From 90fb674befaa5d52c222800f322cc64ef17cdacb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Rowe
Run:
$ ./ich9gen
@@ -65,6 +65,20 @@
+ You can find out your MAC address from ip addr or ifconfig in GNU/Linux. + Alternatively, if you are running libreboot already (with the correct MAC address in your + ROM), dump it (flashrom -r) and read the first 6 bytes from position 0x1000 (or 0x2000) in a hex editor + (or, rename it to factory.rom and run it in ich9deblob: in the newly created mkgbe.c + will be the individual bytes of your MAC address). If you are currently running the stock firmware + and haven't installed libreboot yet, you can also run that through ich9deblob to get the mac address. +
+ ++ An even simpler way to get the MAC address would be to read what's on the little sticker on + the bottom/base of the laptop. +
+ +On GM45 laptops that use flash descriptors, the MAC address or the onboard ethernet chipset is flashed (inside the ROM image). You should generate a descriptor+gbe image with your own MAC address @@ -82,20 +96,6 @@
- You can find out your MAC address from ip addr or ifconfig in GNU/Linux. - Alternatively, if you are running libreboot already (with the correct MAC address in your - ROM), dump it (flashrom -r) and read the first 6 bytes from position 0x1000 (or 0x2000) in a hex editor - (or, rename it to factory.rom and run it in ich9deblob: in the newly created mkgbe.c - will be the individual bytes of your MAC address). If you are currently running the stock firmware - and haven't installed libreboot yet, you can also run that through ich9deblob to get the mac address. -
- -- An even simpler way to get the MAC address would be to read what's on the little sticker on - the underside. (on the X200, this would be near the VGA port). -
- -
A bash script is also included in libreboot_util which will change the mac address (using ich9gen)
on all GM45 ROM images. For instance:
$ ./ich9macchange path/to/libreboot.rom XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX romsize
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