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My coworker replaced his BIOS/UEFI with an open source version (thinkpads enable this). It allowed him bypass Lenovo’s whitelisting of “approved” hardware, so h
by big_youth 10y ago
My coworker replaced his BIOS/UEFI with an open source version (thinkpads enable this). It allowed him bypass Lenovo’s whitelisting of “approved” hardware, so he could install his own 3g modem.
He repurposed an old Arduino into an SPI flasher and a chip clip to sit on the bios flash chip.
https://twitter.com/thomas_cannon/status/703633676102471680 https://twitter.com/thomas_cannon/status/703633676102471680
- zxexz 10y agoIs the open source version you speak of Libreboot? That's the only open source BIOS replacement I know for any thinkpads. That Thinkpad looks a bit new for full-fledged librebooting! Did he have to reflash the ME firmware back on?