[RFH] Sponsor for Lenovo X60 wanted

[Paul Menzel]

Dear coreboot folks,

in the last weeks I started working a little on the Lenovo X60 support
[1]. There are several issues like non-working 3D support with Linux
3.12+ [2]. Also Linux 3.11+ (or earlier) is unable to initialize the
graphics device itself.

Unfortunately I do not own such a device. Francis Rowe helped me a lot
with testing, but asking others to test does not scale, so I am
contacting you if there are some interested people to sponsor a Lenovo
X60 (preferably with a docking station for easier debugging). I cannot
give any promises of course, but am optimistic that I can hold up to
testing coreboot and Linux regressions and hopefully get some of those
fixed.

Please contact me if you want to support that endeavor.

Thanks,

Paul

[1] http://review.coreboot.org/5927/
[2] http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x60#Problems_in_native_graphics_code_ex...

[Sven Schnelle]

Hi Paul,

Paul Menzel  writes:
> in the last weeks I started working a little on the Lenovo X60 support
> [1]. There are several issues like non-working 3D support with Linux
> 3.12+ [2]. Also Linux 3.11+ (or earlier) is unable to initialize the
> graphics device itself.
>
> Unfortunately I do not own such a device. Francis Rowe helped me a lot
> with testing, but asking others to test does not scale, so I am
> contacting you if there are some interested people to sponsor a Lenovo
> X60 (preferably with a docking station for easier debugging). I cannot
> give any promises of course, but am optimistic that I can hold up to
> testing coreboot and Linux regressions and hopefully get some of those
> fixed.
> From the time i've worked on the X60 support, i have a docking station

and a motherboard from an X60s. The bad thing is, it's only a
motherboard, so you don't have a TFT and keyboard/trackpoint. The good
thing: you run the motherboard without anything else on the docking
station, which is nice for coreboot development because you can access
almost anything on the hardware. I'm not sure if i soldered a SPI or LPC
connector to it for reflashing.

I don't have a complete X60 to spare (want to keep my X60), but just
drop me a line if you want to have that 'Coreboot development kit' :)

Regards
Sven

[Charles Devereaux]

Hello

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 5:46 AM, Sven Schnelle  wrote:
> The good thing: you run the motherboard without anything else on the
> docking
> station, which is nice for coreboot development because you can access
> almost anything on the hardware. I'm not sure if i soldered a SPI or LPC
> connector to it for reflashing.

That is very interesting - I discovered it was possible after getting a
keyboard only for the power button (DUH!)

But may I ask you where you soldered the SPI connector?? I got a pomona,
but that would be much easier to leave on.

Also, to cool down the CPU and the chipset, are you using the original
lenovo radiator and fan?

I don't have a complete X60 to spare (want to keep my X60), but just
> drop me a line if you want to have that 'Coreboot development kit' :)

Same for me - I would like to help with the development of coreboot native
video on the X60 tablet (with its 2 other serial ports for the wacom and
irda). But it has been some time since I did that kind of coding, my skills
are rusty and I don't know the new tools (git !) enough to be helpful yet.

However, I can support development by giving away fully working
motherboards to support this endeavour. You only need an ultrabase.

Charles

[The Gluglug]

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On 23/06/14 21:48, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear coreboot folks,
>
> in the last weeks I started working a little on the Lenovo X60
> support [1]. There are several issues like non-working 3D support
> with Linux 3.12+ [2]. Also Linux 3.11+ (or earlier) is unable to
> initialize the graphics device itself.
>
> Unfortunately I do not own such a device. Francis Rowe helped me a
> lot with testing, but asking others to test does not scale, so I
> am contacting you if there are some interested people to sponsor a
> Lenovo X60 (preferably with a docking station for easier
> debugging). I cannot give any promises of course, but am optimistic
> that I can hold up to testing coreboot and Linux regressions and
> hopefully get some of those fixed.
>
> Please contact me if you want to support that endeavor.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> [1] http://review.coreboot.org/5927/ [2]
> http://www.coreboot.org/Board:lenovo/x60#Problems_in_native_graphics_code_ex...

Hi Paul,

I still want to do the git bisect that you requested (and other
tasks), I just haven't had the time lately.

I am happy to send you an X60 with dock if you like. (I have plenty of
spares).

Regards,
Francis Rowe.
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[RFH] [done] Sponsor for Lenovo X60 wanted

[Paul Menzel]

Dear coreboot folks,

Am Montag, den 23.06.2014, 22:48 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel:

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> Please contact me if you want to support that endeavor.

thanks a lot for the replies and offers! Martin Roth was the quickest
and is going to send me one device from the USA. Thanks again!

Best wishes,

Paul