David - The PCH is enforcing all these write / read protections. The SPI controller lives in the PCH. Ross
On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:23 PM, David Hendricks <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 9:55 AM, TR Reardon <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I tried looking for an answer to this but a quick one didn't surface: >> when flash regions are protected, is this implemented by the flash chip >> itself or by the SPI logic (ie ichspi for Intel programmer)? >> > > It can be implemented by either, though in most cases it's the SPI > controller on Intel systems. > > -- > David Hendricks (dhendrix) > Systems Software Engineer, Google Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom > -- Ross Amans Systems Engineer Newisys div of Sanmina 5385 Mark Dabling blvd Colorado Springs, CO 80918 719-884-8714 (work) 719-287-4446 (cell) CONFIDENTIALITY This e-mail message and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail message, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copies of this email and any prints thereof. ABSENT AN EXPRESS STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY HEREINABOVE, THIS E-MAIL IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A WRITING. Notwithstanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the applicability of any other law of similar substance and effect, absent an express statement to the contrary hereinabove, this e-mail message its contents, and any attachments hereto are not intended to represent an offer or acceptance to enter into a contract and are not otherwise intended to bind the sender, Sanmina Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries), or any other person or entity.
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