Libreboot 20240504 release
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- [Dell Latitude E5530 (Intel GPU](e5530.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E5530 (Intel GPU](e5530.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6520 (Intel GPU](e6520.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6520 (Intel GPU](e6520.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6530 (Intel GPU](e6530.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6530 (Intel GPU](e6530.md)
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- Dell Latitude E5420.
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- [HP EliteBook 2170p](hp2170p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 2170p](hp2170p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 2560p](hp2560p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 2560p](hp2560p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 2570p](hp2570p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 2570p](hp2570p.md)
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libreboot20240504.md
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libreboot20240225.md
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libreboot20240225.md
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ports202402.md
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ports202402.md
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sourcehut.md
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sourcehut.md
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% Libreboot 20240504 released!
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% Leah Rowe
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% 4 May 2024
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Introduction
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============
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Libreboot is a free/open source BIOS/UEFI replacement on x86 and ARM, providing
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boot firmware that initialises the hardware in your computer, to then load an
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operating system (e.g. Linux/BSD). It is specifically a *coreboot distribution*,
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in the same way that Debian is a Linux distribution. It provides an automated
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build system to produce coreboot ROM images with a variety of payloads such as
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GNU GRUB or SeaBIOS, with regular well-tested releases to make coreboot as easy
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to use as possible for non-technical users. From a project management perspective,
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this works in *exactly* the same way as a Linux distro, providing the same type
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of infrastructure, but for your boot firmware instead of your operating system.
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It makes use of [coreboot](https://www.coreboot.org/) for hardware initialisation,
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and then a payload such as [SeaBIOS](https://www.seabios.org/SeaBIOS)
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or [GNU GRUB](https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/) to boot your operating
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system; on ARM(chromebooks), we provide *U-Boot* (as a coreboot payload).
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Libreboot provides many additional benefits such as fast boot speeds, greater
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security and greater customisation, but the *primary* benefit
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is [software freedom](https://writefreesoftware.org/learn). With use of GRUB
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in the flash, you can make use of many advanced features such as the ability
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to [boot from an encrypted /boot partition](../docs/linux/)
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and [verify kernel GPG signature at boot time](../docs/linux/grub_hardening.md).
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Libreboot's GRUB payload is *heavily* patched; for example, today's release
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uses GRUB based on version 2.12, but Libreboot adds argon2 KDF support (for
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LUKS2) and xHCI support - you can use USB 3.0 devices natively, in GRUB,
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including distro install media via USB3. This means that with the right
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coreboot config, you could use Libreboot's GRUB even on modern machines that lack
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PS/2 keyboard controllers or EHCI support; many modern machines only have USB3.
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Another example of the type of benefit you could get from Libreboot: you can
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boot from NVMe SSDs in the SeaBIOS payload, if your board can take them (e.g.
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desktop board with an NVMe adapter in the PCI-E slot). If your vendor's BIOS/UEFI
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firmware only supports SATA, then this is a nice bonus for you. With Libreboot,
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you get continued firmware updates over time, adding new features on both older
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and newer hardware. Libreboot still provides updates for machines that are
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nearly 20 years old, while also supporting newer machines. More hardware support
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is being added all the time!
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These and other examples are just the start. Libreboot provides a *superior* boot
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experience compared to proprietary BIOS/UEFI, giving you the same power and level of
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control that running a Linux or BSD operating system does. It's *your* computer
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to boot however you wish. Libreboot lets you get more out of the hardware. All
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your favourite Linux distros and BSDs are compatible, even Qubes(on most machines).
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If you're fed up of the control that proprietary UEFI vendors have over you,
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then Libreboot is *for you*. Although many would agree that it is a major step
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forward for most users, it's actually a conservative idea socially. It used to
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be that computers were much more open for learning, and tinkering. Libreboot
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implements this old idea in spirit and in practise, helping you wrest back control.
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Unlike the hardware vendors, Libreboot does not see *you* as a *security threat*;
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we regard the ability to use, study, modify and redistribute software freely to
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be a human right that everyone *must* have, and the same is true of hardware.
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Your computer is *your property* to use as you wish. Free Software protects you,
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by ensuring that you always have control of the machine.
