diff options
| author | Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de> | 2021-03-06 14:54:01 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de> | 2021-03-07 13:59:23 +0000 |
| commit | c4aa24fc1212340dcf7c6acbc18a42b5fa5d2f95 (patch) | |
| tree | 163dea138394c187d96060ac8f3f241813dabad4 /Documentation/mainboard | |
| parent | ab53c3964c7255ad4411e7a72ad3003a8f45e244 (diff) | |
| download | coreboot-c4aa24fc1212340dcf7c6acbc18a42b5fa5d2f95.tar.xz | |
doc/mb/lenovo/montevina: Clarify use of bincfg
`bincfg` is not creating anything new, it just converts
from text to binary.
Change-Id: I14e67ee8bc449d171a951f6edeaa9f9d0c04dbe1
Signed-off-by: Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/51319
Reviewed-by: Evgeny Zinoviev <me@ch1p.io>
Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz>
Reviewed-by: Angel Pons <th3fanbus@gmail.com>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/mainboard')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md b/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md index 529fec679a..3e406dfcad 100644 --- a/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md +++ b/Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md @@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ $ mv flashregion_0_flashdescriptor.bin.new.new flashregion_0_flashdescriptor.bin Continue to the [Configuring coreboot](#configuring-coreboot) section. -#### Creating a new flash descriptor using bincfg +#### Using checked-in flash descriptor via bincfg -There is a tool to generate a modified flash descriptor called **bincfg**. Go to -`util/bincfg` and build it: +There is a copy of an X200's flash descriptor checked into the coreboot +repository. It is supposed to work for the T400/T500 as well. The descriptor +can be converted back to its binary form using a tool called **bincfg**. Go +to `util/bincfg` and build it: ```console $ cd util/bincfg $ make @@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ If your flash is not 8 MiB, you need to change values of `flcomp_density1` and +-----------------+-------+-------+--------+ ``` -Then create the flash descriptor: +Then convert the flash descriptor: ```console $ make gen-ifd-x200 ``` |