to find the M2V-MX lspci -xxx dump on the net. Imho the > chipset is > called K8M890. But it seems that it is CE version + unichrome. It uses > internal > AGP and unichrome card. The AGP bridge may need some programming. Lets > try to > get some PCI dumps first. The southbridge is VT8237A it should be > fairly similar > same to VT8237R. Good. > I know already about one difference, hopefully not more will > arise. Again, there is a chance to get the datasheets from VIA under > NDA, but it > takes some time to get them - in my case slightly less time I guess - > I have > already signed the papers and I think it can be extended to that > chipsets too. That would be great! We will need support for newer VIA chipsets anyway, so if you're 2 months ahead with requests, supporting the K8T890CF and K8T890CE+Unichrome should be attainable until May 2008. > To sum it up, with VIA we may be able to get the datasheets, it just > takes time. > They also answered some of my technical questions and provided > additional help > and asked their engineers. All just takes a lot of time to get the > answers ;) Good to know that they cooperate. > > That's really expensive. > > It was "buy now" button. My list mentioned boards available from German online stores, so it would be mostly equivalent to "buy now" at ebay. By the way, the MSI K9VGM-V is available in the US from Newegg for $35. MSI have been cooperative in the past when trying to port their boards, so this may be a good choice. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