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*This* new release, Libreboot 20240504, released today 4 May 2024, is
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a new *stable* release of Libreboot. The previous stable release was
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Libreboot 20230625 released on 25 June 2023, and the previous *testing* release
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was Libreboot 20240225 released on 25 February 2024. Extreme care has been
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taken with this release, but it adds a host of new features such as USB3
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support in the GRUB payload, and a slew of mainboard fixes. *Read on* to learn
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more.
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The main purpose of this release has been to fix bugs. A lot more work will now
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go into Libreboot for a planned *testing* release in the summer of 2024.
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Hardware supported in this release
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==================================
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This release supports the following hardware:
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### Servers (AMD, x86)
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- [ASUS KFSN4-DRE motherboard](../docs/hardware/kfsn4-dre.md)
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- [ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboard](../docs/hardware/kgpe-d16.md)
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### Desktops (AMD, Intel, x86)
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- **[Dell OptiPlex 7020/9020 MT and SFF](../docs/hardware/dell9020.md) - Also [available to buy
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with Libreboot preinstalled](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-9020/)** - Dell OptiPlex XE2 MT/SFF also known to work
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- [Acer G43T-AM3](../docs/hardware/acer_g43t-am3.md)
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- [Apple iMac 5,2](../docs/hardware/imac52.md)
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- [ASUS KCMA-D8 motherboard](../docs/hardware/kcma-d8.md)
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- Dell OptiPlex 7010 **MT** (known to work, using the T1650 ROM, but more
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research is needed)
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- [Dell Precision T1650](../docs/hardware/t1650.md)
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- [Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L motherboard](../docs/hardware/ga-g41m-es2l.md)
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- [HP Elite 8200 SFF/MT](../docs/hardware/hp8200sff.md) (HP 6200 Pro Business probably works too)
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- [HP Elite 8300 USDT](../docs/hardware/hp8300usdt.md)
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- [Intel D510MO and D410PT motherboards](../docs/hardware/d510mo.md)
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- [Intel D945GCLF](../docs/hardware/d945gclf.md)
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### Laptops (Intel, x86)
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- **[Lenovo ThinkPad T440p](../docs/install/t440p_external.md) - Also [available
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to buy with Libreboot preinstalled](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-t440p/)**
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- **[Lenovo ThinkPad W541](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md) - Also [available to
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buy with Libreboot preinstalled](https://minifree.org/product/libreboot-w541/)**
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- [Apple MacBook1,1 and MacBook2,1](../docs/hardware/macbook21.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6400, E6400 XFR and E6400 ATG, all with Nvidia or Intel
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GPU](../docs/hardware/e6400.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6420 (Intel GPU](../docs/hardware/e6420.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6430 (Intel GPU](../docs/hardware/e6430.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E5520 (Intel GPU](../docs/hardware/e5520.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E5530 (Intel GPU](../docs/hardware/e5530.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6520 (Intel GPU](../docs/hardware/e6520.md)
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- [Dell Latitude E6530 (Intel GPU](../docs/hardware/e6530.md)
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- Dell Latitude E5420
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- [HP EliteBook 2170p](../docs/hardware/hp2170p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 2560p](../docs/hardware/hp2560p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 2570p](../docs/hardware/hp2570p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 820 G2](../docs/hardware/hp820g2.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 8460p](../docs/hardware/hp8460p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 8470p](../docs/hardware/hp8470p.md)
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- [HP EliteBook 8560w](../docs/hardware/hp8560w.md)
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- [HP EliteBook Folio 9470m](../docs/hardware/hp9470m.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad R400](../docs/hardware/r400.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad R500](../docs/hardware/r500.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T400 / T400S](../docs/hardware/t400.md)
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- [Lenovo Thinkpad T420](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install docs yet)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T420S](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install docs yet)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T430](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install docs yet)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T500](../docs/hardware/t500.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T520 / W520](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install guide yet)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad T530 / W530](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md) (no install
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- Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (with Intel GPU)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad W500](../docs/hardware/t500.md)
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- [Lenovo ThinkPad X200 / X200S / X200 Tablet](../docs/hardware/x200.md)
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- [Lenovo Thinkpad X220](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md)
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- [Lenovo Thinkpad X220t](../docs/install/ivy_has_common.md)
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- Lenovo ThinkPad X230
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- [Lenovo Thinkpad X230](../docs/install/x230_external.md)
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- [Lenovo Thinkpad X230t](../docs/install/x230_external.md)
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- Lenovo ThinkPad X301
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- [ASUS Chromebook Flip C101 (gru-bob)](../docs/install/chromebooks.md)
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- [Samsung Chromebook Plus (v1) (gru-kevin)](../docs/install/chromebooks.md)
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Canoeboot 20240504 also released!
