Hi Sander, On 16.09.2009 13:34, Sander wrote: > Supermicro X7SLA-H motherboard[2]. > > The chipsets of the X7SLA-H are Intel 945GC + ICH7R which are listed as > WIP on "Devices supported in coreboot v3"[3] > > What are the changes of getting Coreboot v3 to work on this motherboard? >
Pretty slim. We are currently working on integrating all important v3 features in v2 because v2 gets more developer attention. If your chipset is supported in v2, you have a good chance to get your board working. > What makes v3 'alpha'? I can't seem to figure it out from reading the > wiki. > Short answer: v3 has a pretty new design and we're still evaluating aspects of that design. Those parts of the design which are already proven will be integrated in v2, other parts may come later. > I consider myself an experienced Linux user but I have no hardware tools > for flash or debug. Would I be able to play with Coreboot and be of any > use to the community? > It is very useful to have a serial nullmodem cable and a POST card. Test both of them. It is also a requirement to be able to recover if flashing went wrong. That means you either need a second board with the same flash type (the board can be totally different as long as the flash type (FWH/LPC/SPI) is identical) or an external programmer. Of course, to recover the flash chip on your board, that flash chip should be in a socket (or have a SPI recovery header). > Btw, I am open for any suggestions regarding a better motherboard with > possible (future) Coreboot support. I'm looking for a small size, > relative low power, two core, 64bit system with a pci slot for the Solos > card. I've read the 'Supported Motherboard' section but it was last > modified at 6 July 2009 so that might be outdated. > We have too many boards on our TODO list and only limited funding and developer time. We welcome every contribution and every new developer or user. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
