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diff --git a/docs/install/index.html b/docs/install/index.html index 241ef3d6..5502a9c8 100644 --- a/docs/install/index.html +++ b/docs/install/index.html @@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ <li><a href="#rom">Recommended ROM's to flash</a></li> <li><a href="#flashrom_lenovobios">X60/X60S/X60T/T60: How to flash your ROM (if running Lenovo BIOS firmware)</a></li> <li><a href="#flashrom_macbook21">macbook21: How to flash your ROM (if running Apple EFI firmware)</a></li> - <li><a href="#flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/macbook21: How to flash your ROM (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</a></li> - <li><a href="#flashrom_x200">X200: Flashing libreboot (hardware or software)</a></li> + <li><a href="#flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/X200/macbook21: How to flash your ROM (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</a></li> </ul> <h2>Installing libreboot (hardware)</h2> @@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ <li><a href="x60_unbrick.html">ThinkPad X60/X60S: How to unbrick</a></li> <li><a href="x60tablet_unbrick.html">ThinkPad X60 Tablet: How to unbrick</a></li> <li><a href="t60_unbrick.html">ThinkPad T60: How to unbrick</a></li> + <li><a href="x200_external.html">ThinkPad X200: How to unbrick</a> (also the initial installation guide for this machine)</li> </ul> <hr/> @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ <hr/> - <h1 id="flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/macbook21: How to flash the ROM's onto your machine (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</h1> + <h1 id="flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/X200/macbook21: How to flash the ROM's onto your machine (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</h1> <p> <b> @@ -340,6 +340,11 @@ </p> <p> <b> + If you have Lenovo BIOS running (X200), go to <a href="x200_external.html">x200_external.html</a> instead. + </b> + </p> + <p> + <b> If you have Apple EFI firmware running (macbook21), go to <a href="#flashrom_macbook21">#flashrom_macbook21</a> instead. </b> </p> @@ -350,6 +355,20 @@ </p> <p> <b> + If you have an X200 with libreboot or coreboot already running, note that + the Gbe in the boot flash contains your MAC address. You will need to change the default + MAC address inside the ROM images before flashing a new libreboot image. See + <a href="../hcl/x200_remove_me.html#ich9gen">ich9gen</a> for details. + + Another important note about the X200: even if you do already have libreboot or coreboot, + it is possible for the user to write-protect regions in the flash chip, by modifying + the flash descriptor. If you have locked regions, you will need an external flasher + (see <a href="x200_external.html">x200_external.html</a>) to re-flash those regions. By default, + the X200 ROM images in libreboot contain a descriptor+gbe with all regions unlocked. + </b> + </p> + <p> + <b> If you are flashing an Apple MacBook2,1, be sure to read the information in <a href="../hcl/index.html#macbook21">../hcl/index.html#macbook21</a>. </b> </p> @@ -391,7 +410,7 @@ <p> <b> - If you boot and you see nothing, try turning up the backlight (Fn+Home for X60/X60S/X60T/T60, F2 for macbook21). + If you boot and you see nothing, try turning up the backlight (Fn+Home for X60/X60S/X60T/T60/X200, F2 for macbook21). </b> </p> @@ -404,42 +423,6 @@ </p> <p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p> - -<hr/> - - <h1 id="flashrom_x200">X200: Flashing libreboot (hardware or software)</h1> - - <p> - If your X200 is running the original firmware (Lenovo BIOS), follow the instructions at - <a href="x200_external.html">x200_external.html</a> first. - </p> - - <p> - Software flashing instructions: the guide from <a href="#flashrom">#flashrom</a> ought to work. - </p> - <p> - Notes about how the ME was removed (and disabled) for libreboot can be found at - <a href="../hcl/x200_remove_me.html">../hcl/x200_remove_me.html</a>. - </p> - <p> - On the X200, the Gbe region in the flash chip contains your MAC address. - Libreboot ROM images already contain a descriptor and gbe in them, but - with the same MAC address, which probably isn't the one you want. You can change it. - Read the notes about <a href="../hcl/x200_remove_me.html#ich9gen">ich9gen</a> to - know how to change the MAC address inside your ROM image before flashing it to your - machine. - </p> - - <p> - Flashrom supports the flash chips in the X200, but might complain that the laptop isn't whitelisted. - There are two possible solutions: add a whitelist for X200 (and others) to flashrom, use use - <b>-p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick</b> instead of <b>-p internal</b> as an argument when - running flashrom. - </p> - - <p> - <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a> - </p> <hr/> |