[coreboot] Plans for upcoming Broadwell Thinkpads

[Timothy Pearson]

On 02/06/2015 02:42 PM, Zaolin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> let's say goodbye to all Intel notebooks produced by OEM's which are not
> Google ( Chromebooks ). Maybe the haswell/broadwell notebooks of Lenovo
> without U/Y processor can be used ( Thinkpad tXX xXX ). It depends if
> they are supporting Intel Boot Guard on the southbridge and if they are
> locked down...
>
> Regards Zaolin
>> On 02/06/2015 06:29 AM, Zaolin wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> new thinkpad's can't be used anymore for coreboot. Especially the U and
>>> Y Intel CPU Series.
>>> They come with Intel Boot Guard and you are won't be able to boot
>>> anything which is unsigned and
>>> not approved by OEM. This means the OEM are fusing SHA256 public key
>>> hashes into the southbridge.
>>>
>>> For more details take a look at Intel Boot Guard architecture. It could
>>> be also confirmed by Secunet AG and Google.
>>>
>>> Regards Zaolin
>>
>> That's scary to say the least.  No more Thinkpads for us...
>>
>
>

So the real question is: are there any AMD notebooks on the market with 
similar build quality to the old IBM Thinkpads?  I've about had enough 
of Intel and their monopolistic ways.

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