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diff --git a/util/me_cleaner/man/me_cleaner.1 b/util/me_cleaner/man/me_cleaner.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2a219bcb8e --- /dev/null +++ b/util/me_cleaner/man/me_cleaner.1 @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +.TH me_cleaner 1 "MARCH 2018" +.SH me_cleaner +.PP +me_cleaner \- Tool for partial deblobbing of Intel ME/TXE firmware images +.SH SYNOPSIS +.PP +\fB\fCme_cleaner.py\fR [\-h] [\-v] [\-O output_file] [\-S | \-s] [\-r] [\-k] +[\-w whitelist | \-b blacklist] [\-d] [\-t] [\-c] [\-D output_descriptor] +[\-M output_me_image] \fIfile\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fB\fCme_cleaner\fR is a tool able to disable parts of Intel ME/TXE by: +.RS +.IP \(bu 2 +removing most of the code from its firmware +.IP \(bu 2 +setting a special bit to force it to disable itself after the hardware +initialization +.RE +.PP +Using both the modes seems to be the most reliable way on many platforms. +.PP +The resulting modified firmware needs to be flashed (in most of the cases) with +an external programmer, often a dedicated SPI programmer or a Linux board with +a SPI master interface. +.PP +\fB\fCme_cleaner\fR works at least from Nehalem to Coffee Lake (for Intel ME) and on +Braswell/Cherry Trail (for Intel TXE), but may work as well on newer or +different architectures. +.PP +While \fB\fCme_cleaner\fR have been tested on a great number of platforms, fiddling +with the Intel ME/TXE firmware is \fIvery dangerous\fP and can easily lead to a +dead PC. +.PP +\fIYOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.\fP +.SH POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS +.TP +\fB\fCfile\fR +ME/TXE image or full dump. +.SH OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS +.TP +\fB\fC\-h\fR, \fB\fC\-\-help\fR +Show the help message and exit. +.TP +\fB\fC\-v\fR, \fB\fC\-\-version\fR +Show program's version number and exit. +.TP +\fB\fC\-O\fR, \fB\fC\-\-output\fR +Save the modified image in a separate file, instead of modifying the +original file. +.TP +\fB\fC\-S\fR, \fB\fC\-\-soft\-disable\fR +In addition to the usual operations on the ME/TXE firmware, set the +MeAltDisable bit or the HAP bit to ask Intel ME/TXE to disable itself after +the hardware initialization (requires a full dump). +.TP +\fB\fC\-s\fR, \fB\fC\-\-soft\-disable\-only\fR +Instead of the usual operations on the ME/TXE firmware, just set the +MeAltDisable bit or the HAP bit to ask Intel ME/TXE to disable itself after +the hardware initialization (requires a full dump). +.TP +\fB\fC\-r\fR, \fB\fC\-\-relocate\fR +Relocate the FTPR partition to the top of the ME region to save even more +space. +.TP +\fB\fC\-t\fR, \fB\fC\-\-truncate\fR +Truncate the empty part of the firmware (requires a separated ME/TXE image or +\fB\fC\-\-extract\-me\fR). +.TP +\fB\fC\-k\fR, \fB\fC\-\-keep\-modules\fR +Don't remove the FTPR modules, even when possible. +.TP +\fB\fC\-w\fR, \fB\fC\-\-whitelist\fR +Comma separated list of additional partitions to keep in the final image. +This can be used to specify the MFS partition for example, which stores PCIe +and clock settings. +.TP +\fB\fC\-b\fR, \fB\fC\-\-blacklist\fR +Comma separated list of partitions to remove from the image. This option +overrides the default removal list. +.TP +\fB\fC\-d\fR, \fB\fC\-\-descriptor\fR +Remove the ME/TXE Read/Write permissions to the other regions on the flash +from the Intel Flash Descriptor (requires a full dump). +.TP +\fB\fC\-D\fR, \fB\fC\-\-extract\-descriptor\fR +Extract the flash descriptor from a full dump; when used with \fB\fC\-\-truncate\fR +save a descriptor with adjusted regions start and end. +.TP +\fB\fC\-M\fR, \fB\fC\-\-extract\-me\fR +Extract the ME firmware from a full dump; when used with \fB\fC\-\-truncate\fR save a +truncated ME/TXE image. +.TP +\fB\fC\-c\fR, \fB\fC\-\-check\fR +Verify the integrity of the fundamental parts of the firmware and exit. +.SH SUPPORTED PLATFORMS +.PP +Currently \fB\fCme_cleaner\fR has been tested on the following platforms: +.TS +allbox; +cb cb cb cb +c c c c +c c c c +c c c c +c c c c +c c c c +c c c c +c c c c +c c c c +. +PCH CPU ME SKU +Ibex Peak * Nehalem/Westmere 6.0 Ignition +Ibex Peak * Nehalem/Westmere 6.x 1.5/5 MB +Cougar Point Sandy Bridge 7.x 1.5/5 MB +Panther Point Ivy Bridge 8.x 1.5/5 MB +Lynx/Wildcat Point Haswell/Broadwell 9.x 1.5/5 MB +Wildcat Point LP Broadwell Mobile 10.0 1.5/5 MB +Sunrise Point Skylake/Kabylake 11.x CON/COR +Union Point Kabylake 11.x CON/COR +.TE +.TS +allbox; +cb cb cb +c c c +. +SoC TXE SKU +Braswell/Cherry Trail 2.x 1.375 MB +.TE +.PP +* Not working on coreboot +.PP +All the reports are available on the project's GitHub page \[la]https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/3\[ra]\&. +.SH EXAMPLES +.PP +Check whether the provided image has a valid structure and signature: +.IP +\fB\fCme_cleaner.py \-c dumped_firmware.bin\fR +.PP +Remove most of the Intel ME firmware modules but don't set the HAP/AltMeDisable +bit: +.IP +\fB\fCme_cleaner.py \-S \-O modified_me_firmware.bin dumped_firmware.bin\fR +.PP +Remove most of the Intel ME firmware modules and set the HAP/AltMeDisable bit, +disable the Read/Write access of Intel ME to the other flash region, then +relocate the code to the top of the image and truncate it, extracting a modified +descriptor and ME image: +.IP +\fB\fCme_cleaner.py \-S \-r \-t \-d \-D ifd_shrinked.bin \-M me_shrinked.bin \-O modified_firmware.bin full_dumped_firmware.bin\fR +.SH BUGS +.PP +Bugs should be reported on the project's GitHub page \[la]https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner\[ra]\&. +.SH AUTHOR +.PP +Nicola Corna \[la]nicola@corna.info\[ra] +.SH SEE ALSO +.PP +.BR flashrom (8), +me_cleaner's Wiki \[la]https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki\[ra] |