% ThinkPad X201 support removed from Libreboot
% Leah Rowe
% 12 January 2024

Builds have also been removed from rsync, and build logic has been
removed from lbmk. It was discovered that fan controls fail on this
motherboard, when you use a neutered Intel ME image. This issue seems
to only affect these older arrandale machines; the issue was discovered
on X201 but probably affects the thinkpad T410, and other mobile
arrandale machines.

This issue does *not* affect the newer platforms, only arrandale / ibex
peak machines such as the ThinkPad X201. X201 uses Intel ME version 6. ME
version 7 and up has not shown any issues, when neutered.

You are advised *not* to use Libreboot, on this platform. Use of coreboot
is still possible, but you must use the full Intel ME image on it. As
such, we will therefore not support it in Libreboot anymore. It is the
policy of the Libreboot project to *only* provide no-ME configuration,
or *neutered* ME configuration
using [me_cleaner](https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/How-does-it-work%3F).

You are advised to simply use another machine. The arrandale machines are now
considered *broken* (in a coreboot context) by the Libreboot project, and
they will not be supported by Libreboot - unless further testing is done,
and this issue is fixed. This removal has been done urgently, out of concern
for the safety of users.

The removal patch is here:
<https://browse.libreboot.org/lbmk.git/commit/?id=09bed9a4c3257dbf9b4d59975db0071472ed67eb>

That is all.
