I fried my mainboard because I tried to orient my chip by lining a blue dot on
the corner of my chip with a dot depicted on the chip datasheet. They
apparently have nothing to do with each other, and this is normal. Add
warning about this to the docs to hopefully spare others from a similar fate.
Signed-off-by: Michael Bacarella <michael.bacarella@gmail.com>
Change-Id: Ib634589aaa11f75bde2ef2e13d2cacc4cae19a3f
Signed-off-by: Michael Bacarella <michael.bacarella@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/30028
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Felix Held <felix-coreboot@felixheld.de>
The user needs to pass the original firmware image to create
a layout file, not the newly compiled coreboot image.
Signed-off-by: Michael Bacarella <michael.bacarella@gmail.com>
Change-Id: If47a88f06076da12d8da7a873c3e5ef64fc1f877
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/30024
Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
* Add basic flashing tutorial
** Describe internal and external flashing
** Describe flash supply diode protection
** Gives general advices on flashing
** Describe how to use flashrom --ifd
* Describe basic flashing on Lenovo T4xx devices
** Describe how to disassemble and access the flash IC on T4xx
** Describe flash layout on Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge series.
Change-Id: Ia833e27f4e7d89ee32be9bed21a0c021839facec
Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <siro@das-labor.org>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/27852
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com>
Evgeny Zinoviev