Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:52:12 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net>, "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lenovo BIOS boot fix Message-ID: <55A416EC.2020306@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507131342000.88315@wonkity.com> References: <55A1FFD5.7080008@freebsd.org> <55A2030B.7010405@freebsd.org> <55A2835F.1030004@yandex.ru> <55A2ACDD.408@freebsd.org> <55A36FBE.1020206@beastielabs.net> <55A3D01E.40102@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507130915250.56039@wonkity.com> <55A3DF26.5020602@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507131156570.88315@wonkity.com> <55A41036.2070602@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1507131342000.88315@wonkity.com>
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On 2015-07-13 15:45, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Allan Jude wrote: > >> On 2015-07-13 14:08, Warren Block wrote: >>> On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Allan Jude wrote: >>> >>>> On 2015-07-13 11:19, Warren Block wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Needing the active flag set is indeed a different problem. I am >>>>>> working >>>>>> on a patch for bsdinstall that will allow the user to request the >>>>>> active >>>>>> bit be set as well. >>>>> >>>>> For GPT, that should be the default, because it matches the standard. >>>>> >>>>> I would like to see an effort to get Lenovo to fix their broken >>>>> UEFI/BIOS. Adding non-standard PMBR configurations should be >>>>> short-term >>>>> hack. >>>> >>>> Lenovo has fixed the issue in newer models, x230, t530, t540 etc work >>>> fine. >>>> >>>> Just the x220, t420, and t520 etc series do not. >>> >>> The latest BIOS update for the x220 was less than two months ago, so it >>> is still supported. That they've fixed the problem in other models >>> shows they understand the issue. So owners of those models should be >>> bugging Lenovo, so to speak. >>> >>> Long-term, it seems like they as a company would be concerned that >>> special bug fixes naming their specific models are needed. >>> >>> Short-term, we probably can't avoid this. It would be nice to be able >>> to remove a Lenovo-specific hack from gpart in the future with a commit >>> that says "Fixed by Lenovo BIOS update #123, no longer needed". >> >> I tried the latest bios update for the X220, from 2015-05-27 >> >> It does not resolve the issue. >> >> Also, it required some hoop jumping, as they only provide a bootable >> cd (x220s do not have CD drives) and a windows program. >> >> However, if others are interested, this handy perl script: >> http://userpages.uni-koblenz.de/~krienke/ftp/noarch/geteltorito/ >> >> can be used to extract the el torito image from that .iso to a file, >> that can then be dd'd to a USB stick and update the bios. > > Sorry, I did not mean to imply that the latest X220 BIOS fixed the > problem, just that they were continuing to release BIOS updates for it > and could not disown responsibility by saying the system was no longer > supported. Right. I was not aware they were still publishing BIOSs, so I was hopeful it was fixed, and was disappointed after jumping through the hoops to get the update without installing windows on my machine, or somehow connecting a CD drive to it. Anyway, yes, hopefully Lenovo will fix this someday. -- Allan Jude
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