All the AMD Socket F designs are basically going to be the same. You have a CPU that contains the Northbridge chipset that has a HT link to the 2nd CPU. From the 2nd CPU you then have a HT link that takes you to your southbridge chipset and all the PCI, PCI-X or PCI-E slots.
The only difference between Broadcom or NVIDIA would be how many memory slots may or may not be tied directly to each CPU. Outside of that the design basically the same in regards to routing. Joel Robertson Tech Support Manager Customer Service Manager Vendor Relations Manager [email protected] (510) 651-8868 ext. 5196 -----Original Message----- From: Marc Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 11:41 PM To: Myles Watson Cc: Coreboot; yhlu; joelr (joelr - TYANUS) Subject: Re: Good v3 port candidate for Socket F On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Myles Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I'm looking for a system to port to v3. It needs to be Dual socket F. > > Here's the "simplified" block diagram of the system that I have: > > Opteron - Opteron > | > Chipset > | > PCIe > > And the system that I need: > > Opteron - Opteron > | | > PCIe Chipset > > Notice that the second socket has an independent link to a PCIe controller. > > The Tyan s2895 would work, but I need socket F. > > My question is if you know of any Socket F systems that would fit the bill. > I'm especially interested in what chipsets they use. I'd like to port it to > Coreboot-v3. I am not sure what you mean. You want a HT-PCIe bridge that isn't a tunnel to the southbridge? Have you looked at serverworks/broadcom boards? Marc -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
