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authorHung-Te Lin <hungte@chromium.org>2016-12-29 20:59:37 +0800
committerPatrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>2017-01-03 22:14:42 +0100
commitfe2fc8393632c90b17b9415bdc496d9c38b1f156 (patch)
treef91946404d07b5ca1063e085ee211ff00f2f10ae /src/northbridge
parent7e1f68c4376b7d6714829cda2e69da4bcd8de2fa (diff)
vboot: Clear battery cutoff flags when vbnv_cmos loads backup VBNV.
When CONFIG_VBOOT_VBNV_CMOS_BACKUP_TO_FLASH is set, vbnv_cmos will try to load VBNV from flash if the VBNV in CMOS is invalid. This is usually correct, except the case of battery cut-off. CMOS will always be invalid after battery cut-off if there is no RTC battery (or if that is dead). However, in current implementation the backup in flash is only updated in coreboot, while the real battery cutoff (and the clearing of cutoff flags in VBNV) is done in payload (Depthcharge) stage. This will create an endless reboot loop that: 1. crossystem sets battery cutoff flag in VBNV_CMOS then reboot. 2. coreboot backs-up VBNV_CMOS to VBNV_flash. 3. Depthcharge sees cutoff flag in VBNV_CMOS. 4. Depthcharge clears cutoff flag in VBNV_CMOS. 5. Depthcharge performs battery cutoff (CMOS data is lost). 6. (Plug AC adapter) Reboot. 7. Coreboot sees invalid VBNV_CMOS, load backup from VBNV_flash. 8. Jump to 3. As a result, we should always clear battery cutoff flags when loading backups from VBNV_flash. BRANCH=glados,reef BUG=chrome-os-partner:61365,chrome-os-partner:59615 TEST=emerge-reef coreboot bootimage; Change-Id: I3250a3a179a7b0de9c6e401e4a94dcd23920e473 Signed-off-by: Hung-Te Lin <hungte@chromium.org> Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/423460 Reviewed-by: Duncan Laurie <dlaurie@google.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/18008 Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Martin Roth <martinroth@google.com>
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