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ichspi.c: warn user and disable writes when a protected address range is detected
This includes not only the notorious read-only flash descriptors and locked ME regions, but also the more rarely used PRs (Protected Ranges). The user can enforce write support by specifying ich_spi_force=yes in the programmer options, but we don't tell him the exact syntax interactively. He has to read it up in the man page. Corresponding to flashrom svn r1494. Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at> Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
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@ -315,6 +315,21 @@ important opcodes are inaccessible due to lockdown; or if more than one flash
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chip is attached). The other options (swseq, hwseq) select the respective mode
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(if possible).
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.sp
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ICH8 and later southbridges may also have locked address ranges of different
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kinds if a valid descriptor was written to it. The flash address space is then
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partitioned in multiple so called "Flash Regions" containing the host firmware,
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the ME firmware and so on respectively. The flash descriptor can also specify up
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to 5 so called "Protected Regions", which are freely chosen address ranges
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independent from the aforementioned "Flash Regions". All of them can be write
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and/or read protected individually. If flashrom detects such a lock it will
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disable write support unless the user forces it with the
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.sp
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.B " flashrom \-p internal:ich_spi_force=yes"
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.sp
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syntax. If this leads to erase or write accesses to the flash it would most
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probably bring it into an inconsistent and unbootable state and we will not
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provide any support in such a case.
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.sp
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If you have an Intel chipset with an ICH6 or later southbridge and if you want
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to set specific IDSEL values for a non-default flash chip or an embedded
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controller (EC), you can use the
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