Re: [coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-19 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 12/17/2018 10:43 PM, Ed Hau wrote: > Thanks for all the great info once again! Yah thanks! tech support is my job on the coreboot ML to free up time for the devs let me know if you need any more information or help. What you need: * Flashing device like USB CH341A (less than $10 from

Re: [coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-17 Thread Ed Hau
Thanks for all the great info once again! Just wanted to follow up and say I put the order in and it's on the way now. I was unable to find the ASMB4 or 5 though so ended up getting an ASMB6 for now that I'll look into adding OpenBMC support for. The Broadcom NIC firmware sounds very

Re: [coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-12 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 12/12/2018 09:59 PM, Ed Hau wrote: > Thanks for all the help so far after digging for the past day I was > thinking about picking up the KCMR-D12 as you had recommended and a set of > AMD OPTERON 4280 to go with it. This has the AST-2050 for the openBMC port > that I am also interested in. Just

Re: [coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-12 Thread Ed Hau
Thanks for all the help so far after digging for the past day I was thinking about picking up the KCMR-D12 as you had recommended and a set of AMD OPTERON 4280 to go with it. This has the AST-2050 for the openBMC port that I am also interested in. Just wanted one more round of sanity checks

Re: [coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-11 Thread Ed Hau
Hey Nico, Thank you for the info this is what I was looking for before starting on what looks like it might have been a futile task (for myself). I am sure I can find other machines that work just as well for my workload. My goal is to find a board that is not yet supported by coreboot as I

Re: [coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-11 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 12/11/2018 04:29 AM, Nico Huber wrote: > Hello Ed, > >> I just started looking into adding support for the dell r610. > > I really don't want to discourage you, but if I'm looking at the correct > datasheet, this machine is using Nehalem/Westmere EP processors (e.g. > Xeon X5550 etc.). If

Re: [coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-11 Thread Nico Huber
Hello Ed, > I just started looking into adding support for the dell r610. I really don't want to discourage you, but if I'm looking at the correct datasheet, this machine is using Nehalem/Westmere EP processors (e.g. Xeon X5550 etc.). If that is the case, this is no project suited for a coreboot

[coreboot] Dell R610 Support

2018-12-10 Thread Ed Hau
Hello, I just started looking into adding support for the dell r610. This is mostly because you can get them really cheap and they perform well for my type of workloads. However looking at the wiki it looks like I have my work cut out for me if I am able to do this at all. From the following