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authorStefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@gmx.at>2016-05-10 23:16:33 +0200
committerMartin Roth <martinroth@google.com>2016-06-08 22:35:57 +0200
commit37fcd58ba6980222a5b51ea21ee266e5d34c04a2 (patch)
treeeb3f51df9c6e9a6b5b2d078deffc0234f3b4eea7 /util/inteltool
parent6a587343a96167c21d63ace1857ee2d55cdebfa0 (diff)
inteltool: handle unsafe dumping of graphics registers
The current implementation from Vladimir simply dumps 1 MB of memory contents starting at the base address of the second PCI device (which most likely is the VGA controller on Intel systems). This locks up a number of different systems, e.g. my Ibex Peak-based T410s. This patch documents the issue and stops dumping the graphics registers for the -a/--all parameter. Change-Id: I581bdc63db60afaf4792bc11fbeed73aab57f63a Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@gmx.at> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/14627 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Martin Roth <martinroth@google.com> Reviewed-by: Felix Held <felix-coreboot@felixheld.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'util/inteltool')
-rw-r--r--util/inteltool/inteltool.83
-rw-r--r--util/inteltool/inteltool.c5
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/util/inteltool/inteltool.8 b/util/inteltool/inteltool.8
index f49647504f..49aafc3b13 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/inteltool.8
+++ b/util/inteltool/inteltool.8
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ Dump I/O Controller Hub (ICH) southbridge RCBA registers.
Dump I/O Controller Hub (ICH) southbridge SPI registers and bios control.
.TP
.B "\-f, \-\-gfx"
-Dump graphics registers.
+.RB "Dump graphics registers. " \
+"Due to unknown reasons this might lock up some systems after a few seconds."
.TP
.B "\-p, \-\-pmbase"
Dump I/O Controller Hub (ICH) southbridge PMBASE registers.
diff --git a/util/inteltool/inteltool.c b/util/inteltool/inteltool.c
index 6fa98920ff..063efb7053 100644
--- a/util/inteltool/inteltool.c
+++ b/util/inteltool/inteltool.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void print_usage(const char *name)
" -v | --version: print the version\n"
" -h | --help: print this help\n\n"
" -s | --spi: dump southbridge spi and bios_cntrl registers\n"
- " -f | --gfx: dump graphics registers\n"
+ " -f | --gfx: dump graphics registers (UNSAFE: may hang system!)\n"
" -g | --gpio: dump southbridge GPIO registers\n"
" -G | --gpio-diffs: show GPIO differences from defaults\n"
" -r | --rcba: dump southbridge RCBA registers\n"
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void print_usage(const char *name)
" -P | --pciexpress: dump northbridge PCIEXBAR registers\n\n"
" -M | --msrs: dump CPU MSRs\n"
" -A | --ambs: dump AMB registers\n"
- " -a | --all: dump all known registers\n"
+ " -a | --all: dump all known (safe) registers\n"
"\n");
exit(1);
}
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
dump_coremsrs = 1;
dump_ambs = 1;
dump_spi = 1;
- dump_gfx = 1;
break;
case 'A':
dump_ambs = 1;