[coreboot] [PATCH] AMD CS5530(A) ROM enable

Uwe Hermann uwe at hermann-uwe.de
Tue Oct 6 17:49:25 CEST 2009


On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 04:49:22PM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> > > +	 * Make the ROM write-protected.
> > >   
> > 
> > Does that mean we have to unprotect the ROM in flashrom?

Yes.

I think long-term we want a (runtime/CMOS) option for coreboot
to enable/disable ROM protection. For now, I guess every chipset does
a different thing and/or doesn't explicitly protect or unprotect
the ROM at all.

As a safe default I think disabling the ROM write access is the best thing
to do from a user's point of view.


> I am happy with that if, and only if, the flashrom chipset enable takes 
> care of that.

Sure, flashrom does that. And for other chipsets where we might write-protect
the ROM later we also have flashrom chipset support. I cannot think
of any chipset where we have coreboot support but no flashrom support
(even for CK804 and MCP55 we have).


Uwe.
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