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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-05-23 16:24:06 (EDT)
committer Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-05-23 16:24:06 (EDT)
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docs/install/x200_external: update notes about GPIO33
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@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@
can also be followed (adapted) if you brick your X200, to know how
to recover.
</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="#flashchips">Flash chips</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#macaddress">MAC address</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#clip">Initial BBB configuration and installation procedure</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#boot">Boot it!</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#wifi">Wifi</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#wwan">wwan</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#memory">Memory</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#gpio33">X200S and X200 Tablet users: GPIO33 trick will not work.</a></li>
+ </ul>
<p><a href="index.html">Back to main index</a></p>
</div>
@@ -127,8 +138,6 @@ chip on those pins?
Check the list of SOIC-8 flash chips at <a href="../hcl/gm45_remove_me.html#flashchips">../hcl/gm45_remove_me.html#flashchips</a> but
do note that these are only 4MiB (32Mb) chips. The only X200 SPI chips with 8MiB capacity are SOIC-16. For 8MiB capacity in this case,
the X201 SOIC-8 flash chip (Macronix 25L6445E) might work.
- Another possible solution: ground GPIO33 and boot up in non-descriptor mode. This might make software flashing possible, if
- it's possible to circumvent any flashing protections that might exist.
</p>
<h2>
@@ -332,7 +341,7 @@ Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
<div class="section">
- <h2>
+ <h2 id="boot">
Boot it!
</h2>
<p>
@@ -347,6 +356,52 @@ Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
</p>
</div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+ <h2 id="gpio33">
+ X200S and X200 Tablet users: GPIO33 trick will not work.
+ </h2>
+ <p>
+ sgsit found out about a pin called GPIO33, which can be grounded to disable the flashing protections
+ by the descriptor and stop the ME from starting (which itself interferes with flashing attempts).
+ The theory was proven correct; however, it is still useless in practise.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Look just above the 7 in TP37 (that's GPIO33):<br/>
+ <img src="../hcl/images/x200/gpio33_location.jpg" alt="" />
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ By default we would see this in lenovobios, when trying flashrom -p internal -w rom.rom:
+ </p>
+<pre>
+FREG0: Warning: Flash Descriptor region (0x00000000-0x00000fff) is read-only.
+FREG2: Warning: Management Engine region (0x00001000-0x005f5fff) is locked.
+</pre>
+ <p>
+ With GPIO33 grounded during boot, this disabled the flash protections as set
+ by descriptor, and stopped the ME from starting. The output changed to:
+ </p>
+<pre>
+The Flash Descriptor Override Strap-Pin is set. Restrictions implied by
+the Master Section of the flash descriptor are NOT in effect. Please note
+that <b>Protected Range (PR) restrictions still apply.</b>
+</pre>
+ <p>
+ The part in bold is what got us. This was still observed:
+ </p>
+<pre>
+PR0: Warning: 0x007e0000-0x01ffffff is read-only.
+PR4: Warning: 0x005f8000-0x005fffff is locked.
+</pre>
+
+ <p>
+ It is actually possible to disable these protections. Lenovobios does,
+ when updating the BIOS (proprietary one). One possible way to go about this
+ would be to debug the BIOS update utility from Lenovo, to find out
+ how it's disabling these protections. Some more research is available here:
+ <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x200/internal_flashing_research">http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x200/internal_flashing_research</a>
+ </p>
+ </div>
<div class="section">