Re: [coreboot] Coreboot on Thinkpad "X62" (i7-5600u)?

[Rafael Send]

"MEI device not found". I take it that's good news?

Rafael

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 4:51 AM, Iru Cai  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Rafael Send  wrote:
> > Hello there-
> > I'm assuming this is the right way to ask a general question, but please
> > let me know if it isn't.
> >
> > I have an "X62" laptop, which is actually an old Thinkpad X61 with a
> > custom motherboard in it.
> > This board has an i7-5600u CPU on it, and I was wondering if it was
> > possible to build a version of coreboot for this machine.
> > I see an existing mailing list entry in the archive discussing a
> > Chromebook Pixel with the same CPU, so I'm thinking it may be possible
> > unless I'm missing something major.
> > Since this is a custom motherboard, how would I find out about the Intel
> > Boot Guard and related issues so that I can provide the details for the
> > good folks here?
>
> You can try https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/16328/, or modify some
> instructions in the firmware to see if it still boots.
>
> If boot guard is not enabled, I think booting with coreboot is not so
> hard, but it may be hard to make the EC interface work fine.
>
> Iru
>
> I'm pretty comfortable around Linux but probably would have trouble
> > building this from scratch.
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Rafael