Hello
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 18:11 Ivan Ivanov Please don't forget to CC the coreboot mailing list. You could
> determine the chip's layout by looking on it: it has a dot near CS
> pin.
>
Worth mentioning: this dot is not painted, it is a physical crater on the
chip. The painted dots are never a
Please don't forget to CC the coreboot mailing list. You could
determine the chip's layout by looking on it: it has a dot near CS
pin. As for cable/clip and programmer, check "Flashing BIOS chip with
Bus Pirate" article at dangerous prototypes forums: it has a good
review of SOIC8 test clips and
>
> The xHCI controller firmware and the Lenovo g505s you mention are
> AMD-specific stuff, which does not apply to the Intel chipset on the Thinkpad
> T530 (it should work out-of-the-box).
>
Hi Angel, I completely agree with you and of course understand that
g505s info is not appropriate for
Hello.
On Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 22:03 Ivan Ivanov > I'm not sure if such a card exists. There are WiFi cards with free
> > OS drivers (e.g. ath9k), but I would expect them to run some sort of
> > firmware, too
>
> according to wikipedia this ath9k family of WiFi controllers have both
> drivers and
> I'm not sure if such a card exists. There are WiFi cards with free
> OS drivers (e.g. ath9k), but I would expect them to run some sort of
> firmware, too
according to wikipedia this ath9k family of WiFi controllers have both
drivers and firmware as opensource. About USB controller, I didn't add
Hello Nico,
thanks for your patience and your great answer! That helped a lot.
>If you want to do all of that in one go and let the coreboot `make`
>do the ME cleaning, yes.
Just to be sure, is the following a good way for flashing coreboot?
1. Update the original BIOS with an update of the
Hi Yannik,
On 17.01.19 13:46, Yannik Catalinac wrote:
>> Being a closed source this firmware may contain the backdoors or help
>> the backdoor-like functionality of intel me. So yes, this is a privacy
>> concerning thing.
>>> Well, don't use modern controllers (ethernet, USB, etc.) if you don't
Hello Ivan and Nico,
thanks for your answers. That clarified a lot. I still have some questions:
>Being a closed source this firmware may contain the backdoors or help
> the backdoor-like functionality of intel me. So yes, this is a privacy
> concerning thing.
>>Well, don't use modern
On 14.01.19 23:30, Ivan Ivanov wrote:
> tldr :P ...just kidding friend ;) here are some replies
>
>> 3.19 [*] Add gigabit ethernet firmware
>> # If I read correctly I need that for internet connection and this
>> bianry has just some configuration in it and no excecutable?
> That means your
tldr :P ...just kidding friend ;) here are some replies
> 3.19 [*] Add gigabit ethernet firmware
> # If I read correctly I need that for internet connection and this bianry
> has just some configuration in it and no excecutable?
That means your Ethernet controller needs a closed source
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