Re: [coreboot] T520 vs. T530

[Nico Huber]

On 10/23/18 11:18 PM, Michał Kopeć wrote:
> > Not quite so. On T520 the flash chip is accessible right after you
> > remove the keyboard and the palmrest and there's no need to remove the
> > motherboard from chassis.
>
> Sorry, my bad. I mixed up my facts there.
> > Although it's possible to use just the 8M chip by using modified layout, it might
> > be confusing for a beginner.
>
> I managed to flash my T430's both flash chips by splitting the 12M
> coreboot image into two parts (4M + 8M) and flashing the chips
> separately, is this not a good option?

It depends heavily on what you want to accomplish. For instance if you
just want to install coreboot (no ME tampering) and can live with up to
7MiB for CBFS, you don't have to touch the 8MiB ever externally.

Nico