If you're using libreboot from git, note that only CrOS devices build at the moment. We merged a newly rewritten build system recently, and we've yet to complete re-integration of older boards into Libreboot. Use Libreboot 20160907 for the time being, unless you're involved in libreboot development
Flashing instructions
Refer to bbb_setup.html for how to
set up the BBB for external flashing.
You can only externally reprogram one of the chips at a time, and
you need to disable the chip that you're not flashing, by connecting 3v3 to /CS of that chip, so you will actually need
2 test clips (you also need to connect GND on the chip that you're disabling).
Here is an image of the flash chip:
Internal flashing is possible. Boot with the proprietary BIOS
and GNU+Linux. There are 2 flash chips (one is backup).
Flash the first chip:
./flashrom -p internal:dualbiosindex=0 -w libreboot.rom
Flash the second chip:
./flashrom -p internal:dualbiosindex=1 -w libreboot.rom
NOTE: you can still boot the system with just the main flash chip connected,
after desoldering the backup chip. This has been tested while libreboot was
already installed onto the main chip.
NOTE: You need the latest flashrom. Just get it on flashrom.org from
their SVN or Git repos.
NOTE: due to a bug in the hardware, the MAC address is hardcoded in coreboot-libre.
Therefore, you must set your own MAC address in your operating system.
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