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% Libreboot 20150208 release
% Leah Rowe
% 8 February 2015
Machines supported in this release:
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- **Lenovo ThinkPad X60/X60s**
- You can also remove the motherboard from an X61/X61s and replace
it with an X60/X60s motherboard. An X60 Tablet motherboard will
also fit inside an X60/X60s.
- **Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet** (1024x768 and 1400x1050) with
digitizer support
- See **hardware/\#supported\_x60t\_list** for list of supported LCD
panels
- It is unknown whether an X61 Tablet can have it's mainboard
replaced with an X60 Tablet motherboard.
- **Lenovo ThinkPad T60** (Intel GPU) (there are
issuesinstall/x200\_external.html; see below):
- See notes below for exceptions, and
**hardware/\#supported\_t60\_list** for known working LCD panels.
- It is unknown whether a T61 can have it's mainboard replaced
with a T60 motherboard.
- See **future/\#t60\_cpu\_microcode**.
- T60p (and T60 laptops with ATI GPU) will likely never be
supported: **hardware/\#t60\_ati\_intel**
- **Lenovo ThinkPad X200**
- X200S and X200 Tablet are also supported, conditionally; see
**hardware/x200.html\#x200s**
- **ME/AMT**: libreboot removes this, permanently.
**hardware/gm45\_remove\_me.html**
- **Lenovo ThinkPad R400** (r20150208 and later, only)
- **ME/AMT**: libreboot removes this, permanently.
**hardware/gm45\_remove\_me.html**
- **Apple MacBook1,1** (MA255LL/A, MA254LL/A, MA472LL/A)
- See **hardware/\#macbook11**.
- **Apple MacBook2,1** (MA699LL/A, MA701LL/A, MB061LL/A, MA700LL/A,
MB063LL/A, MB062LL/A)
- See **hardware/\#macbook21**.
Revisions for r20150208 (relative to r20150126)
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This is a maintenance release (polishing) based on r20150126. Users who
installed r20150126 don't really need to update to this release.
- buildrom-withgrub: use gnulove.jpg background on 16:10 laptops
(MacBook2,1 and X200)
- build-release: include grub-background script in libreboot\_bin
- grub-background (new): lets user change GRUB background image
- grub-assemble: Add link to original utility.
- buildrom-withgrub: Put background.jpg in CBFS, not GRUB memdisk
- grub-assemble: merge scripts into a single script gen.sh
- Documentation: implement theme, drastically improve readability
- docs/hardware/: update list of compatible T60 LCD panels
- docs/: more clarification of libreboot's stated purpose.
- build-release: include the commitid file in the release archives
- docs/: Further emphasize the Linux requirement.
- lenovobios\_firstflash: fix BASH errors
- lenovobios\_secondflash: fix BASH errors
- docs/install/x200\_external.html: Tell user to switch MAC address.
- docs/git/: Add to the list of x86\_64 compatible hosts.
- docs/install/: Remove old (obsolete) information.
- docs/git/: Say that the build dependencies are for src (and not
nedeed for libreboot\_bin)
- build: re-factor the descriptor/gbe generating loop for GM45/ICH9M
- X60, X60S and X60 Tablet now the same ROM images.
- Add QEMU (q35/ich9) support to libreboot.
- Add QEMU (i440fx/piix4) support to libreboot
- docs/: Re-write the description of what libreboot is.
- docs/release.html: Add notes about how to use GPG.
- build-release: delete the commitid file from release archives
- build-release: create file named commitid after build-release