From 94c5e28543c57b03d2f5e73d579cfe88f3885e4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:04:22 +0100 Subject: docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html: less confusing notes about ich9gen --- docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html b/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html index b1ab1f06..cec55b6c 100644 --- a/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html +++ b/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html @@ -43,11 +43,6 @@

ICH9 gen utility

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- This is no longer strictly necessary. Libreboot ROM images for GM45 now - contain the 12KiB descriptor+gbe generated from ich9gen, by default. -

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It is no longer necessary to use ich9deblob to generate a deblobbed descriptor+gbe image for GM45 targets. ich9gen is a small utility within @@ -60,7 +55,19 @@

- It is also possible to generate a descriptor+gbe image with your own MAC address + Running ich9gen this way (without any arguments) generates + a default descriptor+gbe image with a generic MAC address. + You probably don't want to use the generic one; the ROM images + in libreboot contain a descriptor+gbe image by default (already + inserted) just to prevent or mitigate the risk of bricking + your laptop, but with the generic MAC address (the libreboot + project does not know what your real MAC address is). +

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+ 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:
$ ./ich9gen --macaddress XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
(replace the XX chars with the hexadecimal chars in the MAC address that you want) -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2