On 16.09.2008 17:13, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 16.09.2008 08:53, Corey Osgood wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Joseph Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:28:40 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> since the market share of machines with a serial port is shrinking >>>> rapidly and USB debug cables are not affordable at all for hobbyists, we >>>> may need to support console on parallel port. >>>> I do realize that not all machines lacking a serial port will have a >>>> parallel port, but as long as it improves our console coverage, I'm >>>> inclined to suggest parallel console support as a viable option. >>>> >>>> Parallel port console support has the advantage of being faster than >>>> serial port console, at the same time keeping the cost for a cable in >>>> the single digit dollar range. >>>> >>>> What do you think? >>>> >>>> Do we have any other devices on board which don't require interrupts to >>>> run? Floppy connector? POST cards? PC speaker (with 1-wire protocol)? Is >>>> it possible to use any of them with cheap home-built adaptors? >>>> >>>> >>> I like this idea. I would also be nice to be able to use a parallel port >>> post (say that five times fast) card for embedded boards without a PCI >>> slot. The one I have does both, PCI and/or Parallel. >>> >>> >> The question I have is, are there really systems out there that have >> parallel and not serial? >> > > I believe so, but they are on the way out as well. >
Found one. The MSI K9AGM2-FIH has parallel and not serial. http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=prodmbspec&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=1165 Chipset is AMD 690G/SB600, one of the candidate boards. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
