[coreboot] `DEBUG_INTEL_ME` (incorrectly) only selected for Intel BD82x6x

Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phcoder at gmail.com
Wed Feb 26 14:00:26 CET 2014


On 26.02.2014 04:24, mrnuke wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:06:40 PM Paul Menzel wrote:
>> looking through `src/console/Kconfig` I noticed
> You mean 'src/Kconfig' ?
> 
>>                 if SOUTHBRIDGE_INTEL_BD82X6X && DEFAULT_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_8
> This is a layering violation. We shouldn't have hardware-specific options in 
> top-level Kconfig. This should be moved to southbridge Kconfig, and not depend 
> on LOGLEVEL. Maybe we need to move ME handling to a common dir and handle the 
> Kconfigs there.
> 
>> which seems odd as currently other chipsets needing the Intel Management
>> Engine were submitted.
>>
>>         $ git grep DEBUG_INTEL_ME
>>         [...]
> Smells like copypasta. Yet another reason to consider unifying ME handling 
> across southbridges.
> 
Don't. This particular code is a good example why it shouldn't be done.
On Ibexpeak this code (extended status print) would timeout.


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