Supported Chipsets and Devices

coreboot v4 is the current stable coreboot tree recommended for productive use and for porting new boards.

• If a device is not supported by coreboot v4, try checking coreboot v1 or coreboot v3 for support.
• However, in general it is not recommended to use coreboot v3 — this was an experimental development tree which is gradually being merged into v4.
• Also, coreboot v1 should be avoided (if v4 can be used instead for your board), as it has been unmaintained for a long time. It is definately desirable to port boards from v1 to v4 whereever possible.

See also Supported Motherboards.

Devices supported in coreboot v4

Northbridges Vendor Northbridge Status AMD Fam10 OK16 AMD K8 OK AMD GX1 OK AMD GX (GX2) OK AMD LX OK IBM CPC710 ? IBM CPC925 ? Intel® E7501 ? Intel® E7520 ? Intel® E7525 ? Intel® 3100 OK Intel® 82443BX (440BX) OK Intel® 82810 WIP9 Intel® 82830 OK Intel® 82855 ? Intel® EP80579 (Tolapai) OK Intel® 945 OK SiS SiS761GX OK VIA VT8601 (PLE133) WIP VIA VT8623 (CLE266) OK VIA K8T890 OK VIA K8M890 OK VIA CN400 ? VIA CN700 OK14 VIA CX700 OK VIA VX800 WIP

Southbridges Vendor Southbridge Status AMD AMD8111 OK AMD AMD8131 OK AMD AMD8132 OK AMD AMD8151 OK AMD CS5530/CS5530A WIP AMD CS5535 ? AMD CS5536 OK AMD RS690 OK AMD SB600 OK AMD RS780/RS785? OK AMD SB700/SB7x0 OK Broadcom BCM21000 OK Broadcom BCM5780 OK Broadcom BCM5785 OK Intel® 6300ESB (ESB6300) ? Intel® 3100 OK Intel® 82371EB (PIIX4E) WIP6 Intel® 82801AA/AB (ICH/ICH0) OK Intel® 82801BA/BAM (ICH2/ICH2-M) OK Intel® 82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) OK Intel® 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) OK Intel® 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) OK Intel® 82801GX (ICH7) OK Intel® 82870 ? Intel® PXHD ? Intel® EP80579 (Tolapai) OK NVIDIA CK804 OK17 NVIDIA MCP55 OK17 Ricoh RL5C476 ? SiS SiS966(L) OK VIA VT8231 ? VIA VT8235 ? VIA VT8237R OK VIA VT8237A WIP VIA VT8237S OK VIA VT82C686 OK

Super I/Os Vendor Super I/O Status ASUS A8000 12, 13 Fintek F71805F/FG OK ITE IT8661F OK 1 ITE IT8671F OK ITE IT8673F OK 1 ITE IT8705F OK 1 ITE IT8712F OK 8 ITE IT8716F OK ITE IT8718F OK 1 Intel® 3100 OK 15 Intel® EP80579 (Tolapai) OK 15 NSC PC8374 ? NSC PC87309 OK 5 NSC PC87351 OK NSC PC87360 ? NSC PC87366 ? NSC PC87417 ? NSC PC87427 ? NSC PC97307 ? NSC PC97317 ? ServerEngines PILOT OK18 SMSC® FDC37M70x OK12 SMSC® FDC37B80x OK12 SMSC® FDC37B78x OK12 SMSC® FDC37B72x OK12 SMSC® FDC37B81x OK12 SMSC® FDC37M60x OK3,12 SMSC® LPC47B27x OK7,12 SMSC® LPC47M10x OK12 SMSC® LPC47M112 OK12 SMSC® LPC47M13x OK12 SMSC® LPC47M15x OK12 SMSC® LPC47M192 OK12 SMSC® LPC47B397 OK12 SMSC® DME1737 OK12 SMSC® SCH5307 OK12 SMSC® LPC47N217 ? VIA VT1211 ? VIA VT82C686(A/B) OK5 Winbond™ W83627DHG OK Winbond™ W83627UHG OK Winbond™ W83627EHG/HF/EHF/THF OK Winbond™ W83697HF/HG ? Winbond™ W83627THF ? Winbond™ W83627THG ? Winbond™ W83977F OK Winbond™ W83977TF OK Winbond™ W83977EF OK4

CPUs Type CPU Status x86 AMD OK x86 Intel® OK x86 VIA OK Emulated QEMU OK SOCs Vendor SOC Status AMD Elan SC520 OK Intel® EP80579 (Tolapai) OK

