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differences in the entry: vendor
Hewlett-Packard
differences in the entry: model name
Elitebook 2570p
differences in the entry: subtype (notebook or netbook)
notebook
differences in the entry: architecture
amd64
differences in the entry: does it have a free bios?
not-specified no
differences in the entry: can free operating systems be installed?
yes
differences in the entry: does the device prevent the installation of wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
not-specified
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
not-specified 2012
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
parabola
differences in the entry: compatibility with free software
A-platinum
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
differences in the entry: video card model
Intel HD Graphics 4000
differences in the entry: does the video card work?
yes_with_3D
differences in the entry: wifi model
differences in the entry: does the wifi card work?
not-specified
differences in the entry: webcam model
differences in the entry: does the webcam work?
not-specified
differences in the entry: Description
That laptop cannot boot with free software as the following nonfree software are required:
* A stripped down version of the nonfree management engine firmware
* A nonfree EC firmware
Both needed to be included in Coreboot to work.
Beside that it has an Intel GPU which seem to work fine with free software, and I replaced the WiFi card with an ath9k after installing Coreboot.
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