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I've done simultaneous Canoeboot and Libreboot releases, today. I strongly
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recommend that everyone uses Libreboot, which adheres to Libreboot's
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own [Binary Blob Reduction Policy](policy.md) and therefore supports more
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boards. Canoeboot is a parallel effort, that I also maintain, but Canoeboot
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adheres to GNU FSDG as policy and therefore supports far fewer mainboards. See:
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[Canoeboot 20240504 release](https://canoeboot.org/news/canoeboot20240504.html)
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This release adds support for the following mainboard:
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* Dell Latitude E5420, courtesy of Nicholas Chin
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Dell Latitude laptops: S3 resume fixed
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Nicholas Chin sent in a patch just before the release, fixing suspend/resume
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on sandy bridge and ivy bridge Dell laptops. According to him, resume on open
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is still broken and therefore disabled, but pressing the power button works.
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Work done since Libreboot 20230625
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Today's release, Libreboot 20240504, is a stable. The *previous* stable release
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was Libreboot 20230625, but there have been a number of *testing* releases
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between that and today's release.
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To know the full set of differences between Libreboot 20230625
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and Libreboot 20240405, first you must read the changelogs of those interim
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testing releases. They are, in order: Libreboot [20231021](libreboot20231021.md),
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[20231101](libreboot20231101.md), [20231106](libreboot20231106.md),
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[20240126](libreboot20240126.md) and [20240225](libreboot20240225.md).
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The following log will now acount for changes since Libreboot 20240225, from
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most recent descending to very earliest commits. The most interesting changes
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* **Fix S3 suspend/resume on Ivybridge/Sandybridge-era Dell Latitude laptops.**
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Patch courtesy of Nicholas Chin.
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* **Fixed WiFi on HP EliteBook 8560w via GPIO config**. Patch by Leah Rowe,
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but using advice from Angels Pons; thank you, Angel! There is a GPIO
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that sets `WLAN_TRN_OFF#` low or high; coreboot was setting it low, but it
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needs to be set high otherwise hardware rfkill would be set. WiFi now
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works perfectly, but NOTE: the WiFi enable/disable button doesn't currently
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do anything; it sends a scancode which is picked up in dmesg due to being
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non-standard. You can still enable or disable WiFi from your OS.
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* `sript/update/release`: Report on the terminal when a tarball is being
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created, to avoid giving the impression that the script has crashed when
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* dell-flash-unlock: Use a portable Makefile (GNU Make no longer required).
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Patch courtesy of Nicholas Chin.
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* dell-flash-unlock README updated for the BSDs (patch courtesy Nicholas Chin)
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* **`dell_flash_unlock`: Add support for FreeBSD** (patch courtesy Nicholas Chin)
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* `dell_flash_unlock`: Set iopl level back to 0 when done (patch by Nicholas Chin)
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* `dell_flash_unlock`: Fix ec_set_fdo() signature (patch courtesy Nicholas Chin)
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* QEMU: Corrected SMBIOS information in the coreboot config. Patch courtesy
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of *livio*. (libreboot provides coreboot images to run on QEMU)
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* GRUB ATA boot: Fixed it so that it actually scans `ata` devices in GRUB,
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rather than `ahci`. Patch courtesy of *livio*.
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* GRUB hotkeys added: at boot, hold *shift* to disable gfxterm. Hold *CTRL* to
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enable serial output. Hold *ALT* to enable spkmodem. Patch courtesy of *livio*.
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* General code cleanup / simplification in lbmk.
