Hi Peter, On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Peter Stuge <[email protected]> wrote: > Graeme Russ wrote: >> I have an in-circuit SPI programmer, but there is no header on the >> motherboard to get at the flash chip - I may need to jury-rig some >> kind of connection to the flash chip (as soon as I locate it). > > The flash chip may be socketed, in which case you can glue a knob to > it for easy moving back and forth.
No such luck - None of the chips are socketed :( I'm thinking I may be able to use a very fine tipped soldering iron to attach a jumper header. > > >> Can I assume a particular south-bridge chip > > I think there is only one chip. > > >> > Depending on your experience and skill should expect to spend some >> > months on the project. >> >> I have a fair bit of experience (x86 port of U-Boot) so once I get >> access to the Flash, I should be able to hack it pretty quickly. > > Maybe you'll be interested in Rudolf's work on making U-Boot run as a > coreboot payload. Being the U-Boot x86 maintainer, I am familiar with it. There is a bit of activity at the moment that I'm looking forward to committing. >> Does the E350M1 port fully support booting and running Linux >> (including PCIe etc.)? > > Yes, it's rather complete, there may still be a glitch or two, but > it's pretty good. Excellent Regards, Graeme -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
