Re: [Libreboot] Target candidate: Thinkpad T400s

[Timothy Pearson]

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On 04/25/2016 01:00 PM, Joerg Albert wrote:
> On 25.04.2016 17:43, Timothy Pearson wrote:
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>> On 04/25/2016 10:39 AM, persmule wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Anyone knows Thinkpad
>>> T400s(http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T400s)? Is it possible to
>>> get T400's firmware directly work on T400s?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Persmule.
>>>
>> It looks highly likely, as the main difference is the lack of the
>> discrete ATI GPU (which is a liability anyway under Libreboot).
>>
>> If you do test, please let us know how it worked!
>>
>>
> AFAIK, all T400s feature a 1440x900 screen resolution - this is the one which 
> is not supported by libreboot in the T400.
> Please correct me if I'm wrong - I'd love to try libreboot on my T400 with 
> the same resolution.
> 
> Regards,
> Joerg

That can be worked around if you boot Linux; Linux will reinitialise the
framebuffer.  It also means that for the T400/T500 series machines some
method of EHCI debug is required until you get the machine booting properly.

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