From 5951a8f0a39da398869642869b80c2c9ba0cce8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 23:28:49 -0500 Subject: backport 4640763 --- (limited to 'docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html') diff --git a/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html b/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html index 95e9cd2..8a6513d 100644 --- a/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html +++ b/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html @@ -110,17 +110,6 @@
  • ich9fdgbe_4m.bin: this is for GM45 laptops with the 4MB flash chip.
  • ich9fdgbe_8m.bin: this is for GM45 laptops with the 8MB flash chip.
  • - -

    - 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): -

    -

    Assuming that your libreboot image is named libreboot.rom, copy @@ -130,17 +119,6 @@ For 4MiB flash chips:
    $ dd if=ich9fdgbe_4m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k conv=notrunc

    -

    - For the ThinkPad R500, do this instead:
    - For 8MiB flash chips (highly unlikely on the ThinkPad R500):
    - $ dd if=ich9fdnogbe_8m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=4k conv=notrunc
    - For 4MiB flash chips (You probably have this):
    - $ 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 -- cgit v0.9.1