From 8df313c4d6607181576471e08d7e909c9c0f33e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:00:00 +0000 Subject: Libreboot release 6 beta 5. - build: added 'luks', 'lvm', 'cmosdump' and 'cmostest' to the list of modules for grub.elf - Documentation: added pics showing T60 unbricking (still need to write a tutorial) - build: include cmos.layout (coreboot/src/mainboard/manufacturer/model/cmos.layout) files in libreboot_bin - Documentation: added ../docs/howtos/x60tablet_unbrick.html - Documentation: added ../docs/howtos/t60_unbrick.html - Documentation: added ../docs/howtos/t60_lcd_15.html - Documentation: added ../docs/howtos/t60_security.html - Documentation: added ../docs/howtos/t60_heatsink.html - Documentation: Renamed RELEASE.html to release.html - Documentation: removed pcmcia reference in x60_security.html (it's cardbus) - Documentation: added preliminary information about randomized seal (for physical intrusion detection) in x60_security.html and t60_security.html - Documentation: added preliminary information about preventing/mitigating cold-boot attack in x60_security.html and t60_security.html - Documentation: added info to ../docs/index.html#macbook21 warning about issues with macbook21 - Documentation: X60/T60: added information about checking custom ROM's using dd to see whether or not the top 64K region is duplicated below top or not. Advise caution about this in the tutorial that deals with flashing on top of Lenovo BIOS, citing the correct dd commands necessary if it is confirmed that the ROM has not been applied with dd yet. (in the case that the user compiled their own ROM's from libreboot, without using the build scripts, or if they forgot to use dd, etc). - Split resources/libreboot/patch/gitdiff into separate patch files (getcb script updated to accomodate this change). - Re-added .git files to bucts - Fixed the oversight where macbook21_firstflash wasn't included in binary archives --- docs/RELEASE.html | 835 +----------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 834 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/RELEASE.html') diff --git a/docs/RELEASE.html b/docs/RELEASE.html index 7e1456a8..5a211854 100644 --- a/docs/RELEASE.html +++ b/docs/RELEASE.html @@ -27,841 +27,8 @@

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Warning: BETA release! TESTING needed! BUGS present!

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- T60 15.1" QXGA (2048x1536) with Intel GPU currently does not show GRUB visually (the serial output works), although everything after GRUB is working. - A proposed (untested) workaround for GRUB is to lower the screen resolution for that machine (only in GRUB), or try to fix it (the current theory is that not enough memory is - allocated for the framebuffer; this is an issue to be dealt with in coreboot (the upstream provider) and not libreboot (the downstream provider)). -

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- T60 15.4" (1280x800 and 1680x1050) with Intel GPU is untested in this pre-release. Not much yet is known about panel names. - They will be tested at a later date. -

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- A user with 2 T60's, each with a Core 2 Duo T7200 processor tried libreboot on each machine. - One worked, one did not. It should be explained that in addition to the microcode (on the CPU), - updates are usually supplied in coreboot (from Intel) which patch the onboard microcode to fix bugs. - Errata's can be found at http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/SPECUPDT/30922214.pdf - and http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/SPECUPDT/31407918.pdf. - These microcode updates are not included in libreboot because they are proprietary (blobs). Most CPU's work fine without them: hundreds - of Core Duo T2300/T2400/T2500/L2300/L2400/L2500 processors have been tested on the X60, and a few T5600 CPU's have been tested on the T60 (and X60 and all work). - In the case of the T7200, it was found that one of the two tested had instability issues (kernel panics) without the updates: work is being done to find out - exactly what version of the microcode that particular CPU had in this case. - If you find that your CPU gives you similar issues (after trying libreboot), the current workaround is to simply try another CPU - (fortunately, the CPU's in the T60 are installed in a socket so replacing them is easy). -

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