Re: [Libreboot] Libreboot Digest, Vol 20, Issue 7

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I updated the init.rd file after modifying it, using the following command: "mkinitcpio -p linux-libre" (I used the regular linux-libre kernel, not the lts version), and I still get the same exact error when trying to boot; I even used the 11/11/2015 image, and it's still doing the same thing.

On 05/10/2016 08:00 AM, nongnu.org [Masked] wrote:
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> Finally I get my T400s work by flashing it with rom for T400, and apply
> the patch
> 0014-northbridge-intel-gm45-Automatically-enable-second-L.patch
> (attached, which I got from resources/libreboot/patch/ within the latest
> master branch. I failed to find a more proper way to obtain this patch)
> to enable dual-link LVDS automatically, as well as the patch to enable
> centry byte (https://review.coreboot.org/#/c/11853/).
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> Now my T400s gives no display output for grub, but gives ordinary
> display after the linux kernel get booted, just as Ministry of Freedom
> said. I do not know whether there is any patch to get screen work for
> grub on platforms with high resolution screen.
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> My T400s used to use an 8mb spi flash chip in the form of wson8 (Mine is
> an MX25L6405D) to store its firmware, Just like X200s/t, which is known
> to be able to flash via wire-soldering, but I bypassed the dungeon by
> replacing the wson8 chip with a soic8 one (MX25L6406E, I asked an
> repairing expert to unsolder and solder the chips), since soldering
> disks for wson8 is compatible to soic8's.
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> (I forgot to take a picture before removing the old wson8 chip, so I can
> only take a photo like the attached one, on which the removed old chip
> is placed on the blank memory socket, and the new soic8 chip has been
> soldered on the disks.)
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> In fact, 8mb soic8 spi flash chips had not existed during the period
> when X200s/t and T400s get manufactured, but now they exist, so the
> method may also apply to X200s/t boxes, if no spacial issue exists.
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> ? 2016?04?26? 23:00, Ministry of Freedom ??:
>> It will work. You'll be blind in grub, but it'll work once you start
>> booting your kernel (with kms enabled)
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>> Op 25/04/16 om 19:00 schreef Joerg Albert:
>>> On 25.04.2016 17:43, Timothy Pearson wrote:
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>>>> On 04/25/2016 10:39 AM, persmule wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>> 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!
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>>> 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.
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>>> Regards, Joerg
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