From dd0bf75198cfccde04c0ce984d584d5edd0744ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Runxi Yu Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2025 22:40:23 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs/install/mac_address: Remove ich9utils mentions --- site/docs/install/mac_address.md | 22 +--------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/docs/install/mac_address.md b/site/docs/install/mac_address.md index 8c857f5..ac15557 100644 --- a/site/docs/install/mac_address.md +++ b/site/docs/install/mac_address.md @@ -86,18 +86,7 @@ init scripts or you can use your operating system's own networking configuration. Refer to your operating system's documentation for how to do this. -Changing the MAC address on X200/T400/T500/W500 ------------------------------------------------ - -On GM45 laptops with ICH9M southbridge and Intel PHY module, the MAC address -is hardcoded in boot flash, which means it can be changed if you re-flash. - -See [ich9utils documentation](../install/ich9utils.md) - -If *all* you want to do is change the MAC address, you might try `nvmutil` -instead. See notes below: - -Changing the MAC address on ivybridge/sandybridge/haswell (e.g. X230/T440p) +Changing the MAC address (e.g. X230/T440p) ----------------------------------------------------------------- See [nvmutil documentation](../install/nvmutil.md) @@ -107,15 +96,6 @@ Sandybridge, Ivybridge and Haswell platforms, but it can be used on any platform with a valid GbE region in flash, where an Intel Flash Descriptor is used; this includes older GM45+ICH9M machines supported by Libreboot. -The `ich9utils` program is more useful in an lbmk context, because it -generates an entire Intel Flash Descriptor and GbE region from scratch; -coreboot has a similar method in its build system, using its own utility -called bincfg, but this tool is unused in lbmk. - -No tool like ich9utils exists for these boards yet, but lbmk includes the IFD -and GbE files in-tree (Intel ME is handled by extracting from Lenovo updates, -which the build system automatically fetches from the internet). - You can use `nvmutil` to change the existing MAC address in a GbE region. This sets the "hardcoded" MAC address, typically a globally assigned one set by the vendor, but you can use local addresses, and you can use randomised MACs.