On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:54 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ken Fuchs wrote: > >> > There doesn't seem to be a target defined for this board >> > in the current source for coreboot. >> > >> > I tried: >> > >> > $ cd ./targets >> > $ ./buildtarget nvidia/ck804 >> > No target config file found >> > Tried both nvidia/ck804 and nvidia/ck804/Config.lb >> > $ >> > >> > Where are the target files for the Opteron/CK804 CRB? >> > >> > --- Chipset Reference Boards --- >> > >> > It is very important that coreboot contains the targets >> > of all chipset reference boards, since mainboard designers >> > often use them as the basis of their own designs. Thus >> > coreboot ports from these chipset reference boards to the >> > mainboards based on them would seem to be the easiest way >> > to do these board-level ports. The only exception might >> > be a mainboard family whose various members may be closer >> > in design that the chipset reference board. > > Joseph Smith wrote: > >> Sorry I don't think that board is supported by coreboot. I >> know in the past >> it is very hard to get nvidia chips supported due to lack of >> datasheets, >> public information, etc. > > The nVidia CK804 CRB is supported by coreboot > (or at least it should be supported). I have > three year old source code based on LinuxBIOS > that supports this board. Our code was never > submitted, because another CK804 port of > LinuxBIOS was completed and submitted before > ours. > > Three years ago, I didn't have any trouble > getting technical information for the nVidia > CK804 chipset. An NDA was required. nVidia > was very easy to work with, especially while > reviewing our source code. We were provided > with good support by nVidia. > > --- CK804 code in official LinuxBIOS source code --- > > The nVidia CK804 chipset is definitely supported > by coreboot. See ./src/southbridge/nvidia/ck804/. > What happened to the mainboard and target files > of the nVidia CK804 CRB board? Did someone remove > them from the coreboot repository? > > I also have a snapshot of the official LinuxBIOS > code right after the other CK804 port was officially > submitted (three years ago). It contains > ./src/mainboard/nvidia/nf4crb, so the CK804 > mainboard files were in the official tree. However, > I see no evidence that the target files were in that > snapshot, but I assumed that they were added later. >
i have src/mainboard/nvidia/crb in my local disk. don't know why it is not made to public. that should be something like s2895 but doesn't have 8131... YH -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
