Change in flashrom[master]: ite_ecfw: Implement support for flashing ITE ECs found on TUXEDO laptops

[Michael Niewöhner (Code Review)]

Attention is currently required from: Felix Singer, Nico Huber, Michał Żygowski, Paul Menzel, Sergii Dmytruk.
Michael Niewöhner has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/55715 )

Change subject: ite_ecfw: Implement support for flashing ITE ECs found on TUXEDO laptops
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Patch Set 29:

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File ite_ecfw.c:

https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/55715/comment/67f6d3e1_b65487b4 
PS29, Line 411: 		}
> When we think about flashrom as an application to simply replace flash content, these problems are o […]

Yes, correct. Flashing the ec directly on hardware level is possible but not a good idea at runtime, since flashing would interfere with the currently running firmware. Thus, the ec firmware implements flashing with help of the scratch region, as Michal described. We have to comply with the logic implemented there.