On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Corey Osgood <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:36 PM, bari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> coreboot support for netbooks has come back up again. >> >> The VIA vx700 and vx800 chipsets have recently become popular in many >> netbook designs. Most of these netbooks are being produced by Quanta for >> several different OEM's. >> >> VIA has recently released open documentation for the vx700 and vx800 >> chipsets at the VIA Download Portal: >> http://linux.via.com.tw/support/downloadFiles.action >> >> and open documentation for the latest Unichrome graphics controllers: >> http://www.x.org/docs/via/ >> >> VIA has also released a binary unichrome driver for ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10 >> >> VIA is currently developing coreboot support for the vx800 chipset. >> Release should be along very soon! >> >> openChrome support is also in the works for many new chipsets including >> the vx700 and vx800: >> http://www.openchrome.org/ >> >> The openChrome developers can also use lots of help. >> irc.freenode.net #unichrome >> >> The remaining issue with supporting these and other similar netbooks is >> open firmware support for the Embedded Controller (EC). The most common EC's >> in these netbooks are the KB9110 or KB3886 from ENE Technology. The ENE EC's >> are 8051 based and are used to support keyboard scan, lid open/closed, >> battery charging, power management, etc. >> >> There are also several AMD 690/600 laptops still available that may be >> candidates as well. >> >> Let see what we can do to get this working! >> >> For a list of netbook candidates and progress updates: >> http://www.coreboot.org/Laptop > > > Probably the best place to start would be here: > http://via.com.tw/en/products/notebook/notebook.jsp > Erm, just to clarify before anyone yells at me, I'm not trying to put off AMD-based laptops, they'd be good candidates too for those that know how to make the K8 work its magic, I just tend to know more about Via's tech and nettops then AMD and full-blown laptops. Also, nettops are much cheaper, which is much more appealing on my budget ;) -Corey
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