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authorNicola Corna <nicola@corna.info>2018-03-31 18:24:44 +0200
committerPatrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>2018-06-13 14:49:00 +0000
commit364f2e10cb9dd6ee4bd6c0efae53cb7367dcd0a0 (patch)
tree27afac0369f78ae58166790e866915a291b59c5e /src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware
parentde39fc71604eb49ee652d68085595d2f151d8a28 (diff)
sb/intel/common/firmware: Use the -S flag of me_cleaner
The -S flag of me_cleaner, in addition to the standard code removal, sets the the AltMeDisable bit (ME 6.x-10.x) or the HAP bit (ME 11.x), which asks Intel ME to stop the execution after the hardware initialization. This should bring some advantages: * The state of Intel ME can be easily obtained by reading the Current Operation Mode register to trigger specific adjustments in the raminit (as already done in bd82x6x) * Intel ME falls into a more defined state, instead of being in a generic "Image Failure" * Hopefully, less code is run by Intel ME, as the execution should stop before even trying to load additional modules Tested on: * Nehalem, Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge (Nicola Corna) * Broadwell, Skylake and Kabylake (Youness Alaoui) If needed, the -S flag can be removed or integrated with other board-specific options by overriding CONFIG_ME_CLEANER_ARGS. Change-Id: I2c12d09124dcc39924d1dc4eaf53a2dc1f69a2ac Signed-off-by: Nicola Corna <nicola@corna.info> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/25508 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Youness Alaoui <snifikino@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware')
-rw-r--r--src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Kconfig5
-rw-r--r--src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Makefile.inc3
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Kconfig b/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Kconfig
index fd6a52397a..4b882bd553 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ config USE_ME_CLEANER
comment "Please test the modified ME/TXE firmware and coreboot in two steps"
depends on USE_ME_CLEANER
+config ME_CLEANER_ARGS
+ string
+ depends on USE_ME_CLEANER
+ default "-S"
+
config HAVE_GBE_BIN
bool "Add gigabit ethernet firmware"
depends on HAVE_IFD_BIN
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Makefile.inc b/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Makefile.inc
index d6e62964d7..737a79d4c5 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/common/firmware/Makefile.inc
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_CHECK_ME),y)
endif
ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_ME_CLEANER),y)
printf " ME_CLEANER coreboot.pre\n"
- util/me_cleaner/me_cleaner.py $(obj)/coreboot.pre > \
+ util/me_cleaner/me_cleaner.py $(obj)/coreboot.pre \
+ $(patsubst "%,%,$(patsubst %",%,$(CONFIG_ME_CLEANER_ARGS))) > \
$(obj)/me_cleaner.log
endif
ifeq ($(CONFIG_HAVE_GBE_BIN),y)