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% 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)
    • See hardware/#macbook11.
  • Apple MacBook2,1 (MA699LL/A, MA701LL/A, MB061LL/A, MA700LL/A, MB063LL/A, MB062LL/A)
    • See hardware/#macbook21.

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 GNU+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