So what are you doing tonight, /g/? Pic related, currently

>>61819992
thinkpad?

what is that clip!?

>>61819992
That looks pretty damn sexy. I'm only going to daddle with photo editing and video editing so perhaps I can work with youtubers. I don't know I need a fucking job lmao.

>>61819992
Where are you from?

I'll pay you to flash coreboot on my T420.

>>61820008
Thinkpad X220, Pomona 5250

>>61820014
Poland/Germany border, southern parts.

Maybe I should use tripcode for future reference.

>>61820029
wwww and that is that clip!? a surface mounted chip clipper?

>>61819992
Believe it or not installing gentoo

>>61820120
Yeah, that's the bloody clip. It gets the job done I guess. However reading the Winbond W25Q64.V takes ages.

>>61820162
where you got it i got some >>61820213 to kill

>>61820162
That's just over SPI. Once flashed, an internal write takes ~20 seconds for me.

t. X220 corebooted

>>61819992
taking a break from life and SHA2017

>>61820252
I bought it over on eBay. It's not too expensive, I paid around 20 bucks for mine.

>>61820261
Thanks, I'm still waiting for the bloody thing to compile.

>>61820292
what is it specifically called? or you can just link me to the thing

>>61820357
There you go:
https://www.amazon.com/CPT-063-Test-Clip-SOIC8-Pomona/dp/B00HHH65T4

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>>61819992
gave up configuring xen on x220, hate linux, hate other oses not giving full kernel support for xen

HATE HATE HATE

now probably going to restore efi boot, gentoo, debian, kali partitions, then use debian as main os and fiddle with freebsd on virtualboxmeme (add openbox on it or something, try browser on it, etc.)

oh did i not mention i hate browsers? shit code

>>61820391
thanks bro!

>>61820658
Good luck on flashing that bad boy.

>>61820029
>Poland/Germany border, southern parts.
Fug i can't find anyone that could flash coreboot in this shitty country and getting the materials to do it myself + shipping and import fees would be more expensive than the thinkpad itself.

>>61819992
hello, is this luke smith?

>>61820748
where are you from?

>>61820748
I feel you on some things, fucking prices are a pain here too but I managed to find most of the shit locally. Maybe you'll manage someday. Or try Aliexpress and wait a month. You could get some cheaper knockoff SOIC-8 clip.

Having a flasher is always a good idea. Lets you get bios locked chinkpads for all sorts of cheap

>>61819992
checklist necessary hardware for us no nothings please.

>>61819992
I was considering flashing my T500 but the need to buy a Pi or that BeagleBoard thing and connect to the flash chip manually made me punt on that. I'd consider offering you money to come flash too, if I wasn't a Burger in flyover country.

But anyway what I'm actually doing tonight is reinstalling the pfSense box I use as a router. I got a new motherboard and (after much searching) a wireless card with an Atheros chipset that'll play nice with pfSesne's AP hosting. I was gonna do it this weekend, but the parts are here and my parents are gonna be gone, so I won't bother anyone by having the internet down for an hour or two.

>>61820823
Female-Female jumper wires, around 20cm long, at least 8
SOIC-8 test clip, I went with Pomona 5250 CPT-063
Another computer to SSH into Pi or plug it to a monitor
And obviously a goddamn Raspberry Pi.

>>61820029
>Poland/Germany border, southern parts
Bavaria maybe? cuz I live near Nuremberg

>>61820882
A bit too far, Sachsen/Lower Silesia. I'm literally in a shitty border town.

>>61820844
I think 6 wires is enough
SOIC clip is different depending on the flash chip size

>>61820927
In case of thinkpad X220 this one fits perfectly and yeah, 6 wires indeed is enough but you can never have enough spares/

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My RasPI came in tonight so I guess fiddling with that and trying out some ultralight linux builds.

>>61820773
Chile, for reference the RPI3B alone locally is around $67 and for some reason around $70 used on local listings.

>>61820831
One thing I'd add: make sure the RPi has enough RAM. I had an OG model B, which ran out while compiling GCC.

However, even that's enough if you just use the Pi for the initial dump and flash once compiled. You can do the compiling itself on the ThinkPad, which makes it easier to make changes later on.

>>61819992
how does that work? you connect RasPi to what exactly? What program are you using on raspi side?

>>61821063
The RPi is connected to the chip which contains the BIOS, over the SPI protocol using a SOIC-8 clip. The program used is probably flashrom.

Suffering through heartbreak and depression.

>>61821090
that's right, plus the requirements listed on coreboot wiki
https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO#Requirements

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>>61821090
>>61821126
Fascinating. What's this called? And is there a diagram for the pinout for this gadget?
Whats a good tutorial on this?

>>61821218
I think this guy here did a solid job on doing it for X220:
https://karlcordes.com/coreboot-x220/

>>61821227
Thanks! Always wondered how this shit (flashing bios) was done.

>>61821218
That's the SOIC-8 clip, and all it does is attaches to the legs of a chip underneath, allowing you to attach debugging wires much more safely. There's pinouts available at https://github.com/bibanon/Coreboot-ThinkPads/wiki/ThinkPad-X200. The X220 and X200 are connected in the same way, just rotated 90~degrees.

>>61821227
Yeah, that's a great guide. Also the one it's based on can help: https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2016/11/13/coreboot-on-the-thinkpad-x220-with-a-raspberry-pi/

>>61821300
This thread quickly turned from "What you're doing tonight" to "How to flash coreboot".

>>61821312
apparently you and that guy with pfsense are the only people doing anything this evening

>>61821371
That's what boredom does to you, I guess.
Plus, it's a nice to see a change of pace on /g/ instead of Intel vs AMD or SJW shit.

