[flashrom] [PATCH] ichspi: fix unused FREG detection

Stefan Tauner stefan.tauner at student.tuwien.ac.at
Mon May 23 17:52:07 CEST 2011


On Mon, 23 May 2011 11:18:30 -0400
Joshua Roys <roysjosh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> This patch will fix incorrect output from my original patch:
> 0x64: 0x00000fff (FREG4: Platform Data)
> 0x00fff000-0x00000fff is locked

> -	if (base == 0x1fff && limit == 0) {
> +	if ((base & 0x0fff) == 0x0fff && limit == 0) {

hey!

i am quoting from the ibex peak spi programming guide:

general description of the freg section:
> • If a particular region is not using SPI Flash, the particular region should be disabled
> by setting the Region Base to all 1's, and the Region Limit to all 0's (base is higher
> than the limit)
> • For each region except FLREG0, the Flash Controller must have a default Region
> Base of FFFh and the Region Limit to 000h within the Flash Controller in case the
> Number of Regions specifies that a region is not used.

FREG1.limit:
> Must be set to 0000h if BIOS region is unused (on Firmware hub)
FREG1.base:
> If the BIOS region is not used, the Region Base must be programmed to 1FFFh
and equivalent for the GbE and platform data section (ME is required in
ibex peak...).

is this a contradiction (one time 0xfff, other time 0x1fff)?
in any case: would checking for limit < base be the better alternative?
-- 
Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner




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