% Libreboot 20150208 release
% Leah Rowe
% 8 February 2015
Machines supported in this release:
- Lenovo ThinkPad X60/X60s
- You can also remove the motherboard from an X61/X61s and replace
it with an X60/X60s motherboard. An X60 Tablet motherboard will
also fit inside an X60/X60s.
- Lenovo ThinkPad X60 Tablet (1024x768 and 1400x1050) with
digitizer support
- See hardware/#supported_x60t_list for list of supported LCD
panels
- It is unknown whether an X61 Tablet can have it's mainboard
replaced with an X60 Tablet motherboard.
- Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (Intel GPU) (there are
issuesinstall/x200_external.html; see below):
- See notes below for exceptions, and
hardware/#supported_t60_list for known working LCD panels.
- It is unknown whether a T61 can have it's mainboard replaced
with a T60 motherboard.
- See future/#t60_cpu_microcode.
- T60p (and T60 laptops with ATI GPU) will likely never be
supported: hardware/#t60_ati_intel
- Lenovo ThinkPad X200
- X200S and X200 Tablet are also supported, conditionally; see
hardware/x200.html#x200s
- ME/AMT: libreboot removes this, permanently.
hardware/gm45_remove_me.html
- Lenovo ThinkPad R400 (r20150208 and later, only)
- ME/AMT: libreboot removes this, permanently.
hardware/gm45_remove_me.html
- Apple MacBook1,1 (MA255LL/A, MA254LL/A, MA472LL/A)
- Apple MacBook2,1 (MA699LL/A, MA701LL/A, MB061LL/A, MA700LL/A,
MB063LL/A, MB062LL/A)
Revisions for r20150208 (relative to r20150126)
This is a maintenance release (polishing) based on r20150126. Users who
installed r20150126 don't really need to update to this release.
- buildrom-withgrub: use gnulove.jpg background on 16:10 laptops
(MacBook2,1 and X200)
- build-release: include grub-background script in libreboot_bin
- grub-background (new): lets user change GRUB background image
- grub-assemble: Add link to original utility.
- buildrom-withgrub: Put background.jpg in CBFS, not GRUB memdisk
- grub-assemble: merge scripts into a single script gen.sh
- Documentation: implement theme, drastically improve readability
- docs/hardware/: update list of compatible T60 LCD panels
- docs/: more clarification of libreboot's stated purpose.
- build-release: include the commitid file in the release archives
- docs/: Further emphasize the Linux requirement.
- lenovobios_firstflash: fix BASH errors
- lenovobios_secondflash: fix BASH errors
- docs/install/x200_external.html: Tell user to switch MAC address.
- docs/git/: Add to the list of x86_64 compatible hosts.
- docs/install/: Remove old (obsolete) information.
- docs/git/: Say that the build dependencies are for src (and not
nedeed for libreboot_bin)
- build: re-factor the descriptor/gbe generating loop for GM45/ICH9M
- X60, X60S and X60 Tablet now the same ROM images.
- Add QEMU (q35/ich9) support to libreboot.
- Add QEMU (i440fx/piix4) support to libreboot
- docs/: Re-write the description of what libreboot is.
- docs/release.html: Add notes about how to use GPG.
- build-release: delete the commitid file from release archives
- build-release: create file named commitid after build-release