>>61821371
there's a guy in the anon5 /pol/ thread doing audio to image conversions

>>61821466
>audio to image conversions
eh? link? how does that work?

>>61821401
You say that, but there's a fuckton of posters from /pol/ going on about google currently.
Still, I agree. I prefer these kind of threads to endless $COMPANY BTFO FOREVER!!!1! HOW WILL THEY EVER RECOVER?!

>>61821484
>>61820282

>>61821488
Well, yeah, because google is technology and anti-diversity is /pol/ alright...at least now we're getting to see the nice and civilized side of /g/ in here.

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>>61821488
>1488

>>61821499
/pol/ raising arms against google can only be
a) funny
and b) a good thing if it hurts google

>>61821371
I'm going to take some clones for my grow op, but that's not /g/.

>>61821523
I'm going with option A on this, since those threads are good time killers when I'm sitting at work.

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>>61819992
>Not flashing the superior Libreboot

Enjoy being cucked by Intel ME.

>>61821644
Neutered intel ME.
https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner
Libreboot isn't available on X220...yet.

>>61819992
how hard is it to flash coreboot on x220? will it kill the chip if something isnt connected correctly to those tiny metal connectors

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>>61821653
I hope Libreboot will see support on the X220 eventually as well.

But until then, NICE BOTNET!

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Changing out the water pump and doing an oil change on my bimmer

>>61821677
Actually, on first attempts to read it I had one of jumper wires loose but it didn't damage the chip. And flashing itself isn't hard, just a bit time consuming.

>>61821680
If it does, I'm gonna switch instantly.
>not embracing the glorious botnet

>>61820989
Wow that's pretty bad. I can have my sex doll/any sense of privacy in bongland though so I guess that's an equal drawback

>>61821696
Cheers to you for trying something new. Glad you could get everything working!

At least I think you did, right? It'll fail to read sometimes and it'll take a while, but eventually it works. What board are you using by the way?

>>61819992
gave it up the first time. wasn't working.
anyway, was going to go to an electronics store today to buy some shit, but ended up falling asleep so maybe tomorrow. will miss this once classes fuck my shit up again.

>>61821653
the tranny running libreboot will probably kill himself before then

>>61821732
I'm already flashing the chip, should be done in a minute or two.

>>61821745
still gotta see how mine turns out, md5 checksums checked three times.

>>61821771
i don't think that's a negative, as long as someone normal with skill takes over.

>>61821644
>coreboot
>>61821218
>>61819992
Asking because it looks cool, why would some one flash their BIOS?

>>61821816
If you're Stallman, security and no botnet
If you're a normie, faster booting. And that sweet feel of mostly open-source stuff instead of filthy propertiary BIOS

>>61821792
yeah it's weird, not sure what was up. don't want to have to buy another clip.
i'll give it another go soon.

>>61821771
I don't agree with the politics behind Libreboot either, but that's no reason not to use the project. That's like saying I won't use Windows because a Pooloo is the CEO. Though, I have plenty of other reasons to hate Windows so...

>>61821792
If it fails and says your hardware is in an unknown state, just retry the flash until it succeeds or says something like "The given images matches the contents of the chip".

>>61821816
>>coreboot
???

Also, the reason for flashing an Open-source BIOS would be for security and control over your hardware. Plus other benefits. Beat me to it: >>61821833

>>61821849
>I don't agree with the politics behind Libreboot either, but that's no reason not to use the project. That's like saying I won't use Windows because a Pooloo is the CEO. Though, I have plenty of other reasons to hate Windows so...
I don't care for the politics of something free as in freedumb. I'm also not complaining about them. His time, as a tranny, will come.

>>61821849
>???
4chins automatically pastes anything I copy, to a new reply.

>>61821833
>>61821849
Cool shit, I'll check it out.

>>61821644
what's the difference between them? is corebot not oss?

>>61821870
Coreboot uses proprietary blobs for hardware initialization. So yes, and no. Most of the code is FOSS, except the Intel or AMD stuff required for booting.

>>61821885
but libre boot reverse engineers those blobs?

>>61821918
It either does that, or doesn't use them at all. For example, the CPU can run without proprietary microcode on 2008 or before Intel hardware. And the GPU payload has been reverse-engineered. Coreboot is the only one that runs on newer hardware because Intel and AMD have made these Microcode additions and sub-processor firmware required for use.

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Good news - it works.
Bad news - screen goes a bit yellow after booting Windows 7 from second partition. Not sure what to do about it. However Arch boots fine.

>>61821966
I forgot to mention that there's no image when booting Windows at all. Whoops.

>>61821966
I don't think Windows is entirely supported by Coreboot, but I'm sure you can read on their forums or IRC for help on that issue. Glad you got it working!

If you do join their IRC, I'm on there. I'll look out for ya haha.

>>61821644
trannyboot works only on few older thinkpads.

>>61821993
Congrats on becoming more free!

If there's no image, that means that you haven't properly dumped the VGA BIOS. I never managed to do that, so I gave up and used Native Graphics Init, which allows for 1366x768 res instantly. However, I don't think windows supports this mode.

>>61822091
ouch. I guess I can spend one more hour on that, unless someone in here gives me a rundown on how to do it quicklt and efficiently.

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>>61822106
why would someone flash coreboot and use windows?

>>61822170
Need it for work due to a specific piece of software.
http://www.comarch.com/erp/erp-software-systems/

>>61822170
coreboot is the pragmatic choice.
libreboot is the extremist one.

>>61822182
why not run it in a vm on linux instead?

>>61822233
point taken.

>>61819992
>not libreboot

>>61822318
there's no trannyboot for x220, read above

>>61819992
Shitposting on /g/.

Judging by that clamp, so do you.