I guess I'll go with the MII then and buy the BIOS piggy back so I don't
have to desolder the existing PLCC socket. Is CPU compatibility an
issue? As long as I'm using an x86 processor the asm should be
compatible. Are there other small differences in processor
initialization that could make them at this point incompatible with
LinuxBIOS? The reason I'm asking is the MII supports two CPUs, the Eden
600 and the C3 10000 and I wasn't sure if they had any small
initialization differences or if the CPU selection even mattered. If it
does matter I'll ask Dave Ashley what the differences are between the two.
Thanks,
Michael Robinson
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Hendricks David W. wrote:
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
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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
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ron minnich wrote:
it depends on the chipset type. Can you give us some lspci output and we
can see what is possible?
ron
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