On Sat, Feb 19 2011, Alex G. wrote: > On 02/19/2011 06:58 PM, sharad wrote: >> >> I wanted general purpose regular desktop for programming, internet, >> GNU/Linux with common servers dovecote, tomcat, apache etc >>
> Probably a socket AM2+ board will be best for you if you want to run > coreboot. > > The Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H is the only AM3 board supported. Someone > recently had a problem getting it to run, but at worst, it needs a bit > of tweaking. It has a COM port header, so we can use that to debug if > something may not be working. It doesn't include the adapter for the com > port, but that should be cheap to get. > > http://www.coreboot.org/GIGABYTE_GA-MA785GMT-UD2H > > The board has 4 hardware versions, so you may encounter issues depending > on which version you get. I'd definitely suggest AM3 versus the older > AM2/AM2+. > > You can also pick your favorite board and port it (which we'd all love :p ). > > Alex On Fri, Mar 04 2011, bari wrote: > Sharad wrote: >> So I wanted to know if I have to purchase `GIGABYTE_GA-MA785GMT-US2H' >> as `GIGABYTE_GA-MA785GMT-UD2H' is not available, Could it be easy >> to get coreboot in it as `GIGABYTE_GA-MA785GMT-UD2H' have been already >> supported, might be it is a newer version of `GIGABYTE_GA-MA785GMT-UD2H'? >> Either board works with coreboot with minor tweaking. Compare the > chipset, memory type and super IO on boards. If coreboot supports the > devices then most of the work is already done. Gigabyte boards usually > have the dual BIOS device circuit that make flash programming a bit > more complicated. You might have to check if Flashrom ever was patched > to support it. > -Bari Little more query as these are newer boards in market GA-880GA-UD3H GA-880GMA-UD2H GA-880GM-UD2H As GA-MA785GMT-UD2H already supported, Could its support would be helpful for easily porting above 880 boards for me, if they have something in common with GA-MA785GMT-UD2H. Thanks -- Regards, -sharad -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
