[Arm-netbook] AMD APU's in EOMA and ARM SOC's with PCIe

[Bari Ari]

On 01/24/2012 12:26 AM, lkcl luke wrote:
> http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2011-February/063500.html
>
> bari - am i right in thinking that the same AMD G-Series CPUs which
> you've recommended are the exact same type 0x14, discussed above, that
> are now supported by coreboot?
>
> i mean, it would make sense if the answer was yes :)
>
> but it means that it's bloody significant, because it would be the
> basis for the only decent (i.e. modern) FSF-Hardware-Endorseable
> EOMA-68 CPU card.
>
> as such it would be possible to raise awareness about it and
> potentially get sales referrals from the FSF and a mention on the FSF
> web site etc. etc.
>
>
Yes. Support for coreboot was actually provided by AMD. AMD has been 
supporting every new processor and family of chipset for the past couple 
of years.

There are a few systems now that ship with coreboot from the factory.
http://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2011/09/12/coreboot-in-shipping-products/

There was also a STPC Internet terminal sold in India 5-10 years ago 
that sold over one million units with coreboot.