Angel Pons has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/48604 )
Change subject: Doc/mb/lenovo: Explain simpler GM45 flash method first ......................................................................
Doc/mb/lenovo: Explain simpler GM45 flash method first
Do not mislead newcomers into thinking the GM45 series laptops are hard to flash. Describe the simple coreboot flashing procedure first, then explain how to remove the ME firmware and use a custom flash layout.
Also, reword a sentence on the simple flashing procedure for clarity.
Change-Id: Ie83ec3d20f00e9d9c869e483e24d601506857f07 Signed-off-by: Angel Pons th3fanbus@gmail.com --- M Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/04/48604/1
diff --git a/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md b/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md index c886a21..b513c97 100644 --- a/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md +++ b/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md @@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ Note that this does not allow you to determine whether the chip is in a SOIC-8 or a SOIC-16 package.
+## Installing with ME firmware + +To install coreboot and keep ME working, you don't need to do anything special +with the flash descriptor. Only flash the `bios` region externally and don't +touch any other regions: +```console +# flashrom -p YOUR_PROGRAMMER -w coreboot.rom --ifd -i bios +``` + ## Installing without ME firmware
```eval_rst @@ -127,15 +136,6 @@
Then build coreboot and flash whole `build/coreboot.rom` to the chip.
-## Installing with ME firmware - -To install coreboot and keep ME working, you don't need to do anything special -with the flash descriptor. Just flash only `bios` externally and don't touch any -other regions: -```console -# flashrom -p YOUR_PROGRAMMER -w coreboot.rom --ifd -i bios -``` - ## Flash layout
The flash layouts of the OEM firmware are as follows: