[coreboot] Lenovo T60 coreboot build error

Josh Stump josh+coreboot at pcinw.net
Tue May 10 18:00:45 CEST 2011


http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
<http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards>And I am slightly incorrect
I must admit.  It is the Lenovo T60P that is listed on that page.  Do you
have a good site with information on an external programmer or are they
costly?  Any chances of being able to use a Windows based utility to flash,
I tried with Pheonix WinPhlash but it gave an error....

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se> wrote:

> Sven Schnelle wrote:
> > Josh Stump <josh+coreboot at pcinw.net> writes:
> >
> > > Thank you kindly.  I have now compiled the BIOS.  Next challenge is
> > > how to get flashrom to flash it.  The wiki shows flashrom support.
>
> Which wiki and page please?
>
>
> > The Vendor BIOS prevents flashing with flashrom. (In fact it doesn't
> > allow the SPI opcodes necessary to detect, erase and write the Flash).
> > So you have to flash it either with an external programmer, or reverse
> > engineer how the Phoenix BIOS protection can be circumvented.
>
> Yes. The wiki is wrong I'm afraid, the ThinkPads aren't currently
> supported by flashrom. (Now that's ironic! coreboot support before
> flashrom! :)
>
>
> //Peter
>
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