Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:57:49 -0800 (PST) | From | Brandon Howard <> | Subject | Re: First desktop motherboard supported by LinuxBIOS: GIGABYTE M57SLI-S4 |
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Oops, forgot to include the relevant links in the previous email:
[1] http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2287 [2] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128014 [3] http://linuxbios.org/Download_LinuxBIOS [4] http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html
--- Brandon Howard <brandon_waldgrave@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The GIGABYTE M57SLI-S4 [1] is the first-ever desktop motherboard > supported by a Free & Open Source BIOS, thanks to AMD engineer > Yinghai > Lu who released GPL-licensed code last month. This state-of-the-art > motherboard is based on the NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI chipset and AMD's > latest Socket AM2. It contains tons of advanced features such as: > > Support for AMD Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 FX and Athlon 64 processors > 2X PCI Express x16 slots > 3X PCI Express x1 slots > 2X PCI slots > 3X 1394a (FireWire) ports > 10X USB 2.0 > 16GB maximum memory > SATA RAID > 6X SATA 3Gb/s slots. > > This motherboard can be obtained today from many retail and online > stores [2] and the source code for the BIOS can be downloaded from > the > LinuxBIOS SVN server [3]. > > This is a huge victory in the quest for a completely Free & Open > Source general-purpose computer that enables users to have full > control over their own hardware. The Free Software Foundation has > made > the campaign for a Free BIOS a top priority because it is a key > component in the software stack of personal computers [4]. The need > for a Free BIOS is even more pressing since DRM and Treacherous > Computing have found their way into some proprietary BIOSes and EFI. > From a practical perspective, LinuxBIOS removes the need for ugly > hacks and workarounds in the kernel that compensate for buggy BIOSes > > we can now fix the BIOS ourselves. > > I encourage everyone upgrading their desktop computers to consider > getting this motherboard or another one that is supported by > LinuxBIOS. > > -Brandon
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