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* **Support SeaGRUB with SeaBIOS menu enabled**. This is when GRUB is the first
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but you still mainly want to use the GRUB payload, because we don't initialise
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VGA from coreboot, only from SeaBIOS (we provide a framebuffer from coreboot
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the end of this article (please scroll down).
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* Export environmental variables from `err.sh`, to ensure that they are always
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* Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF/MT: Add TPM support and enable the TPM by default.
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* lbmk: Better handling of `/tmp` files. Fewer/no files are left behind now,
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* HP EliteBook 820 G2: Retain the target, allow it to be built from source, but
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do not include ROM images in releases. This is because the *inject* script
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cannot yet reliably and reproducibly insert the *refcode* file without
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the hash changing, due to the native of *xz* (compression utility).
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* **Haswell targets: MRC configs disabled. Only NRI ROMs provided now.** The
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libre raminit (NRI) is now stable enough in testing, that it's the default,
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and the only one provided in releases. This affects: ThinkPad W541/T440p
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and Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF/MT. This is done, in application of Libreboot's
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Binary Blob Reduction Policy which states: if a blob can be avoided, it
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should be avoided.
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* **Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF/MT: Added configs using NRI (native RAM
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initialisation / libre raminit).** Angel Pons fixed S3 suspend/resume also,
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which works perfectly now, on NRI.
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* **Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF/MT: Fan control now works perfectly.** Before, the
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fans would only run at a very low speed even in stress conditions, leading
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to higher temperatures. The result is you can now use faster, hotter CPUs
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and the fans will spin up just right. Patch courtesy of Mate Kukri.
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* **ThinkPad W541/T440p NRI:** GRUB payload has been enabled on setups that use
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NRI (native RAM initialisation / libre raminit). It was previously only
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enabled on the MRC-based setup.
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* ThinkPad T440p/W541: Added targets that use *Broadwell* MRC code (same as
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below regarding Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF/MT). Again: MRC targets disabled in
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release. NRI-based images are provided exclusively now (libre raminit).
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* Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF/MT: Added targets that use the *Broadwell* MRC code,
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for memory controller initialisation. Use of it works around a lot of issues
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in the Haswell one. NOTE: Libreboot no longer provides MRC-based images, so
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you have to build this from source in lbmk. See notes above, about S3 fix
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on NRI (native RAM initialisation / libre raminit).
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* **GRUB: Added xHCI (USB 3.0) native driver.** Patches courtesy Patrick Rudolph,
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rebased by Leah Rowe for GRUB 2.12 series. GRUB keyboard input can now work,
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on boards that only have xHCI (some newer boards lack EHCI and/or PS/2)
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* **Fixed 3rd SATA slot on Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF**, and 3rd and 4th slots
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on 9020 MT; they previously did not work. Patch courtesy of Mate Kukri.
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* Allow specifying the number of threads to build on, via environmental
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variable `LBMK_THREADS`. This is useful if you're on a host with limited RAM.
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* Simpler, safer error handling in the build system
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* **util/autoport:** New utility, imported from coreboot's version but with extra
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patches merged for Haswell platforms. This can be used in future, tied heavily
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to Libreboot's own coreboot trees, to more easily add new mainboards.
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* **util/dell-flash-unlock: NetBSD support added**, courtesy of the developer
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who goes by the name *Linear Cannon*. Here is that person's website as of
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today: <https://linear.network/>
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* NEW MAINBOARD: Dell Latitude E5420, courtesy of Nicholas Chin
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* **OptiPlex 9020 SFF/MT: Graphics card now work perfectly.** Disable IOMMU by
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default, to work around an issue so that graphics cards can be used. It is a
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toggle option that you can change; IOMMU recommended if using Intel graphics,
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otherwise leave it turned off.
