On Sat, Feb 19 2011, Alex G. wrote: > On 02/19/2011 01:39 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> But I did not found here new Intel and AMD cpu for motherboards in >> Desktop/Workstation section (except Laptop) >> mentioned for e.g. >> Intel Core 7i >> Intel Core 3i > > Won't happen because Intel won't tell us how to initialize that > hardware. So just stay away. >
I was not aware. >> and similar AMD's latest. >> > Support for AMD Fam 14h just got added a few days ago. There are only > two AMD boards that are currently supported. It's a very new product, so > we don't have the boards (yet?). > >> So finally I like to know do these newer CPU's any motherboard going >> to be supported in near future, So I will purchase that motherboard. >> > Your board will be supported if you do the port yourself, or are lucky > enough to have the same board as someone who has already ported (is > doing the port). > > I'm working on the VIA VX900, so you could expect that to be supported > in a couple of months (or earlier, depending on how difficult the > chipset is). > >> I want to find it out as it will be difficult to change hardware than >> software later. Please suggest which CPU/motherboard combination is >> good with coreboot. >> > What do you want to do with your computer? > For HTPC, VIA Nano is pretty good. > For regular desktop, we have a few good AM3 boards supported. > For workstation/server, you can get your hands dirty, get a > single/dual-socket G34 board, and start porting. We have most > infrastructure code for that, so it shouldn't be too hard. :) I wanted general purpose regular desktop for programming, internet, GNU/Linux with common servers dovecote, tomcat, apache etc > > And someone wiser may give you a more complete answer. -- Regards, -sharad -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
