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I have a X220t and Linux runs great on it. Why did you have to use a hacked BIOS? What advantages does this BIOS give to you?
by reirob 13y ago
I have a X220t and Linux runs great on it. Why did you have to use a hacked BIOS? What advantages does this BIOS give to you?
- clarry 13y agoAt least some laptop BIOSes have a whitelist (or was it a blacklist?) of approved wireless chips. So to choose your own, you'd have to get around that.
- davexunit 13y agoThe BIOS includes a whitelist for which PCIe cards can be put it in the slot that the wireless chip is in. Intel wireless chips require nonfree firmware to be loaded into them in order to function. I replaced this with an Atheros chip that does not have this problem. In order for the chip to not be rejected, I had to flash a hacked BIOS that removed the whitelist.