On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:54:20 -0600 Rich Futyma rich.futyma@sanmina.com wrote:
In addition to what Stefan described about ME descriptors, there is also BIOS CNTL register, that if BIOS enables it, you will not be able to write to flash using flashrom.
Hello Rich,
the above is true, but not relevant in this case, since the locking is disabled and writing enabled (according to the flashrom log).
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