¹ Serial output should work for all ITE Super I/Os (but is only tested on the IT8671F and IT8712F). The rest could work, but is completely untested.
³ Serial output on serial port 1 is tested and works, the rest probably not yet (tested on FDC37M602).
⁴ The W83977EF works fine with the W83977TF code (the pre-RAM serial part at least).
⁵ Pre-RAM serial output works fine, but nothing else, yet.
⁶ IDE support is available and tested. SMBus support may work, but is untested. USB support is on our TODO list.
⁷ Pre-RAM serial output works fine, everything else is untested.
⁸ Works fine mostly, but support for more obscure features (floppy, game port, MIDI, IR) might need more work.
⁹ Works mostly, but currently there are some limitations as to which RAM DIMMs can be used.
¹² All these Super I/O chips should be supported by the "smscsuperio" driver. Only the ASUS A8000 is tested, though. The floppy disk controller, the parallel port, the serial ports (COM1 + COM2), and the keyboard should work for all chips. More advanced stuff may need more work, though.
¹³ The ASUS A8000 Super I/O seems to be a rebranded SMSC DME1737.
¹⁴ Working, but not widely tested, yet. Works with single DIMM DDR2.
¹⁵ The Intel 3100/EP80579 UARTs and watchdog timer are integrated as a Super I/O-like device; only the UARTs have been tested so far.
¹⁶ Barcelona B0-B3 supported.
¹⁷ MCP55 and CK804 are supported, but no open documents are available from NVIDIA.
¹⁸ Partially supported, but not all features implemented.

Devices supported in coreboot v3

coreboot v3 was an experimental development tree of coreboot which should not be used anymore (there are only very few exceptions)! Most features from v3 are gradually being merged into v4.

Northbridges Vendor Northbridge Status AMD Geode LX OK AMD Geode K8 WIP Intel® 82443BX (440BX) WIP Intel® 945 WIP VIA CN700 WIP

Southbridges Vendor Southbridge Status AMD AMD-8111 ? AMD AMD-8132 ? AMD AMD-8151 ? AMD CS5536 OK AMD RS690 OK AMD SB600 OK Intel® 82371EB (PIIX4E) WIP Intel® 82801GX (ICH7) WIP NVIDIA MCP55 WIP1 VIA VT8237R WIP

Super I/Os Vendor Super I/O Status Fintek F71805F WIP ITE IT8712F OK ITE IT8716F OK VIA VT1211 WIP Winbond™ W83627HF OK Winbond™ W83627THG OK

CPUs Type CPU Status AMD Geode LX OK AMD K8 WIP Generic i586 WIP Intel Core Duo / Core 2 Duo WIP VIA C7 WIP

¹ MCP55 and CK804 are supported, but no open documents are available from NVIDIA.

Devices supported in coreboot v1

Not all devices have been ported from coreboot v1 to coreboot v4, yet (check "v4?" field). If you want to work on such a port contact us on the mailing list.

Northbridges Vendor Northbridge Status v4? Acer M1631 ? No Alpha Tsunami ? No AMD AMD76x ? No Intel® 430TX ? No Intel® 440BX ? Yes3 Intel® 440GX ? No Intel® 82815EP ? No Intel® 82830 ? No Intel® 82860 ? No Intel® E7500 ? No Intel® E7501 ? Yes Intel® E7505 ? No Micron 21PAD ? No Motorola MPC107 ? No NSC/AMD GX1 ? Yes VIA VT694 ? No VIA VT8601 ? Yes VIA VT8623 ? Yes

Southbridges Vendor Southbridge Status v4? Acer M1535 ? No Acer M1543 ? No AMD AMD766 ? No AMD AMD768 ? No Intel® 82801 ? Yes Intel® 82801CA ? Yes Intel® 82801DB ? Yes Intel® 82870 ? Yes Intel® PIIX4E ? Yes NSC/AMD CS5530 ? Yes NSC SCX200 ? No VIA VT8231 ? Yes VIA VT8235 ? Yes VIA VT82C686 ? No Winbond™ W83C553 ? No

Super I/Os Vendor Super I/O Status v4? Acer M1535 ? No ITE IT8671F ? Yes NSC PC87309 OK Yes NSC PC87351 ? Yes NSC PC97307 ? Yes NSC PC97317 ? Yes SiS 950 ? No SMC FDC37B72X ? Yes SMC FDC37B78X ? Yes SMC FDC37B807 ? Yes SMC FDC37C669 ? No SMC FDC37C67X ? No SMC FDC37N769 ? No VIA VT1211 ? Yes VIA VT8231 ? No VIA VT82C686 ? Yes2 Winbond™ W83627HF ? Yes Winbond™ W83877TF ? No Winbond™ W83977EF ? Yes1

North-/Southbridges Vendor North/South Status v4? NSC SCX200 ? No SiS 540 ? No SiS 550 ? No SiS 630 ? No SiS 635 ? No SiS 730 ? No SiS 735 ? No ST STPC ? No CPUs Type CPU Status v4? Alpha EV6 ? No PowerPC ? ? No x86 AMD ? Yes x86 Intel® ? Yes x86 VIA ? Yes

¹ The W83977EF works fine with the W83977TF code in coreboot v4 (the pre-RAM serial part at least).
² Pre-RAM serial output works in coreboot v4, but the rest is not supported, yet.
³ Work in progress.