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diff --git a/docs/src/hcl/gm45_remove_me.texi b/docs/src/hcl/gm45_remove_me.texi index 27c4e6e..43cb81a 100644 --- a/docs/src/hcl/gm45_remove_me.texi +++ b/docs/src/hcl/gm45_remove_me.texi @@ -63,19 +63,8 @@ Two new files will be created: @strong{ich9fdgbe_8m.bin}: this is for GM45 laptops with the 8MB flash chip. @end itemize -Two other files will also be created, for the ThinkPad R500 which has a different NIC and, therefore, no GbE region (for this laptop, it is not necessary to change the MAC address in the flash chip, because it's burned into the NIC): - -@itemize -@item -@strong{ich9fdnogbe_4m.bin}: this is for ThinkPad R500 laptops with the 4MB flash chip, where no GbE region is to be defined. -@item -@strong{ich9fdnogbe_8m.bin}: this is for ThinkPad R500 laptops with the 8MB flash chip, where no GbE region is to be defined - @strong{NOTE: No actual R500 laptops with 8MiB are believed to exist. It is believed, that all R500 laptops have 4MiB flash chips}. -@end itemize - Assuming that your libreboot image is named @strong{libreboot.rom}, copy the file to where @strong{libreboot.rom} is located and then insert the descriptor+gbe file into the ROM image. For 8MiB flash chips:@* $ @strong{dd if=ich9fdgbe_8m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k conv=notrunc}@* For 4MiB flash chips:@* $ @strong{dd if=ich9fdgbe_4m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k conv=notrunc}@* -@strong{For the ThinkPad R500, do this instead:}@* For 8MiB flash chips (@strong{highly unlikely on the ThinkPad R500)}:@* $ @strong{dd if=ich9fdnogbe_8m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=4k conv=notrunc}@* For 4MiB flash chips (@strong{You probably have this)}:@* $ @strong{dd if=ich9fdnogbe_4m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=4k conv=notrunc}@* NOTE: This shouldn't be necessary. Libreboot ROM images already contain a descriptor embedded inside the ROM images for GM45, generated by the ich9gen utility. It's only desirable to re-insert your own when changing the MAC address, which is unnecessary (actually impossible) on the R500, because on that laptop, as already stated, the NIC already has the correct MAC address burned in, along with along configuration data. - Your libreboot.rom image is now ready to be flashed on the system. Refer back to @uref{../install/index.html#flashrom,../install/index.html#flashrom} for how to flash it. @menu * Write-protecting the flash chip:: |