coreboot
Mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. We don't handle Pull Requests. (by coreboot)
thinkpad-firmware-patches
Collection of ThinkPad UEFI patches. (by digmorepaka)
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
coreboot
Posts with mentions or reviews of coreboot.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-14.
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Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates
Why BIOS (did you mean UEFI?) when it runs the best boot loader, which is Coreboot¹. Many users would love to re-flash their bios/uefi for it, if it’s supported.
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C++ is everywhere, but noone really talks about it. What are people's thoughts?
Coreboot is 0.6% C++.
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Laptops with best Linux support (latest gen, battery life, performance)?
NovaCustom ; some models come with Dasharo a coreboot distribution.
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Asus flip c302 last update
You can also use Mr. Chromebox Script to install Coreboot on your chromebook to get a UEFI BIOS on your Chromebook and then you can go an install either a linux distro or even Windows if you want. It's a pretty straightforward process and also reversable if you want to go back to just using ChromeOS.
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A Linux laptop under 1350€
Some models are available with Dasharo a [coreboot]https://www.coreboot.org/) distribution.
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why no haswell_ult_dmi_registers for broadwell? in https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/blob/master/util/inteltool/pcie.c
why no haswell_ult_dmi_registers for broadwell? in https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/blob/master/util/inteltool/pcie.c
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Having issues restoring the firmware with u/MrChromebox's utility
use croshfirmware.sh from https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/tree/master/util/chromeos
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AMD to move to open source firmware in 2026
There may be other protections to restrict SPI flash access for security reasons (so you might not be able to flash your custom firmware in the OS), but worst case you can use a HW flasher (or maybe USB flashback). Still, this doesn't address the elephant in the room - platform initialization code might be open-sourced, but that isn't everything. You'll still need to figure out the board-specific stuff (the Super I/O chip, chipset GPIOs, other peripherals, etc.). Using coreboot as an example, Intel provides the Firmware Support Package blob to handle platform initialization. I think AGESA is somewhat similar to this, though Intel publicly releases the binaries for use in coreboot/etc. Thanks to the FSP, coreboot has support for recent Intel chipsets. However, there is only support for two recent consumer boards: the MSI PRO Z690-A WiFi DDR4 and DDR5.
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what is VCU (Validation Control Unit) mailbox in haswell nri
does anyone know what is https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/blob/b12caef23bc1b29c2e658f2b728cc4beac1e62b9/src/northbridge/intel/haswell/vcu_mailbox.c
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Need stock ROM for Acer Chromebook CB314 - DROID
Download crosfirmware.sh and run it from command line: bash crosfirmware.sh droid
thinkpad-firmware-patches
Posts with mentions or reviews of thinkpad-firmware-patches.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-30.
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[GUIDE] ThinkPad BIOS: Reading, Patching, and Flashing
"skyra1n" ThinkPad Firmware Patches from digmorepaka's GitHub a list of UEFI patches for ThinkPads, these are the special sauce for adding features to our BIOS. If you have a ThinkPad 30 series device, you do not need to follow this guide for flashing skyra1n, you can flash your BIOS with the internal flashing software.
- Did a few mods on my T480s
- where to find t480 custom bios?
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T480 Advice ?
I bios unlocked and enabled the custom undervolt menu on 1.44 bios using a ch341 bios programmer. This way I set the undervolt via the bios rather than throttlestop.
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Disabling Intel AMT on T460s
-thinkpad-firmware-patches;https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches
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t14 gen1 AMD BIOS mod?
Hey guys! Have any one tried this BIOS mod on latest firmware?
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My new T480s
Here's the link to the uefi patches which are used to unlock the bios. https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches There's a very short and undetailed guide how to apply the patches to your bios. But just know that you need an external bios programmer like ch341a
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Snagged a cheap Thinkpad T480 i5-8250U, would love some advice on upgrades and distros
First thing is to verify that the thunderbolt firmware is up to date and that both ports are working. Start here https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/br/en/solutions/ht508988. Then, if you want, you can buy these two and use these equipment (Ams1117 3.3v ) > aliexpress.com/item/32838236408.html with my ch341a > aliexpress.com/item/32841448145.html to make the bios mod (this will work for cards of wifi better wifi 6 and hackintosh) the patches are here (https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches), (it is possible to clean the intel ME) too, if you can't do it, don't risk it, ask help here in the community. I suggest backing up your bios and also the thunderbolt bios. Here is another topic from a colleague in the community and in it there is a pdf of mine where to check the cfg-lock to enable or disable.
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Thinkpad T480S Bios Error 1802: Unauthorized network card stops bios post
You can try flash this bios mod to remove the whitelist. https://github.com/digmorepaka/thinkpad-firmware-patches
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Lenovo Expects 30+ Platforms With Linux Support This Year
Pretty sure the whitelist for wifi is long gone, if not, there's always patches. Not for newbs admittedly.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing coreboot and thinkpad-firmware-patches you can also consider the following projects:
1vyrain - LiveUSB Bootable exploit chain to unlock all features of xx30 ThinkPad machines. WiFi Whitelist, Advanced Menu, Overclocking.
UEFITool - UEFI firmware image viewer and editor
edk2 - EDK II
me_cleaner - Tool for partial deblobbing of Intel ME/TXE firmware images
u-boot - "Das U-Boot" Source Tree
OpenCorePkg - OpenCore bootloader
OpenCore-Install-Guide - Repo for the OpenCore Install Guide
bugtracker - Acidanthera Bugtracker
ExpansionCards - Reference designs and documentation to create Expansion Cards for the Framework Laptop
UsbAsp-flash - Program allow you to program flash memory on the protocols spi, I2C, MicroWire. Supports CH341a, UsbAsp, AVRISP(LUFA), Arduino, FT232H.
coreboot vs 1vyrain
thinkpad-firmware-patches vs UEFITool
coreboot vs edk2
thinkpad-firmware-patches vs me_cleaner
coreboot vs u-boot
thinkpad-firmware-patches vs 1vyrain
coreboot vs UEFITool
thinkpad-firmware-patches vs OpenCorePkg
coreboot vs OpenCore-Install-Guide
thinkpad-firmware-patches vs bugtracker
coreboot vs ExpansionCards
thinkpad-firmware-patches vs UsbAsp-flash