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* coreboot/haswell: Make IOMMU a runtime option (on/off toggle)
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* Enable the serial console by default, on AMD boards (kgpe-d16, kcma-d8)
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Exact git log (versus Libreboot 20240225)
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======================================
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The following is an exact log of commits in the Git repository, on the master
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branch, relative to the previous January 2024 release. There are 99 changes:
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```
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* ae9e7389 Libreboot 20240504 release
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* d3aeb2c7 config/git: importer newer documentation
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* 5bf25eac coreboot: update latitude release status
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* 7a955a4c d510mo and d945gclf: disable for release
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* 7e799e1f nb/haswell: lock policy regs when disabling IOMMU
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* d9c0346a build/roms: more useful status warnings
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* 98587029 deprecate MRC 9020MT/SFF (NRI 9020 is default now)
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* d839bfa1 mark 9020 sff/mt stable for release
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* a9bc6b25 mark lenovo x301 as stable for release
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* 6e61052a Merge pull request 'coreboot/default: Add patches to fix S3 on SNB/IVB Latitudes' (#208) from nic3-14159/lbmk:latitude-fix-s3 into master
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|\
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| * 67ddd3f2 coreboot/default: Add patches to fix S3 on SNB/IVB Latitudes
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|/
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* 780e03fe remove x220edp/x230edp (keep regular x220/x230)
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* b379186a update hp machines to status=stable for release
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||||||
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* 6e7b5c0b Enable WiFi on HP EliteBook 8560w (GPIO config)
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* 99617796 Merge pull request 'Implemented failsafe options at boot and inside menus for enabling/disabling serial, spkmodem and gfxterm' (#203) from livio/lbmk:failsafe into master
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|\
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| * 3e86b3ab Implemented failsafe options at boot and inside menus for enabling/disabling serial, spkmodem and gfxterm
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* | 2d207c54 coreboot/x301: set release=n (will re-test)
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* | 64ae2ddd update/release: purge test/lib/strlcat.c in u-boot
|
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|
* | 748b2072 mark x4x boards ready for release
|
||||||
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* | 9caff263 err.sh: update copyright info
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||||||
|
* | 7db2ae0b update/release: say when an archive is being made
|
||||||
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* | cd9685d1 Merge pull request 'dell-flash-unlock: Remove dependency on GNU Make' (#207) from nic3-14159/lbmk:dell-flash-unlock-updates into master
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|\ \
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| * | a5cb6376 dell-flash-unlock: Remove dependency on GNU Make
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|/ /
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* | 4bf3da31 Merge pull request 'Fixed QEMU x86 target's SMBIOS informations' (#205) from livio/lbmk:qemux86_fix into master
|
||||||
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|\ \
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||||||
|
| * | 707d7ce7 Fixed QEMU x86 target's SMBIOS informations
|
||||||
|
| * | d654a3e5 Fixed QEMU x86 target's SMBIOS informations
|
||||||
|
| |/
|
||||||
|
