Could the x230,t430,t530... be made like on heads?

I have seen ffeed3b666

Could instead the build be made like in the heads project? It would make i think more sense.

The full 12mb image that have to be flashed later for updates with flashrom -p internal. Example: https://727-103208611-gh.circle-artifacts.com/0/build/x230-maximized/heads-x230-maximized-v0.2.0-987-gf39d103.rom
The "top" file that is 4mb (its clear that it have to be flashed to the 4mb spi chip. Example: https://727-103208611-gh.circle-artifacts.com/0/build/x230-maximized/heads-x230-maximized-v0.2.0-987-gf39d103-top.rom
The "bottom" file that is 8mb (its clear that it have to be flashed to the 8mb spi chip. Example: https://727-103208611-gh.circle-artifacts.com/0/build/x230-maximized/heads-x230-maximized-v0.2.0-987-gf39d103-bottom.rom

The 4mb and the 8mb files are used for external flashing. No readout from anything preinstalled on any spi chip required and most important - no need to run manualy me_cleaner or remove the write protection in the IFD. The 12mb file can be flashed later for updates or when for example jumping between heads(maximized-images)<->retroboot.

yes, that's the plan. full 12MiB X230 image with 100KiB truncated ME (currently the docs say to just run me_cleaner, without truncate, thus still use the 7MiB region only).

I plan to add linuxboot payload to retroboot, on targets where this is feasible. such as x230

retroboot will offer the same features as heads when i do this

Would be nice if the Intel ME can be extracted from the lenovo downloadable image and not from a existing device.

Thanks. I am waiting for the first releases for testing those images.

#59 Could the x230,t430,t530... be made like on heads?