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diff --git a/docs/tasks.html b/docs/tasks.html index 96495d2..cf4d0b6 100644 --- a/docs/tasks.html +++ b/docs/tasks.html @@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ <li> <b><i><u>HIGH PRIORITY!</u></i></b> ASUS KFSN4-DRE - fam10h, already in coreboot, seems to have native graphics initialization already, CPUs probably work without microcode updates, looks like this can already run blob-free. - NOTE: PLCC flash chip (see vultureprog. BBB might be possible, it has GPIO pins etc) - not sure - if software flashing is possible for initial install. + NOTE: PLCC flash chip (see vultureprog. BBB might be possible, it has GPIO pins etc) - + external flashing not required. Flashing internally from stock firmware works. + Recommendation: boot with proprietary firmware, dump it, hot-swap the chip and copy the dump to the new chip. + Do this a few times. Now you have a backup. Then flash coreboot/libreboot. No external programmer needed + (not even for brick recovery, since you backed it up onto spare flash chips). </li> <li> <b><u><i>HIGH PRIORITY!</i></u></b> ASUS KGPE-D16 - ported by <a href="http://raptorengineeringinc.com/content/base/main.htm">Raptor Engineering Inc.</a> (USA). @@ -59,6 +62,8 @@ <b>Crowd funding will be necessary!</b> See <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2015-April/079773.html">this thread</a> on the coreboot mailing list. + - note: external flashing required for initial install (internal flashing works with coreboot/libreboot running). + It uses a DIP-8 (socket) SPI flash chip, so it's easy to flash. </li> <li> <b><i><u>HIGH PRIORITY!</u></i></b> F2A85-M and E350M1 (libreboot_*_headless.rom). Test openatom (video BIOS replacement). SMU firmware is a problem. XHCI firmware is a problem. |