From c4aa24fc1212340dcf7c6acbc18a42b5fa5d2f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Huber Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 14:54:01 +0100 Subject: 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 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/51319 Reviewed-by: Evgeny Zinoviev Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans Reviewed-by: Angel Pons Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) --- Documentation/mainboard/lenovo/montevina_series.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file 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 ``` -- cgit v1.2.3