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@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-By Bernie Innocenti, 23 March 2014 (re-published with minor edits on 30 June 2020)
+
-== Flashing Coreboot on the Thinkpad X230 ==
+==
Flashing Coreboot on the Thinkpad X230 ==
-
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+By Bernie Innocenti \\
+23 March 2014 (re-published with minor edits on 30 June 2020)
+
+
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Coreboot, the free PC BIOS that powers all Google Chromebooks, was recently ported to the Thinkpad X230
-by the long time GRUB hacker Vladimir 'Ï-coder' Serbinenko. So this week-end, just while Libre Planet was
-taking place at the nearby MIT Stata Center, I decided to give a shot at it. Building a custom Coreboot
-image for the X230 was relatively easy:
+by the long time GRUB hacker Vladimir 'Ï-coder' Serbinenko. And so this week-end, while Libre Planet was
+taking place at the nearby MIT Stata Center, I decided to give it a shot.
+
+Building a custom Coreboot image for the X230 was straightforward:
{{{
-git clone http://review.coreboot.org/p/coreboot   cd coreboot
+git clone http://review.coreboot.org/p/coreboot
+cd coreboot
git submodule update --init --checkout
make crosstools-i386
# install the .config file provided by phcoder on the Coreboot wiki
@@ -89,4 +94,6 @@ documentation from Lenovo isn't a trivial project.
Nevertheless, Coreboot seems to be improving rapidly in terms of usability and hardware support. There's a lively developer
community and some business participation. It's not yet something I'd recommend to casual users, but if you're a nerd with a
-spare laptop and a fetish for hardware hacking, you might want to give Coreboot a try while it's still l33t ð
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+spare laptop and a fetish for hardware hacking, you might want to give Coreboot a try while it's still l33t ð
+
+
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