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authorFrancis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-03-31 18:00:28 (EDT)
committer Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>2015-03-31 18:07:35 (EDT)
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ThinkPad T500 support
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<h2>Machines supported in this release:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
- <b>Lenovo ThinkPad X60/X60s</b>
+ <b>ThinkPad X60/X60s</b>
<ul>
<li>
You can also remove the motherboard from an X61/X61s and replace it with an X60/X60s motherboard.
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet</b> (1024x768 and 1400x1050) with digitizer support
+ <b>ThinkPad X60 Tablet</b> (1024x768 and 1400x1050) with digitizer support
<ul>
<li>See <a href="hcl/index.html#supported_x60t_list">hcl/index.html#supported_x60t_list</a> for list of supported LCD panels</li>
<li>It is unknown whether an X61 Tablet can have it's mainboard replaced with an X60 Tablet motherboard.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>Lenovo ThinkPad T60</b> (Intel GPU) (there are issues; see below):
+ <b>ThinkPad T60</b> (Intel GPU) (there are issues; see below):
<ul>
<li>See notes below for exceptions, and <a href="hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list">hcl/index.html#supported_t60_list</a> for known working LCD panels.</li>
<li>It is unknown whether a T61 can have it's mainboard replaced with a T60 motherboard.</li>
@@ -75,27 +75,34 @@
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>Lenovo ThinkPad X200</b>
+ <b>ThinkPad X200</b>
<ul>
<li>X200S and X200 Tablet are also supported, conditionally; see <a href="hcl/x200.html#x200s">hcl/x200.html#x200s</a></li>
<li><b>ME/AMT</b>: libreboot removes this, permanently. <a href="hcl/gm45_remove_me.html">hcl/gm45_remove_me.html</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>Lenovo ThinkPad R400</b>
+ <b>ThinkPad R400</b>
<ul>
<li>See <a href="hcl/r400.html">hcl/r400.html</a></li>
<li><b>ME/AMT</b>: libreboot removes this, permanently. <a href="hcl/gm45_remove_me.html">hcl/gm45_remove_me.html</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- <b>Lenovo ThinkPad T400</b>
+ <b>ThinkPad T400</b>
<ul>
<li>See <a href="hcl/t400.html">hcl/t400.html</a></li>
<li><b>ME/AMT</b>: libreboot removes this, permanently. <a href="hcl/gm45_remove_me.html">hcl/gm45_remove_me.html</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
+ <b>ThinkPad T500</b>
+ <ul>
+ <li>See <a href="hcl/t500.html">hcl/t500.html</a></li>
+ <li><b>ME/AMT</b>: libreboot removes this, permanently. <a href="hcl/gm45_remove_me.html">hcl/gm45_remove_me.html</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>
<b>Apple MacBook1,1</b> (MA255LL/A, MA254LL/A, MA472LL/A)
<ul>
<li>See <a href="hcl/index.html#macbook11">hcl/index.html#macbook11</a>.</li>
@@ -148,9 +155,6 @@
</ul>
</li>
<li>
- ThinkPad T500: <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/42">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/42</a>
- </li>
- <li>
ThinkPad R500: <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/43">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/43</a>
</li>
<li>
@@ -206,20 +210,27 @@
<h3>Platform-specific bugs</h3>
<ul>
<li>
- Fix these issues on GM45/GS45 targets:
+ <b><u><i>HIGH PRIORITY!</i></u></b> Fix these issues on GM45/GS45 targets:
<ul>
<li>
X200: text-mode is broken. only framebuffer graphics work.
Commit bde6d309dfafe58732ec46314a2d4c08974b62d4 in coreboot is what
broke it. Investigate.
</li>
+ <li>
+ Sound (internal speaker) worked on the T500, but stopped after all subsequent boots.
