Author: stefanct Date: Sat Jun 11 20:16:50 2011 New Revision: 1332 URL: http://flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/changeset/1332
Log: enable_flash_ich: warn if SMM BIOS Write Protection is detected in BIOS_CNTL Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <[email protected]> Acked-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[email protected]> Modified: trunk/chipset_enable.c Modified: trunk/chipset_enable.c ============================================================================== --- trunk/chipset_enable.c Sat Jun 11 14:21:37 2011 (r1331) +++ trunk/chipset_enable.c Sat Jun 11 20:16:50 2011 (r1332) @@ -264,8 +264,17 @@ (old & (1 << 0)) ? "en" : "dis"); msg_pdbg("BIOS_CNTL is 0x%x\n", old); - new = old | 1; + /* + * Quote from the 6 Series datasheet (Document Number: 324645-004): + * "Bit 5: SMM BIOS Write Protect Disable (SMM_BWP) + * 1 = BIOS region SMM protection is enabled. + * The BIOS Region is not writable unless all processors are in SMM." + * In earlier chipsets this bit is reserved. */ + if (old & (1 << 5)) { + msg_pinfo("WARNING: BIOS region SMM protection is enabled!\n"); + } + new = old | 1; if (new == old) return 0; _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
