news page added: HP EliteBook 2170p
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% HP EliteBook 2170p support added to Libreboot
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% Leah Rowe
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% 9 August 2023
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Introduction
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![HP EliteBook 2170p](https://av.libreboot.org/hp2170p/hp2170p.jpg)
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HP EliteBook 2170p support was added to coreboot, in
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the [coreboot 4.20.1 release](https://doc.coreboot.org/releases/coreboot-4.20.1-relnotes.html)
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and Libreboot recently [updated](update202308.md) to a revision past that
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release.
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I'm very pleased to announce that Libreboot now *fully supports* this machine!
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It was added in this patch:
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?id=f8f77cb2886331d1b8b26d88d2407e2f85dc59a2>
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Information about the board can be found on the coreboot documentation:
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<https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/hp/2170p.html>
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This will be available in the next Libreboot release. For now, you
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can [download Libreboot from Git](../git.md) and [build from
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source](../docs/build/) if you wish to use this board. Read those instructions
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first; with build dependencies then installed, you can build the board like
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so:
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./build boot roms hp2170p_16mb
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Installation instructions are being written for Libreboot, but you can refer
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to the coreboot instructions for now.
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Socketed flash IC!
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I love HP EliteBooks. Truly. This is the only 11 inch laptop I've ever seen
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that has socketed SOIC8 flash:
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![HP EliteBook 2170p socket](https://av.libreboot.org/hp2170p/hp2170p_socket.jpg)
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I flashed it with my [3.3v-modded](../docs/install/spi.md#do-not-use-ch341a)
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CH341A - if you read that page, it says CH341A is ill advised, but if the
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voltage is correct, flashing it in a socket like this is actually what that
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programmer is intended for.
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Mine is the black one, which has to be modified for correct voltage. Revision 1.6
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which is the newer green model, is either 3.3v already or has a switch on it for
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that.
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After removing the flash IC, I flashed it in a spring socket adapter (SOP to
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DIP) inserted into the CH341A's ZIF socket:
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i![HP EliteBook 2170p socket](https://av.libreboot.org/hp2170p/ch341a_socket_soic8.jpg)
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Basically everything works, on this laptop, as you would expect. NOTE: that
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coreboot page says GRUB hangs on keyboard init, as of 9 August 2023. However,
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this is no longer true. GRUB has fixed this, courtesy of a patch that Riku
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Viitanen sent them.
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Other works currently in progress
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More boards coming soon
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I'm on a spree, adding more boards to Libreboot, especially HP EliteBooks.
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I have these boards, that I'm working on and testing; they will be available
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in future revisions of Libreboot:
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* HP ProBook 6360b - it has been added today to Libreboot, but it's not yet
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tested. Patch (WIP):
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?h=hp2170p_wip&id=7badbf224b4ac80f73bb64a39aef518d790848c4>
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* HP Revolve 810 G1
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* HP EliteBook Folio 9480m - it has been added already to Libreboot (WIP), but
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currently does not boot (more testing needed - not sure what my problem is
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yet, but it was added today). WIP patch:
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<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?h=hp2170p_wip&id=25477d9ed44cea19bca8a875a7e334e8d4fa01b3>
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* HP EliteBook 820 G2 (broadwell generation)
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* HP Z220 workstation
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* Dell OptiPlex 9010
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* Dell Precision T1650
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Another build system audit
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I've also started another audit of the Libreboot build system; the [last
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one](audit.md) was quite intense and a lot more work is going in for the
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next release.
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