+ (might just be this machine). investigate. (external speaker works)
+ </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
+ <b>Finish all work listed in <a href="future/index.html">future/index.html</a></b>
+ </li>
+ <li>
Fix these issues on i945 targets (X60/T60/macbook21)
<ul>
<li>
- HIGH PRIORITY! <b>i945: Linux 3.19 doesn't boot. (probably affects T60/macbook21).
+ <b><u><i>HIGH PRIORITY!</i></u></b> <b>i945: Linux 3.19 doesn't boot. (probably affects T60/macbook21).
<a href="https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93171">Preliminary bug report (kernel, linux)</a>
pstuge said <a href="http://biosbits.org/">http://biosbits.org/</a>
patricg says https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareEnablementTeam/Documentation/FirmwareTestSuiteLive</b>
@@ -277,6 +288,8 @@
<h3>Build system</h3>
<ul>
+ <li><b><u><i>HIGH PRIORITY!</i></u></b> <b>Make memtest86+ build using coreboot's own crossgcc toolchain. Currently,
+ memtest86+ doesn't even work at all when cross-compiled using the toolchain in x86-64 trisquel7</b></li>
<li>
Make libreboot (all of it!) build reproducibly. This is very important.
See <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/16">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/16</a>.
@@ -291,8 +304,6 @@
</li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li>HIGH PRIORITY! <b>Make memtest86+ build using coreboot's own crossgcc toolchain. Currently,
- memtest86+ doesn't even work at all when cross-compiled using the toolchain in x86-64 trisquel7</b></li>
<li>Make GRUB build using coreboot's own crossgcc toolchain</li>
<li>
Delete all parts of coreboot that libreboot doesn't use.
@@ -332,18 +343,7 @@
<h3>Documentation improvements</h3>
<ul>
<li>
- Convert documentation to Sphinx/ReST
- See <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/5">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/5</a>
- and <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/12">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/12</a>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>
- Maintainence manual. How to contribute to libreboot.
- See <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/11">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/11</a>
- </b>
- </li>
- <li>
- HIGH PRIORITY! <b>Add information from hw registers on all boards. See
+ <b><u><i>HIGH PRIORITY!</i></u></b> <b>Add information from hw registers on all boards. See
<a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/15">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/15</a></b>
<ul>
<li>We currently have them for X200 (4MiB flash chip), T400 but not complete</li>
@@ -353,15 +353,32 @@
<li>X60</li>
<li>T60</li>
<li>macbook21</li>
- <li>X200 with 8MiB flash chip</li>
- <li>R400 with 4MiB flash chip</li>
- <li>R400 with 8MiB flash chip</li>
+ <li>X200 (make sure to have it for both flash chip sizes)</li>
+ <li>R400 (make sure to have it for both flash chip sizes)</li>
<li>T400 (make sure to have it for both flash chip sizes)</li>
+ <li>T500 (make sure to have it for both flash chip sizes)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
+ Add guides for GM45 laptops in docs/security/
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Add guides for GM45 laptops in docs/hardware/
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Convert documentation to Sphinx/ReST
+ See <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/5">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/5</a>
+ and <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/12">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/12</a>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>
+ Maintainence manual. How to contribute to libreboot.
+ See <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/11">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/11</a>
+ </b>
+ </li>
+ <li>
Add cubieboard SPI flashing instructions to libreboot.
<a href="https://github.com/mrnuke/coreboot/commits/cubie_mmc?author=mrnuke">mrnuke's github page with patches</a>. mrnuke in IRC knows
about the cubieboard
@@ -386,7 +403,7 @@
<h3>Project (institutional) improvements</h3>
<ul>
<li>
- HIGH PRIORITY! <b>Libreboot needs to be factory firmware, not the replacement. It needs to be *the* firmware.
+ <b><u><i>HIGH PRIORITY!</i></u></b> <b>Libreboot needs to be factory firmware, not the replacement. It needs to be *the* firmware.
Consult with the openlunchbox project (and maybe others) on getting hardware manufactured
with libreboot support (out of the box, from the factory).</b>
</li>