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-rw-r--r--docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html4
-rw-r--r--docs/install/index.html63
-rw-r--r--docs/release.html3
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/docs/hcl/x200.html b/docs/hcl/x200.html
index 58801f3..5675842 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/x200.html
+++ b/docs/hcl/x200.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
</p>
<p>
- Flashing instructions can be found at <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom_x200">../install/index.html#flashrom_x200</a>
+ Flashing instructions can be found at <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom">../install/index.html#flashrom</a>
</p>
<hr/>
diff --git a/docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html b/docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html
index da3ca4d..e306433 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html
+++ b/docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
<p>
Your X200 libreboot.rom image is now ready to be flashed on the machine. Refer back to
- <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom_x200">../install/index.html#flashrom_x200</a>
+ <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom">../install/index.html#flashrom</a>
for how to flash it.
</p>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
<p>
You should now have a <b>libreboot.rom</b> image containing the correct 4K descriptor and 8K gbe regions, which
- will then be safe to flash. Refer back to <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom_x200">../install/index.html#flashrom_x200</a>
+ will then be safe to flash. Refer back to <a href="../install/index.html#flashrom">../install/index.html#flashrom</a>
for how to flash it.
</p>
diff --git a/docs/install/index.html b/docs/install/index.html
index 241ef3d..5502a9c 100644
--- a/docs/install/index.html
+++ b/docs/install/index.html
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
<li><a href="#rom">Recommended ROM's to flash</a></li>
<li><a href="#flashrom_lenovobios">X60/X60S/X60T/T60: How to flash your ROM (if running Lenovo BIOS firmware)</a></li>
<li><a href="#flashrom_macbook21">macbook21: How to flash your ROM (if running Apple EFI firmware)</a></li>
- <li><a href="#flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/macbook21: How to flash your ROM (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</a></li>
- <li><a href="#flashrom_x200">X200: Flashing libreboot (hardware or software)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/X200/macbook21: How to flash your ROM (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Installing libreboot (hardware)</h2>
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@
<li><a href="x60_unbrick.html">ThinkPad X60/X60S: How to unbrick</a></li>
<li><a href="x60tablet_unbrick.html">ThinkPad X60 Tablet: How to unbrick</a></li>
<li><a href="t60_unbrick.html">ThinkPad T60: How to unbrick</a></li>
+ <li><a href="x200_external.html">ThinkPad X200: How to unbrick</a> (also the initial installation guide for this machine)</li>
</ul>
<hr/>
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
<hr/>
- <h1 id="flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/macbook21: How to flash the ROM's onto your machine (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</h1>
+ <h1 id="flashrom">X60/X60S/X60T/T60/X200/macbook21: How to flash the ROM's onto your machine (if running libreboot or coreboot already)</h1>
<p>
<b>
@@ -340,6 +340,11 @@
</p>
<p>
<b>
+ If you have Lenovo BIOS running (X200), go to <a href="x200_external.html">x200_external.html</a> instead.
+ </b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>
If you have Apple EFI firmware running (macbook21), go to <a href="#flashrom_macbook21">#flashrom_macbook21</a> instead.
</b>
</p>
@@ -350,6 +355,20 @@
</p>
<p>
<b>
+ If you have an X200 with libreboot or coreboot already running, note that
+ the Gbe in the boot flash contains your MAC address. You will need to change the default
+ MAC address inside the ROM images before flashing a new libreboot image. See
+ <a href="../hcl/x200_remove_me.html#ich9gen">ich9gen</a> for details.
+
+ Another important note about the X200: even if you do already have libreboot or coreboot,
+ it is possible for the user to write-protect regions in the flash chip, by modifying
+ the flash descriptor. If you have locked regions, you will need an external flasher
+ (see <a href="x200_external.html">x200_external.html</a>) to re-flash those regions. By default,
+ the X200 ROM images in libreboot contain a descriptor+gbe with all regions unlocked.
+ </b>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <b>
If you are flashing an Apple MacBook2,1, be sure to read the information in <a href="../hcl/index.html#macbook21">../hcl/index.html#macbook21</a>.
</b>
</p>
@@ -391,7 +410,7 @@
<p>
<b>
- If you boot and you see nothing, try turning up the backlight (Fn+Home for X60/X60S/X60T/T60, F2 for macbook21).
+ If you boot and you see nothing, try turning up the backlight (Fn+Home for X60/X60S/X60T/T60/X200, F2 for macbook21).
</b>
</p>
@@ -404,42 +423,6 @@
</p>
<p><a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page</a></p>
-
-<hr/>
-
- <h1 id="flashrom_x200">X200: Flashing libreboot (hardware or software)</h1>
-
- <p>
- If your X200 is running the original firmware (Lenovo BIOS), follow the instructions at
- <a href="x200_external.html">x200_external.html</a> first.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Software flashing instructions: the guide from <a href="#flashrom">#flashrom</a> ought to work.
- </p>
- <p>
- Notes about how the ME was removed (and disabled) for libreboot can be found at
- <a href="../hcl/x200_remove_me.html">../hcl/x200_remove_me.html</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- On the X200, the Gbe region in the flash chip contains your MAC address.
- Libreboot ROM images already contain a descriptor and gbe in them, but
- with the same MAC address, which probably isn't the one you want. You can change it.
- Read the notes about <a href="../hcl/x200_remove_me.html#ich9gen">ich9gen</a> to
- know how to change the MAC address inside your ROM image before flashing it to your
- machine.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Flashrom supports the flash chips in the X200, but might complain that the laptop isn't whitelisted.
- There are two possible solutions: add a whitelist for X200 (and others) to flashrom, use use
- <b>-p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick</b> instead of <b>-p internal</b> as an argument when
- running flashrom.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <a href="#pagetop">Back to top of page.</a>
- </p>
<hr/>
diff --git a/docs/release.html b/docs/release.html
index 0ed0963..274ddf3 100644
--- a/docs/release.html
+++ b/docs/release.html
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@
<b>Lenovo ThinkPad X200</b>
<ul>
<li>X200S and X200 Tablet are also supported, conditionally; see <a href="hcl/x200.html">hcl/x200.html#x200s</a></li>
- <li>Machines come with ME/AMT: it can be removed (and is, in libreboot). <a href="hcl/x200_remove_me.html">hcl/x200_remove_me.html</a></li>
- <li>External hardware required for initial flashing procedure. <a href="install/x200_external.html">install/x200_external.html</a></li>
+ <li><b>ME/AMT</b>: libreboot removes this, permanently. <a href="hcl/x200_remove_me.html">hcl/x200_remove_me.html</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>