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Documentation: Warn about ME cleaner on Sandy Bridge
Document known issues with 'disabled' ME.
Change-Id: I364f3ed49341523c781eb2f3b41e866f33632a7e
Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/32889
Reviewed-by: Felix Held <felix-coreboot@felixheld.de>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
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M Documentation/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/index.md
A Documentation/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/me_cleaner.md
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- [Native Ram Initialization](nri.md)
- [RAM initialization feature matrix](nri_features.md)
+- [ME Cleaner](me_cleaner.md)
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+# ME Cleaner
+It's possible to 'clean' the ME partition within the flash medium as part
+of the build process. While cleaning as much code as possible is removed
+from the ME firmware partition. In this state the ME errors out and doesn't
+operate any more.
+
+**Using a 'cleaned' ME partition may lead to issues and its use should be
+carefully evaulated.**
+
+## Observations with 'cleaned' ME
+
+* Instable LPC bus
+ * SuperIO is malfunctioning
+ * TPM is malfunctioning
+ * Random system shutdowns on high bus activity
+
+## Filing bug reports
+
+Always test with unmodified IFD and ME section before reporting bugs to the
+coreboot project.
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