* | a18cd7f1 Merge pull request 'Fixed boot selection menu' (#204) from livio/lbmk:livio_290424 into master
|
||||||
|
|\ \
|
||||||
|
| * | b4d27d0c Fixed boot selection menu
|
||||||
|
| |/
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||||||
|
* | 05c3f493 Merge pull request 'dell-flash-unlock-updates' (#206) from nic3-14159/lbmk:dell-flash-unlock-updates into master
|
||||||
|
|\ \
|
||||||
|
| * | 61f66a46 dell-flash-unlock: Update README for BSD
|
||||||
|
| * | 5e2e7611 dell_flash_unlock: Add support for FreeBSD
|
||||||
|
| * | 61dbaf94 dell_flash_unlock: Set iopl level back to 0 when done
|
||||||
|
| * | 355dffb7 dell_flash_unlock: Fix ec_set_fdo() signature
|
||||||
|
| * | 6fe2482f dell-flash-unlock: Remove unnecessary includes for NetBSD
|
||||||
|
| * | b737a24c dell-flash-unlock: Remove memory clobber from inline assembly
|
||||||
|
* | | 5c3d81ff correct dell latitude status for release
|
||||||
|
* | | 6dfd8c70 update release status for HP machines
|
||||||
|
* | | 50f6943c set gru bob/kevin stable for release
|
||||||
|
* | | df5e3216 set dell latitudes stable for release
|
||||||
|
* | | 7e7c3c23 mark i945 machines as stable for release
|
||||||
|
* | | 310378c9 build/roms: simplified list handling
|
||||||
|
* | | 5003e02b build/roms: if release, allow all non-broken roms
|
||||||
|
* | | dbe259ef build/roms: always display warnings
|
||||||
|
* | | 0e2c56be build/roms: reduce indentation in skip_board()
|
||||||
|
* | | 91927760 build/roms: simplified status handling
|
||||||
|
* | | 230f68fd build/roms: simplified seagrub handling
|
||||||
|
|/ /
|
||||||
|
* | 515185a7 build/roms: support SeaGRUB *with menu enabled*
|
||||||
|
* | a88a8281 update/trees: simplified defconfig copying
|
||||||
|
* | 55204dc4 option.sh: don't use nproc (not portable)
|
||||||
|
* | 71f8e653 eDP configs (x230/x220): don't release
|
||||||
|
* | a5c7cc1a fix target.cfg files on dell latitudes
|
||||||
|
* | d923d314 use mirrorservice.org for iasl downloads
|
||||||
|
* | 714d4b3e update/release: disable status checking
|
||||||
|
* | e614f906 build/roms: tell the user how to ignore status
|
||||||
|
* | f22305fb update macbook21/x60/t60 status
|
||||||
|
* | 6c4f07b3 allow disabling status checks during builds
|
||||||
|
* | ad7e3966 update 9020 sff/mt release status
|
||||||
|
* | 3ace925e update more board statuses before release
|
||||||
|
* | e7619225 Set status=unstable on dell latitudes
|
||||||
|
* | 1fd9ba9a declare ivy/sandy thinkpads stable for release
|
||||||
|
* | 5218bfb0 declare gm45 thinkpads stable for release
|
||||||
|
* | b99ebe05 kcma-d8/kgpe-d16: mark as tested(unstable)
|
||||||
|
* | e5cc3e55 Merge pull request 'dell-flash-unlock: add NetBSD support' (#194) from linear/lbmk:master into master
|
||||||
|
|\ \
|
||||||
|
| * | e119ffa5 dell-flash-unlock: add NetBSD support
|
||||||
|
* | | c0b4ba2e build/roms: update help, pertaining to status
|
||||||
|
* | | d88783b7 build/roms: let "list" specify status types
|
||||||
|
* | | b6014a65 erroneous return
|
||||||
|
* | | ce7fd754 build/roms: report status when building images
|
||||||
|
* | | a2f42353 i945: switch boards to 20230625 coreboot revision
|
||||||
|
* | | 64177dbb exports variables from err.sh, not build
|
||||||
|
* | | a5082de4 GRUB: bump to today's latest revision
|
||||||
|
* | | ddfe71a3 9020 sff/mt: actually enable the TPM (by default)
|
||||||
|
* | | 2d7debd3 9020 sff/mt: add tpm enable patch from mate kukri
|
||||||
|
* | | 08859bb4 lbmk: export TMPDIR from err.sh, not build
|
||||||
|
* | | f5f2c58a build/roms: add missing deletion of tmp file
|
||||||
|
* | | 02e4c0b2 hp820g2: allow building, but don't do release ROMs
|
||||||
|
* | | ed0678ae haswell: only provide NRI-based ROMs in releases
|
||||||
|
* | | f5035e32 9020 sff/mt: fix bad gpio read on hwm patch
|
||||||
|
* | | 523f1df9 w541 libremrc: disable tseg stage cache
|
||||||
|
* | | c557e9e0 haswell nri: set 8MB CBFS on thinkpads (fix S3)
|
||||||
|
* | | ac7ce930 add 9020sff/mt configs using haswell NRI
|
||||||
|
* | | 9e3b217c update coreboot/haswell (NRI)
|
||||||
|
* | | 6da91df6 add mate's patch for 9020 sff/mt fan controls
|
||||||
|
* | | 83195489 enable grub payload on libremrc w541/t440p
|
||||||
|
* | | e9c591a5 add t440p/w541 configs using broadwell mrc
|
||||||
|
* | | 4134a883 add 9020 sff/mt targets that use broadwell mrc
|
||||||
|
* | | f7283fa1 grub xhci support
|
||||||
|
* | | 5cb17795 fix sata slots on dell 9020 sff and mt
|
||||||
|
* | | 33277897 allow users to specify number of build threads
