On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 12:05:34 +0200 Akendo <ake...@akendo.eu> wrote:
> Hey everyone, > > currently I working on a x220 to flash coreboot onto it. I notice that > my x220 has a current BIOS version from 2011 (1.24 UEFI/BIOS and > 1.13 ECP). > > Within the change-log[0] variates updates and fixes are stated. > Including changes to the ME engine. Within many documentation part of > coreboot, it's stated, that the ME part can't be written. Here my > question: Should I update the BIOS to the latest release before > flashing coreboot onto it? A little hint: The BIOS update might also be updating the EC = Embedded Controller containing various fixes / improvements. E.g. on the X200 it is recommended to upgrade to the latest stock BIOS before flashing coreboot, which brings improvements in battery handling IIRC. > > There is for example this note: > > > If the UEFI BIOS has been updated to version 1.43 or higher, it is > > no longer able to roll back to the version before 1.43 for security > > improvement. > > > Could this cause problems? For example the CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre) > would be fixed. I expect them to run role out the microcode update > from Intel... so might be no problem to coreboot, right? > > > best regards, > akendo > > [0]https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles/8duj29us.txt -- Merlin Büge -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot