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-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/c201.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/d945gclf.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.md4
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/index.md4
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/kcma-d8.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/kfsn4-dre.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/kgpe-d16.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/t400.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/t500.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/x200.md1
10 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/hcl/c201.md b/docs/hcl/c201.md
index b04fb525..ddf293ee 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/c201.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/c201.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Flashing instructions can be found at
- [Considerations about ChromeOS and free operating systems](#os)
- [Caution: Video acceleration requires a non-free blob, software
rendering can be used instead.](#videoblobs)
+
- [Caution: WiFi requires a non-free blob, a USB dongle can be used
instead.](#wifiblobs)
- [EC firmware is free software!](#ec)
diff --git a/docs/hcl/d945gclf.md b/docs/hcl/d945gclf.md
index b2ef3cd0..7b2f95d9 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/d945gclf.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/d945gclf.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Remarks about vendor bios:
vendor bios is very bad. It cannot boot from any HDD wether it is
connected to the SATA port or USB. With libreboot it works just
fine.
+
- The vendor bios write protects the flash so it requires external
flashing to install libreboot on this device. Once libreboot is
flashed there is no problem to update the firmware internally
diff --git a/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.md b/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.md
index c10c892e..485bf731 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ich9gen executables can be found under ./ich9deblob/ statically compiled
in libreboot\_util. If you are using src or git, build ich9gen from
source with:
$ ./oldbuild module ich9deblob
+
The executable will appear under resources/utilities/ich9deblob/
Run:
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ the little sticker on the bottom/base of the laptop.
On GM45 laptops that use flash descriptors, the MAC address or the
onboard ethernet chipset is flashed (inside the ROM image). You should
generate a descriptor+gbe image with your own MAC address inside (with
-the Gbe checksum updated to match). Run:\
+the Gbe checksum updated to match). Run:
+
$ ./ich9gen --macaddress XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
(replace the XX chars with the hexadecimal chars in the MAC address that
you want)
diff --git a/docs/hcl/index.md b/docs/hcl/index.md
index 8adb7fc4..6eb810ef 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/index.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/index.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This sections relates to known hardware compatibility in libreboot.
- [Servers/workstations](#supported_workstations_x86amd)
- [Laptops (ARM)](#supported_laptops_arm)
- [Laptops (Intel, x86)](#supported_laptops_x86intel)
+
- NOTES:
- [Updating the EC firmware on i945 and GM45
(recommended)](#ecupdate)
@@ -436,7 +437,8 @@ Referenced below are copies (up to date at the time of writing,
the macbook2,1. They are included here in case the main site goes down
for whatever reason, since they include a lot of useful information.
-Backups created using wget:\
+Backups created using wget:
+
$ wget -m -p -E -k -K -np http://macbook.donderklumpen.de/
**\$ wget -m -p -E -k -K -np
http://macbook.donderklumpen.de/coreboot/**\
diff --git a/docs/hcl/kcma-d8.md b/docs/hcl/kcma-d8.md
index 901f190e..f8dab9c1 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/kcma-d8.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/kcma-d8.md
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ Current issues {#issues}
can put a kernel in CBFS or on SATA and use that to boot GNU, which
can be on a SAS drive. The linux kernel can use those SAS drives
(via PIKE module) without an option ROM).
+
- IPMI iKVM module (optional add-on card) uses proprietary firmware.
Since it's for remote out-of-band management, it's theoretically a
backdoor similar to the Intel Management Engine. Fortunately, unlike
diff --git a/docs/hcl/kfsn4-dre.md b/docs/hcl/kfsn4-dre.md
index 34804c0f..84b8d455 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/kfsn4-dre.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/kfsn4-dre.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Current issues {#issues}
person says that they will look into it. [This
config](http://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=board-status.git;a=blob;f=asus/kfsn4-dre/4.0-10101-g039edeb/2015-06-27T03:59:16Z/config.txt;h=4742905c185a93fbda8eb14322dd82c70641aef0;hb=055f5df4e000a97453dfad6c91c2d06ea22b8545)
doesn't have the issue.
+
- Text-mode is a bit jittery (but still usable). (the jitter
disappears if using KMS, once the kernel starts. The jitter will
remain, if booting the kernel in text-mode).
diff --git a/docs/hcl/kgpe-d16.md b/docs/hcl/kgpe-d16.md
index 97a87a4b..b0490edc 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/kgpe-d16.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/kgpe-d16.md
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Current issues {#issues}
can put a kernel in CBFS or on SATA and use that to boot GNU, which
can be on a SAS drive. The linux kernel can use those SAS drives
(via PIKE module) without an option ROM).
+
- IPMI iKVM module (optional add-on card) uses proprietary firmware.
Since it's for remote out-of-band management, it's theoretically a
backdoor similar to the Intel Management Engine. Fortunately, unlike
diff --git a/docs/hcl/t400.md b/docs/hcl/t400.md
index c3e0d9d3..e3355f57 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/t400.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/t400.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ outputs from the T400:
- T400 with **Winbond W25X64** flash chip (8MiB, SOIC-16) and Lenovo
BIOS 2.02 (EC firmware 1.01):
- [../future/dumps/logs-t400-bios2.02-ec1.01/](../future/dumps/logs-t400-bios2.02-ec1.01/)
+
- Version of flashrom used for the external flashing/reading logs is
the one that libreboot git revision c164960 uses.
diff --git a/docs/hcl/t500.md b/docs/hcl/t500.md
index a17a6fc1..2b187e54 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/t500.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/t500.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ were something like:
$ diff -u t500gbe x200gbe
$ diff -u t500descriptor x200descriptor
+
ME VSCC table is in a different place and a different size on the T500.
Libreboot disables and removes the ME anyway, so it doesn't matter.
diff --git a/docs/hcl/x200.md b/docs/hcl/x200.md
index deb212a9..4ab38cba 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/x200.md
+++ b/docs/hcl/x200.md
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ just simply remove the digitizer).
- BOE-Hydis HV121WX4-120, HV121WX4-110 or HV121WX4-100 - cheap-ish,
might be hard to find
+
- Samsung LTN121AP02-001 - common to find, cheap
**If your X200 has an LED backlit panel in it, then you also need to get