|
||||||
|
* | | 6ebab10c safer, simpler error handling in lbmk
|
||||||
|
| |/
|
||||||
|
|/|
|
||||||
|
* | 6b11f1b0 Merge pull request 'config: Add Dell Latitude E5420' (#191) from nic3-14159/lbmk:latitude-ports into master
|
||||||
|
|\ \
|
||||||
|
| * | 036bf2c6 config: Add Dell Latitude E5420
|
||||||
|
* | | 457a7037 Merge pull request 'util: Import autoport with Haswell patches' (#195) from nic3-14159/lbmk:autoport-fork into master
|
||||||
|
|\ \ \
|
||||||
|
| |_|/
|
||||||
|
|/| |
|
||||||
|
| * | 8cba2370 util: Import autoport with Haswell patches
|
||||||
|
|/ /
|
||||||
|
* | c578fe56 Merge pull request 'Use proper autolink' (#192) from eo/lbmk:master into master
|
||||||
|
|\ \
|
||||||
|
| |/
|
||||||
|
|/|
|
||||||
|
| * 98caceb1 Use proper autolink
|
||||||
|
|/
|
||||||
|
* 665840b2 coreboot/dell9020*_12mb: Disable IOMMU by default
|
||||||
|
* 944cafa2 coreboot/haswell: make IOMMU a runtime option
|
||||||
|
* db074b78 enable serial console on fam15h boards
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
You may find archives of this release, by looking at the Libreboot download
|
||||||
|
page. Support is available on IRC or Reddit if you need help.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Disabled boards
|
||||||
|
===============
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Libreboot's build system can be configured to exclude certain boards in
|
||||||
|
release archives, while still permitting them to be re-built.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
All of the following boards have been disabled in the build system:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
HP EliteBook 820 G2, because refcode cannot be inserted reproducibly yet. This
|
||||||
|
is what enables the gigabit ethernet on the machine (it's a Broadwell machine
|
||||||
|
so still needs MRC). A future release will fix this, and there are three
|
||||||
|
viable ways: execute an uncompresed refcode instead, or use tar
|
||||||
|
reproducibly (impossible to guarantoo on the host so tar and xz would have
|
||||||
|
to be compiled by lbmk), or: replace the blob. None of the possible solutions
|
||||||
|
are fully viable, so lbmk will support this board but ROM images for it will
|
||||||
|
be excluded in releases (at least for the time being)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
D510MO and D945 images not included either, due to lack of testing. (820 G2
|
||||||
|
is believed to be stable and has been tested repeatedly)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
*All other boards have ROM images in this release.*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
eDP mods (ThinkPad X230/X220)
|
||||||
|
==========================
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The `x230edp_12mb` and `x220edp_8mb` targets were removed, but
|
||||||
|
the `x230_12mb` and `x220_8mb` targets were retained. Only the original
|
||||||
|
nitrocaster mod (for eDP) is reliable in my experience, and it's unknown what
|
||||||
|
you get with the various knockoffs available on aliexpress. Delete the board
|
||||||
|
from Libreboot, to reduce the maintenance burden. Use an older Libreboot
|
||||||
|
revision if you want these boards. They will probably not be re-added to
|
||||||
|
Libreboot, unless Nitrocaster re-opens and/or a professional/reliable
|
||||||
|
alternative appears(the alternatives as of today are all assumed to be rubbish).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The nitrocaster store seems to be out of business at this time of writing,
|
||||||
|
and these modded boards are uncommon enough as it is, making testing extremely
|
||||||
|
challenging; testing on multiple machines is desirable, but most people who
|
||||||
|
do these mods don't want to then mess with their hardware afterward.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
The good news is that coreboot has mainlined X230 eDP support, so you will
|
||||||
|
always have that option readily available. The other bad news with this mod
|
||||||
|
is the knockoff gear generally has poor documentation (Nitrocaster has very
|
||||||
|
good documentation), and people frequently have problems, either by their own
|
||||||
|
fault or by virtue of the product; the eDP-based targets are therefore a liability
|
||||||
|
to the Libreboot project.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
That is all.
|
||||||
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