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+% Libreboot installation workshop at FSF LibrePlanet 2019 conference
+% Leah Rowe
+% 19 March 2018
+
+LibrePlanet is the annual conference held by the Free Software Foundation in
+Boston, MA, USA. This year, it's being held at MIT university on March 23th
+and 24th. More details about it are here:
+<https://libreplanet.org/2019/>
+
+The FSF isn't officially hosting a Libreboot workshop at LibrePlanet
+this year. At the 2015 and 2016 LibrePlanet conference, there were workshops
+there run by myself and Patrick McDermott, a former member of the Libreboot
+project.
+
+This year, like [last year](libreplanet2018-workshop.md), the intention is to
+provide Libreboot flashing for conference goers on an unofficial basis. If
+you have SPI flashing hardware and would like to help out, then email Leah Rowe
+on [leah@libreboot.org](mailto:leah@libreboot.org) and your name will be added
+here. If you can provide a photo to be shared on this page, that will further
+assist attendees in finding you at the conference.
+
+If you, the reader, are attending LibrePlanet this year, and you would like to
+get a Libreboot system flashed for you, then take it with you to LibrePlanet.
+There will be knowledgeable people there who can flash Libreboot for you.
+
+I, Leah Rowe, would be grateful to anyone who can answer my call. I'm looking
+for people who can provide a Libreboot installation service at the FSF conference
+during the weekend.
+
+Recommended areas to go for flashing peoples laptops/desktops at the conference:
+
+- Speakers lounge (behind the reception desk). There is normally space in there
+  and nobody actually checks whether you are a speaker. If you volunteer to
+  help with stuff it should be fine.
+
+- Tables outside the conference rooms (NOTE: no power sockets. Bring extension
+  cables and duct tape, so you can tape the power cables to the ground to
+  prevent trip hazards).
+
+- FSF office (before the conference, e.g. on Thursday, March 21st or Friday,
+  March 22nd. Or Monday, March 25th at the FSF office. The FSF has an open door
+  policy, so any person can show up to their office on 51 Franklin Street, 5th
+  Floor, Boston MA 02110. Either use the conference room if it's free, or use
+  the lobby area at the back of the office. The sysadmin office will probably be
+  good too, if the sysadmins let you in there
+
+- Any room that is used for lightning talks (do it in the back, and be quiet
+  so as to not disturb any talks that are in progress).
+
+I would be grateful if anyone else would also be willing to provide flashing.
+I myself am not attending the conference physically, unfortunately.
+
+Basically, all you need for flashing someone's laptop at the conference is:
+
+- Portable SPI flasher (USB powered. SSH into it via your laptop, use the SPI
+  flasher's own 3v3, etc). Make sure to use the workaround-mx patch on
+  flashrom, so that you can use `--workaround-mx` on Macronix chips, if flashing
+  an X200, otherwise flashing will be unreliable (see mailing list post linked
+  above) - portability is important, in case you sit down with someone in
+  a place without power sockets.
+  See guides on libreboot.org for setting up SPI flashers, but ignore the notes
+  about external PSUs and instead just wire up the flasher's own 3v3 connection.
+  The workaround-mx patch is here:
+  <https://notabug.org/consts/libreboot/raw/2caaac00972d9ea56b0fcd7c95897e90283b05b8/projects/flashrom/patches/0005-Workaround-MX25-reliable-operation.patch>
+  apply this on flashrom src and build with that. To use it, just pass the
+  `--workaround-mx` option in flashrom.
+- Screwdrivers (phillips head 0 *and* 00 - sometimes labelled PH0 or PH00,
+  respectively)
+- Thermal paste and thermal cleaning material, for T400 flashing
+  - arctic mx-4 paste recommended. For cleaning material, use anti-static cloth
+  and isopropyl alcohol - as pure as possible! ideally close to 100%! 70%
+  rubbing alcohol is common in USA, and not suitable for electronics
+- Anti-ESD wrist/ankle strap, to protect against damage from electrostatic
+  discharge when working with circuit boards.
+
+Optionally:
+
+- Bring DIP8 25xx SPI chips with Libreboot, for ASUS KCMA-D8 or KGPE-D16, for the
+  conference goer to put in their D8/D16 when they get home. Also PLCC32 LPC
+  1MB (or bigger, with padding at the beginning) chips for ASUS KFSN4-DRE
+- Soldering equipment (knife tip, hot air, etc) for X200T flashing. NOTE: FSF has
+  soldering equipment in their office, you could ask them to lend it to you
+  if you're flashing a laptop there at the FSF office.