X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=CorebootX230;h=c13c8e10675b391a01d28e053fc73db3bb2a740a;hp=7750d73a989388edfc8f9d01b42f303079dad3f4;hb=fb22e51b891532fdee8716e7f9fe5492bbd9d2d8;hpb=3bd82e4db5cbee2d699817c1421a518e74496e8c diff --git a/CorebootX230 b/CorebootX230 index 7750d73..c13c8e1 100644 --- a/CorebootX230 +++ b/CorebootX230 @@ -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 'φ-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 'φ-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 😉 \ No newline at end of file +spare laptop and a fetish for hardware hacking, you might want to give Coreboot a try while it's still l33t 😉 + +
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