The EPIA M2 is the best one that I know of. Dave Ashley is probably the best person to ask about the EPIA platform, he's done extensive work on it.
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Michael Robinson wrote: > David, > > Are all Via EPIA motherboards fairly well supported or just the EPIA > M2? I would assume since the EPIA M2 uses the: > > - VIA CLE266 North Bridge > - VIA VT8235 South Bridge > > that any of there other EPIA motherboards that use this chipset should > be fairly compatible. Am I correct in this assumption or are there > other important factors that can't be easily fixed? > > Thanks, > Michael Robinson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.fuzzymuzzle.com > > > Hendricks David W. wrote: > > >Right now I'd have to say the best supported mainboards currently are VIA > >EPIA M2 and Opteron mainboards using the AMD8111 southbridge. Asus does weird > >things with their SMbus and hasn't been very cooperative in the past with > >documentation, so I would not recommend that you risk money on them. > > > >Though if you have a high threshold for pain, you can try one of the newer > >VIA chipsets like the KT400 and hope they're generous enough with > >documentation to complete a port. Some other VIA stuff is supported, so > >that might help with a new port. > > > >On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Michael Robinson wrote: > > > > > > > >>Ron, > >> > >>I'm not sure what mobo I'm going to use yet, before I buy one I want to > >>make sure it's at least reasonably possible to get LinuxBIOS running on > >>it. I've heard that the Asus SiS mobos won't work because of the flash > >>chip. Is this just because of the pinout or is it because of actual > >>software compatibility. I can always solder my own socket onto the > >>board if necessary. I've been looking at the Asus boards and most of > >>the compatible boards on your site seem to use the SiS chipset that many > >>of the Asus's do. Can you give me any insight on the chip compatibility > >>problem? Most of the SiS chips in the Asus boards seem very close in > >>model number to the ones you guys have got working. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Michael Robinson > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>www.fuzzymuzzle.com > >> > >>ron minnich wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>it depends on the chipset type. Can you give us some lspci output and we > >>>can see what is possible? > >>> > >>>ron > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Linuxbios mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
