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authorPatrick Rudolph <siro@das-labor.org>2020-06-30 20:24:11 +0200
committerPatrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>2020-07-08 07:27:52 +0000
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Documentation: Add TODOs for secure SMM when using x86_64
Change-Id: I157238f18bc1c2eba0adc0b87caa9adaf3fc5d38 Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <siro@das-labor.org> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/42982 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-by: Raul Rangel <rrangel@chromium.org>
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@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ At the moment *$n* is 4, which results in identity mapping the lower 4 GiB.
* Add assembly code to return to protected mode - *TODO*
* Implement reference code for mainboard `emulation/qemu-q35` - *TODO*
+## Future work
+
+1. Fine grained page tables for SMM:
+ * Must not have execute and write permissions for the same page.
+ * Must allow only that TSEG pages can be marked executable
+ * Must reside in SMRAM
+2. Support 64bit PCI BARs above 4GiB
+3. Place and run code above 4GiB
+
## Porting other boards
* Fix compilation errors
* Test how well CAR works with x86_64 and paging