Hello everyone,
I came across an old T410 that I'd like to install coreboot on to swap the wifi-adapter, remove the IME and overall "upgrade" the laptop a bit.
Now, though many other Thinkpads from that era are well supported, the T410 was still unsupported until it was added recently in 4.11 and I've read conflicting reports on how well it works with coreboot.
The official documentation (https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/lenovo/t410.html) only mentions issues with the dock and vboot, which is fine by me. Also, this patch looks quite promising - https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/11791
Is that already part of the main repository as of 4.12 or do I have to add it somehow?
Also, the documentation links to a tutorial for flashing a powered chip, yet I have read that people have used guides for other laptops using USB programmers and (more or less successfully) flashed the laptop. Is it possible to use a ch431a programmer at 3.3v while the laptop is powered down or could that seriously damage the hardware?
Is there anything else I should be cautious of with this board? Has somebody maybe even got experience with flashing the T410?
Kind regards, Steph