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% Libreboot 20140911 release % Leah Rowe % 11 September 2014

6th release (pre-release, 7th beta)

  • Released 11th July 2014 (pre-release) 1st beta
  • Revised (pre-release, 2nd beta) 16th July 2014
  • Revised (pre-release, 3rd beta) 20th July 2014
  • Revised (pre-release, 4th beta) 29th July 2014
  • Revised (pre-release, 5th beta) 11th August 2014 (corrected 11th August 2014)
  • Revised (pre-release, 6th beta) 3rd September 2014
  • Revised (pre-release, 7th beta) 11th September 2014

Machines still supported (compared to previous release):

  • Lenovo ThinkPad X60/X60s
    • You can also remove the motherboard from an X61/X61s and replace it with an X60/X60s motherboard.

New systems supported in this release:

  • 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 its mainboard replaced with an X60 Tablet motherboard.
  • Lenovo ThinkPad T60 (Intel GPU) (there are issues; 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 its mainboard replaced with a T60 motherboard.
    • T60p (and T60 variants with ATI GPU) will likely never be supported: hardware/#t60_ati_intel
  • 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.

Machines no longer supported (compared to previous release):

  • All previous systems still supported!

Revisions for r20140911 (7th beta) (11th September 2014)

  • The changes below were made in a git repository, unlike in previous releases. Descriptions below are copied from 'git log'.
  • Update .gitignore for new dependencies.
  • Use a submodule for i945-pwm.
  • Don't clean packages that fail or don't need cleaning.
  • Don't clean i945-pwm, it's not needed.
  • Regression fix: Parabola live ISO boot issues
  • Re-enable background images in ISOLINUX/SYSLINUX GRUB parser menus
  • Regression fix: Re-add CD-ROM (ata0) in GRUB
  • Documentation: add notes about performance penalty when using ecryptfs.
  • Documentation: Fixed spelling and grammatical errors.
  • Documentation: macbook21: add new system as tested
  • Documentation: macbook21: add info about improving touchpad sensitivity
  • Documentation: X60 Tablet: add more information about finger input
  • Documentation: release.html: Add information about recently merged commit in coreboot