[ltp] T430i support in EFI

[Robin Becker]

On 05/09/2013 00:30, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Sep 2013, Robin Becker wrote:
>> Anyone know if the later EFI firmwares support thinkpad_ec/tp_smapi
>> better than the legacy bios?
>
> thinkpad-ec doesn't use any system services, so it depends on the EC
> firmware only.
>

I wasn't aware you could update the EC firmware separately. Does thinkpad_ec 
load for some EC version > 1.07 on the T430 machines?


> SMAPI depends entirely on the BIOS/EFI, and my best guess is that it will
> only break more and more, as apparently the current Lenovo tools don't use
> that interface anymore (otherwise they'd not have so much bitrot).
>
sigh
-- 
Robin Becker