[coreboot] ThinkPad X230 alternative flash chips?

Marek Behun kabel at blackhole.sk
Sat Apr 15 02:50:53 CEST 2017


> It looks like the X230 already has a large flash chip
> (BOARD_ROMSIZE_12288?). How big were you thinking? The main issue
> would be that chips bigger than 16MB use 4-byte addresses and the SPI
> controller in Ivy Bridge probably only supports 3-byte addresses.

I have ordered two 32 MB Macronix chips, with the hope to have 64 MB of
space. If what you say is true, they won't work :(

Marek
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