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The main purpose of this software is to patch the EC on xx30 series thinkpads
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to make the classic 7-row keyboards work.
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With the patches included here, you can install the classic keyboard
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hardware on many xx30 series laptops and make almost every key work properly.
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The only keys that are not working are Fn+F3 (Battery) and Fn+F12 (Hibernate)
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A full writeup of the hardware modifications needed can be found at:
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http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Install_Classic_Keyboard_on_xx30_Series_ThinkPads
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2016-04-23 04:21:12 +00:00
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2016-05-20 01:05:22 +00:00
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Step-by-step instructions:
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2016-06-06 12:50:54 +00:00
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This software expects to be run under Linux. For best results, ensure you
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have updated your BIOS to a recent version before starting. If there is too
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large a difference between the BIOS and EC versions then the flash process
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will not complete.
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2016-05-20 01:05:22 +00:00
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1. Ensure you have the normal packages needed for development work.
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On debian, this can be done with:
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2016-05-20 01:05:22 +00:00
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apt-get install build-essential git
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2016-05-26 00:35:18 +00:00
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2. Ensure that a couple of tools and libraries needed by this system are
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also installed:
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2016-05-26 00:35:18 +00:00
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apt-get install mtools libssl-dev
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2016-05-20 01:05:22 +00:00
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3. Clone a copy of this repo on to your computer:
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git clone https://github.com/hamishcoleman/thinkpad-ec
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4. Change to the directory created by the clone:
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cd thinkpad-ec
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2016-05-20 03:15:18 +00:00
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5. Show the list of laptops and USB image file names:
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2016-05-20 01:24:23 +00:00
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make list_laptops
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6. Select the correct IMG name for your laptop. E.G. "patched.x230.img" for
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the x230 laptop.
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7. Make the fully patched iimage for this laptop (this will download
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the original file from Lenovo and patch it):
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2016-05-20 03:15:18 +00:00
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make patched.x230.img
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8. Insert your USB stick and determine what device name it has.
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This command should help you find the right device:
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lsblk -d -p -o NAME,SIZE,LABEL
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9. Write the bootable patched image onto the USB stick device
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WARNING: if you do not have the right device name, you might overwrite
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your hard drive!
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sudo dd if=patched.x230.img of=/dev/sdb
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Your USB stick is now ready to boot and install the patched firmware.
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When you boot this, you will be prompted with information about the patch
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and asked to confirm your laptop type. It will then automatically flash
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the patched firmware.
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Notes:
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2016-05-20 03:15:18 +00:00
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* You can also create a bootable CDROM image for burning to a disk
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by asking for a ".iso" file in step 7 above. Then you can use your
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normal CDROM burning tools to put this image on a blank cd and boot
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it up, skipping steps 8 and 9.
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* More information for hacking on this can be found in the docs/HACKING.txt
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file.
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