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author | Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at> | 2011-11-13 23:03:30 +0000 |
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committer | Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at> | 2011-11-13 23:03:30 +0000 |
commit | ce18a6fd6489ef0baa5073eefa2e22d12c77d5ba (patch) | |
tree | 9a16fad092de190376db3cc128e41626302a52bd | |
parent | acbd9cca933454a6cfe7dfa4c9ed07c516352a74 (diff) | |
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Create a directory for documentation files
Move the serprog specification there and document a few things we could not
figure out on intel platforms yet.
Corresponding to flashrom svn r1465.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at>
Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/mysteries_intel.txt | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/serprog-protocol.txt (renamed from serprog-protocol.txt) | 0 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/mysteries_intel.txt b/Documentation/mysteries_intel.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d6d3dfb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/mysteries_intel.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ += BBAR on ICH8 = + There is no sign of BBAR (BIOS Base Address Configuration Register) in the + public datasheet (or specification update) of the ICH8. Also, the offset of + that register has changed between ICH7 (SPIBAR + 50h) and ICH9 (SPIBAR + + A0h), so we have no clue if or where it is on ICH8. Out current policy is to + not touch it at all and assume/hope it is 0. + += Accesses beyond region bounds in descriptor mode = + Intel's flash image tool will always expand the last region so that it covers + the whole flash chip, but some boards ship with a different configuration. + It seems that in descriptor mode all addresses outside the used regions can not + be accessed whatsoever. This is not specified anywhere publicly as far as we + could tell. flashrom does not handle this explicitly yet. It will just fail + when trying to touch an address outside of any region. + See also http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2011-August/007606.html + += Unlocking the ME region = +TODO diff --git a/serprog-protocol.txt b/Documentation/serprog-protocol.txt index a3a4863..a3a4863 100644 --- a/serprog-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/serprog-protocol.txt |