I'm really interested in using coreboot and tried to follow
http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ to
find out about the chances for my motherboard.
Note: I disabled line wrapping for better readability of command line tools
output.
No annoying intended.
* Step 1: A very brief description of your system: board vendor, board name,
CPU, northbridge, southbridge, and optionally other important details.
Board: Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3 (rev. 1.0)
CPU: Intel Core Duo
# Northbridge: Intel® 945PL Express Chipset
# Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
# Realtek 8111B Gigabit Ethernet controller
further Bios details:
BIOS
1. 4 Mbit flash ROM
2. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
3. Supports Virtual Dual BIOS
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b.
Other Features
1. Supports @BIOS
2. Supports Download Center
3. Supports Q-Flash
4. Supports EasyTune 5
5. Supports Xpress Install
6. Supports Xpress Recovery2
7. Supports Virtual DualBIOS
* Step 2: Linux "lspci -tvnn" output for your system, generated by booting
Linux via the original BIOS and runnning lspci.
-[0000:00]-+-00.0 Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub
[8086:2770]
+-1b.0 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio
Controller [8086:27d8]
+-1c.0-[01]--+-00.0 JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial
ATA Controller [197b:2363]
| \-00.1 JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial
ATA Controller [197b:2363]
+-1c.3-[02]----00.0 Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B
PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168]
+-1d.0 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller
#1 [8086:27c8]
+-1d.1 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller
#2 [8086:27c9]
+-1d.2 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller
#3 [8086:27ca]
+-1d.3 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller
#4 [8086:27cb]
+-1d.7 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller
[8086:27cc]
+-1e.0-[03]--+-00.0 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller [1106:3038]
| +-00.1 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1
Controller [1106:3038]
| +-00.2 VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 [1106:3104]
| +-00.3 VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)]
IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller [1106:3044]
| \-02.0 ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP
[1002:4750]
+-1f.0 Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface
Bridge [8086:27b8]
+-1f.1 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
[8086:27df]
+-1f.2 Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE
Controller [8086:27c0]
\-1f.3 Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
[8086:27da]
* Step 3: Super I/O chip on the mainboard (report the model numbers on the
actual chip, for example "Winbond W83627HF" and/or run "superiotool -dV").
superiotool said: Found ITE IT8718F (id=0x8718, rev=0x1) at 0x2e
* Step 4: Type of BIOS device (see the question "How do I identify the BIOS
chip on my mainboard?" below). Please send us the output of "flashrom -V"
flashrom -V said in between:
[...]
Found ITE Super I/O, id 8718
Found chipset "Intel ICH7/ICH7R", enabling flash write...
[...]
Found chip "SST SST25VF040.REMS" (512 KB, SPI) at physical address 0xfff80000.
[...]
* Step 5: URL to the mainboard specifications page (optional).
All non-generated information comes from from
http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=2325
* Step 6: Any other relevant information you can provide.
I'm extremely comfortable with C and linux in general and willing to invest
time into making this work if possible.
Please let me know if there's a chance to get coreboot running and/or if there
is anything I can do to help.
Please CC me - I'm subscribed but disabled reception until it makes sense to
get further involved.
Best regards!
John
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