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<h1 id="pagetop">ASUS KGPE-D16 server/workstation board</h1>
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This is a server board using AMD hardware (Fam10h <b>and Fam15h</b> CPUs available). It can also be used
for building a high-powered workstation. Powered by libreboot. The coreboot port was done by
Timothy Pearson of <a href="https://raptorengineeringinc.com/">Raptor Engineering Inc.</a> and,
working with Timothy (and sponsoring the work) merged into libreboot.
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NOTE: This board is unsupported in libreboot 20150518.
To use it in libreboot, for now, you must build for it
from source using the libreboot git repository.
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Flashing instructions can be found at <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom">../install/index.html#flashrom</a>
- note that external flashing is required (e.g. BBB), if the proprietary (ASUS) firmware is currently installed.
If you already have libreboot, by default it is possible to re-flash using software running in GNU/Linux
on the KGPE-D16, without using external hardware.
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<h1 id="boardstatus">Board status (compatibility)</h1>
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See <a href="https://raptorengineeringinc.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-status.php">https://raptorengineeringinc.com/coreboot/kgpe-d16-status.php</a>.
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<h1 id="formfactor">Form factor</h1>
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These boards use the SSI EEB 3.61 form factor; make sure
that your case supports this. This form factor is similar
to E-ATX in that the size is identical, but the position of
the screws are different.
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<h1 id="flashchips">Flash chips</h1>
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2MiB flash chips are included by default, on these boards. It's on a P-DIP 8 slot (SPI chip).
The flash chip can be upgraded to higher sizes: 4MiB, 8MiB or 16MiB. With at least 8MiB,
you could feasibly fit a compressed linux+initramfs image (BusyBox+Linux system) into CBFS
and boot that, loading it into memory.
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DO NOT hot-swap the chip with your bare hands. Use a P-DIP 8
chip extractor. These can be found online.
See <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Developer_Manual/Tools#Chip_removal_tools">http://www.coreboot.org/Developer_Manual/Tools#Chip_removal_tools</a>
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<h1 id="graphics">Native graphics initialization</h1>
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Only text-mode is known to work, but linux(kernel) can initialize
the framebuffer display (if it has KMS - kernel mode setting).
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<h1>Memory</h1>
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TODO: write
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<h1 id="issues">Current issues</h1>
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TODO: write
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<h1>Other information</h1>
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TODO: link to specs, etc
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