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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2014-07-11 04:53:00 (EDT)
committer Michał Masłowski <mtjm@mtjm.eu>2014-08-22 13:01:19 (EDT)
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Libreboot release 6 beta 1.
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# flash script: uses flashrom to flash a new libreboot ROM image onto your machine
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Francis Rowe
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# USE ROOT OR SUDO WHEN EXECUTING THIS
+# uses flashrom to flash the rom
+
+if (( $# != 1 )); then
+ echo "Usage: ./lenovobios_firstflash yourrom.rom"
+ echo "usage: ./lenovobios_firstflash path/to/yourrom.rom"
+ echo "You need to specify exactly 1 file"
+ exit
+fi
+
+# boardmismatch=force is for people upgrading from libreboot 5th release, where the new ROM's are "ThinkPad X60 / X60s / X60t"
+# and the old ones are "ThinkPad X60 / X60s" and flashrom complains otherwise
+
+echo "MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE 'VERIFIED' AT THE END (YOU WANT TO SEE THAT. MEANS IT WORKED)."
+./flashrom/flashrom -p internal:boardmismatch=force -w $1
+echo "MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE 'VERIFIED' WRITTEN ABOVE (YOU WANT TO SEE THAT. MEANS IT WORKED)."