Re: Support for AMD SR56x0/SP5100 chipset

["Christoph Egger" <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

> Does anyone know if existing drivers will deal with the new chipset?
> 
> I'm planning on acquiring a new toy, with quad-socket 12-core Opteron 
> CPUs.  The motherboard uses the new chip-set, and there's a dearth of 
> detailed info available from AMD's website.  I can't even find the PCI 
> model info for these chips.
> 
> If these are not supported, does anyone have a clue on how much work 
> would be required to extend existing drivers?  Or does anyone have a 
> datasheet?  :)


The SR56x0 is a northbridge and SP5100 is a southbridge.
They are the server variants of the desktop versions.
The SP5100 is equivalent to the SB750.
From the OS driver side there is no difference.

Christoph