diff --git a/site/news/hp2170p.md b/site/news/hp2170p.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b644086 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/news/hp2170p.md @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +% HP EliteBook 2170p support added to Libreboot +% Leah Rowe +% 9 August 2023 + +Introduction +============ + +![HP EliteBook 2170p](https://av.libreboot.org/hp2170p/hp2170p.jpg) + +HP EliteBook 2170p support was added to coreboot, in +the [coreboot 4.20.1 release](https://doc.coreboot.org/releases/coreboot-4.20.1-relnotes.html) +and Libreboot recently [updated](update202308.md) to a revision past that +release. + +I'm very pleased to announce that Libreboot now *fully supports* this machine! +It was added in this patch: + + +Information about the board can be found on the coreboot documentation: + + +This will be available in the next Libreboot release. For now, you +can [download Libreboot from Git](../git.md) and [build from +source](../docs/build/) if you wish to use this board. Read those instructions +first; with build dependencies then installed, you can build the board like +so: + + ./build boot roms hp2170p_16mb + +Installation instructions are being written for Libreboot, but you can refer +to the coreboot instructions for now. + +Socketed flash IC! +------------------ + +I love HP EliteBooks. Truly. This is the only 11 inch laptop I've ever seen +that has socketed SOIC8 flash: + +![HP EliteBook 2170p socket](https://av.libreboot.org/hp2170p/hp2170p_socket.jpg) + +I flashed it with my [3.3v-modded](../docs/install/spi.md#do-not-use-ch341a) +CH341A - if you read that page, it says CH341A is ill advised, but if the +voltage is correct, flashing it in a socket like this is actually what that +programmer is intended for. + +Mine is the black one, which has to be modified for correct voltage. Revision 1.6 +which is the newer green model, is either 3.3v already or has a switch on it for +that. + +After removing the flash IC, I flashed it in a spring socket adapter (SOP to +DIP) inserted into the CH341A's ZIF socket: + +i![HP EliteBook 2170p socket](https://av.libreboot.org/hp2170p/ch341a_socket_soic8.jpg) + +Basically everything works, on this laptop, as you would expect. NOTE: that +coreboot page says GRUB hangs on keyboard init, as of 9 August 2023. However, +this is no longer true. GRUB has fixed this, courtesy of a patch that Riku +Viitanen sent them. + +Other works currently in progress +================================= + +More boards coming soon +----------------------- + +I'm on a spree, adding more boards to Libreboot, especially HP EliteBooks. + +I have these boards, that I'm working on and testing; they will be available +in future revisions of Libreboot: + +* HP ProBook 6360b - it has been added today to Libreboot, but it's not yet + tested. Patch (WIP): + +* HP Revolve 810 G1 +* HP EliteBook Folio 9480m - it has been added already to Libreboot (WIP), but + currently does not boot (more testing needed - not sure what my problem is + yet, but it was added today). WIP patch: + +* HP EliteBook 820 G2 (broadwell generation) +* HP Z220 workstation +* Dell OptiPlex 9010 +* Dell Precision T1650 + +Another build system audit +-------------------------- + +I've also started another audit of the Libreboot build system; the [last +one](audit.md) was quite intense and a lot more work is going in for the +next release.