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author | Mathew King <mathewk@chromium.org> | 2019-08-08 14:59:25 -0600 |
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committer | Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> | 2019-10-03 15:28:15 +0000 |
commit | c7ddc999fc076bf6871e3b5e641c07f17b0b1746 (patch) | |
tree | a7dfb7aec7bade6ddf74f23d1f1f6bdb26f62ccd /Documentation/Binary_Extraction.md | |
parent | 006eb9d8c8550ce0e8d01d37cceb88e7c1e12a5e (diff) |
ifdtool: Add validate option to ifdtool
Add an option to ifdtool which validates that the flash regions defined
in the descriptor match the coresponding areas in the FMAP.
BUG=chromium:992215
TEST=Ran 'ifdtool -t' with a good bios image and verify no issues
run 'ifdtool -t' with a bad bios image and verify expected issues
Signed-off-by: Mathew King <mathewk@chromium.org>
Change-Id: Idebf105dee1b8f829d54bd65c82867af7aa4aded
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/34802
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Reinauer <stefan.reinauer@coreboot.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/Binary_Extraction.md b/Documentation/Binary_Extraction.md deleted file mode 100644 index fe8c25ca4e..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/Binary_Extraction.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ -# Intel IFD Binary Extraction Tutorial - -## Part 1: Extracting Binaries - -To begin extracting the binaries, first create a directory labeled "binaries" -in the coreboot directory (i.e. /path/to/coreboot/binaries/). - -Now, execute the following commands to extract the binaries from a ROM image. -**Note:** Make sure you are in the root coreboot directory. - - cd /path/to/coreboot/util/ifdtool - ./ifdtool COREBOOT_IMAGE - ./ifdtool -d COREBOOT_IMAGE - ./ifdtool -x COREBOOT_IMAGE - -In the above steps, COREBOOT_IMAGE is the name of the ROM image to extract the -binaries from, including the file path (ex. /build/coreboot.rom). - -Copy the extracted .bin files to the binaries directory you created previously. -**Note:** You may want to rename your various .bin files to more clearly -indicate what they are and their purpose. - -To extract the mrc.bin, move to the /coreboot/build directory and run the -following command: - - cd /path/to/coreboot/build/ - ./cbfstool COREBOOT_IMAGE extract -n mrc.bin -f /path/to/destination/filename - -where COREBOOT_IMAGE is the filepath to the ROM image (same image as above), -/path/to/destination is the filepath to the destination directory and filename -is the output filename. An example command is given below: - - ./cbfstool coreboot.rom extract -n mrc.bin -f /path/to/coreboot/binaries/mrc.bin - -## Part 2: Using extract_blobs.sh - -To simplify some of the steps above, there is a script in the -/path/to/coreboot/util/chromeos/ directory called extract_blobs.sh what will -extract the flashdescriptor.bin and intel_me.bin files. - -To run this script, switch to the /path/to/coreboot/util/chromeos/ directory -and execute the script providing a coreboot image as an argument. - - cd /path/to/coreboot/util/chromeos/ - ./extract_blobs.sh COREBOOT_IMAGE - -Executing those commands will result in two binary blobs to appear in the -/path/to/coreboot/util/chromeos/ directory under the names -'flashdescriptor.bin' and 'me.bin'. - -## Part 3: Changing the coreboot configuration settings - -To begin using the binaries extracted above, enable the use of binary -repositories in the menuconfig. From the main coreboot directory, run -'make menuconfig'. Select "General Setup", then select "Allow use of -binary-only repository", then exit to the main menu. - -To configure the ROM image for a specific board, select "Mainboard". Select -"Mainboard vendor" and scroll to the correct vendor. Then select "Mainboard -model" and select the name of the board model. Exit back to the main menu. - -To add the binaries you extracted, select "Chipset". Scroll and select "Add a -System Agent Binary" and set the filepath to your mrc.bin file's filepath. -Scroll and select "Add Intel descriptor.bin file" and type the filepath for -your descriptor.bin file. Scroll down and select "Add Intel ME/TXE firmware -file" and type the filepath for your ME file. Exit to the main menu. - -Select "Exit", and select "Yes" when prompted to save your configuration.
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