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authorNico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de>2021-03-06 14:54:01 +0100
committerNico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de>2021-03-07 13:59:23 +0000
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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>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md10
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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
```