On 25.01.2014 01:23, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [coreboot] coreboot port for macbook2,1
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:23:12 +0100
> From: Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <[email protected]>
> To: Mono <[email protected]>
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> On 24.01.2014 23:20, Mono wrote:
>> Hallo,
>> Would you help me on a coreboot port? I just installed coreboot on a 
>> Thinkpad X60 following the wiki. Now I want it on this mid-2007 macbook2,1 
>> too.
>> I read some pages in the wiki and started to collect information about the 
>> macbook. it seems it has no superIO chip and I dont know what to think of 
>> the ectool output. As I understood by now, not knowing how the ec might 
>> interfere with the bios or coreboot is one of the big obstacles, no? I hope 
>> that once I would try a coreboot flash, recovery might be possible by an 
>> external programmer (which I do not have, yet). the flash chip is the same 
>> as on the X60 (I've read the factory bios already) as is the northbridge and 
>> southbridge. an usb debug port seems available.
>> I've put the log files here: http://macbook.donderklumpen.de/coreboot/
>> Any comment about what you think about this and how I should proceed is very 
>> much welcome!
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> Good news is that other than EC and some minor points, your macbook is a
> copy of X60. With some luck a qualified dev can do it in a week (you may
> want to post bounty for it). You need to get console. EHCI debug would
> be the best option on your laptop.
> http://www.coreboot.org/EHCI_Debug_Port#Finding_the_USB_debug_port
> Take USB 2.0 stick and plug it into different port until it appears as
> device one on bus 3.
I meant port 1 on bus managed by ehci_pci (exact bus numbers are unstable)
> You'll have to make a USB debug dongle or buy one
> (short supply).
> You'll also need to find your flash chip. Your laptop has this chip:
> http://orzparts.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=732
> You'll have to teardown the whole laptop, looking at every chip which
> seems similar. Remember to discharge from static electricity before
> opening your laptop and not to wear anything that produces it. This has
> a risk of breaking your laptop, proceed at your own risk, you've been
> warned.
>> thanks
>> Mono
>>
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