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-title: "GM45 chipsets: remove the ME (manageability engine)"
-...
-
-This sections relates to disabling and removing the ME (Intel
-**M**anagement **E**ngine) on GM45. This was originally done on the
-ThinkPad X200, and later adapted for the ThinkPad R400/T400/T500. It can
-in principle be done on any GM45 or GS45 system.
-
-The ME is a blob that typically must be left inside the flash chip (in
-the ME region, as outlined by the default descriptor). On GM45, it is
-possible to remove it without any ill effects. All other parts of
-coreboot on GM45 systems (provided GMA MHD4500 / Intel graphics) can be
-blob-free, so removing the ME was the last obstacle to make GM45 a
-feasible target in libreboot (the systems can also work without the
-microcode blobs).
-
-The ME is removed and disabled in libreboot by modifying the descriptor.
-More info about this can be found in the ich9deblob/ich9gen source code
-in resources/utilities/ich9deblob/ in libreboot, or more generally on
-this page.
-
-More information about the ME can be found at
-<http://www.coreboot.org/Intel_Management_Engine> and
-<http://me.bios.io/Main_Page>.
-
-Another project recently found: <http://io.smashthestack.org/me/>
-
-ICH9 gen utility {#ich9gen}
-================
-
-It is no longer necessary to use [ich9deblob](#ich9deblob) to generate a
-deblobbed descriptor+gbe image for GM45 targets. ich9gen is a small
-utility within ich9deblob that can generate them from scratch, without a
-factory.bin dump.
-
-ich9gen executables can be found under ./ich9deblob/ statically compiled
-in libreboot\_util. If you are using src or git, build ich9gen from
-source with:
- $ ./oldbuild module ich9deblob
-
-The executable will appear under resources/utilities/ich9deblob/
-
-Run:
- $ ./ich9gen
-
-Running ich9gen this way (without any arguments) generates a default
-descriptor+gbe image with a generic MAC address. You probably don't
-want to use the generic one; the ROM images in libreboot contain a
-descriptor+gbe image by default (already inserted) just to prevent or
-mitigate the risk of bricking your laptop, but with the generic MAC
-address (the libreboot project does not know what your real MAC address
-is).
-
-You can find out your MAC address from **ip addr** or **ifconfig** in
-GNU+Linux. Alternatively, if you are running libreboot already (with the
-correct MAC address in your ROM), dump it (flashrom -r) and read the
-first 6 bytes from position 0x1000 (or 0x2000) in a hex editor (or,
-rename it to factory.rom and run it in ich9deblob: in the newly created
-mkgbe.c will be the individual bytes of your MAC address). If you are
-currently running the stock firmware and haven't installed libreboot
-yet, you can also run that through ich9deblob to get the mac address.
-
-An even simpler way to get the MAC address would be to read what's on
-the little sticker on the bottom/base of the laptop.
-
-On GM45 laptops that use flash descriptors, the MAC address or the
-onboard ethernet chipset is flashed (inside the ROM image). You should
-generate a descriptor+gbe image with your own MAC address inside (with
-the Gbe checksum updated to match). Run:
-
- $ ./ich9gen --macaddress XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
-(replace the XX chars with the hexadecimal chars in the MAC address that
-you want)
-
-Two new files will be created:
-
-- **ich9fdgbe\_4m.bin**: this is for GM45 laptops with the 4MB flash
- chip.
-- **ich9fdgbe\_8m.bin**: this is for GM45 laptops with the 8MB flash
- chip.
-- **ich9fdgbe\_16m.bin**: this is for GM45 laptops with the 16MB flash
- chip.
-
-Assuming that your libreboot image is named **libreboot.rom**, copy the
-file to where **libreboot.rom** is located and then insert the
-descriptor+gbe file into the ROM image.\
-For 16MiB flash chips:\
-\$ **dd if=ich9fdgbe\_16m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k
-conv=notrunc**\
-For 8MiB flash chips:\
-\$ **dd if=ich9fdgbe\_8m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k
-conv=notrunc**\
-For 4MiB flash chips:\
-\$ **dd if=ich9fdgbe\_4m.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k
-conv=notrunc**\
-
-Your libreboot.rom image is now ready to be flashed on the system. Refer
-back to [../install/\#flashrom](../install/#flashrom) for how to flash
-it.
-
-Write-protecting the flash chip
--------------------------------
-
-Look in *resources/utilities/ich9deblob/src/descriptor/descriptor.c* for
-the following lines in the *descriptorHostRegionsUnlocked* function:
-
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.fdRegionWriteAccess = 0x1;
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.biosRegionWriteAccess = 0x1;
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.meRegionWriteAccess = 0x1;
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.gbeRegionWriteAccess = 0x1;
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.pdRegionWriteAccess = 0x1;
-
-Also look in *resources/utilities/ich9deblob/src/ich9gen/mkdescriptor.c*
-for the following lines:
-
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.fdRegionWriteAccess = 0x1; /* see ../descriptor/descriptor.c */
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.biosRegionWriteAccess = 0x1; /* see ../descriptor/descriptor.c */
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.meRegionWriteAccess = 0x1; /* see ../descriptor/descriptor.c */
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.gbeRegionWriteAccess = 0x1; /* see ../descriptor/descriptor.c */
- descriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.pdRegionWriteAccess = 0x1; /* see ../descriptor/descriptor.c */
-
-NOTE: When you write-protect the flash chip, re-flashing is no longer
-possible unless you use dedicated external equipment, which also means
-disassembling the laptop. The same equipment can also be used to remove
-the write-protection later on, if you choose to do so. \*Only\*
-write-protect the chip if you have the right equipment for external
-flashing later on; for example, see
-[../install/bbb\_setup.html](../install/bbb_setup.html).
-
-Change them all to 0x0, then re-compile ich9gen. After you have done
-that, follow the notes in [\#ich9gen](#ich9gen) to generate a new
-descriptor+gbe image and insert that into your ROM image, then flash it.
-The next time you boot, the flash chip will be read-only in software
-(hardware re-flashing will still work, which you will need for
-re-flashing the chip after write-protecting it, to clear the write
-protection or to flash yet another ROM image with write protection set
-in the descriptor).
-
-Flashrom will tell you that you can still forcefully re-flash, using *-p
-internal:ich\_spi\_force=yes* but this won't actually work; it'll just
-brick your laptop.
-
-For external flashing guides, refer to [../install/](../install/).
-
-ICH9 deblob utility {#ich9deblob}
-===================
-
-**This is no longer strictly necessary. Libreboot ROM images for GM45
-systems now contain the 12KiB descriptor+gbe generated from ich9gen, by
-default.**
-
-This was the tool originally used to disable the ME on X200 (later
-adapted for other systems that use the GM45 chipset).
-[ich9gen](#ich9gen) now supersedes it; ich9gen is better because it does
-not rely on dumping the factory.rom image (whereas, ich9deblob does).
-
-This is what you will use to generate the deblobbed descriptor+gbe
-regions for your libreboot ROM image.
-
-If you are working with libreboot\_src (or git), you can find the source
-under resources/utilities/ich9deblob/ and will already be compiled if
-you ran **./oldbuild module all** or **./oldbuild module ich9deblob**
-from the main directory (./), otherwise you can build it like so:
-
- $ ./oldbuild module ich9deblob
-An executable file named **ich9deblob** will now appear under
-resources/utilities/ich9deblob/
-
-If you are working with libreboot\_util release archive, you can find
-the utility included, statically compiled (for i686 and x86\_64 on
-GNU+Linux) under ./ich9deblob/.
-
-Place the factory.rom from your system (can be obtained using the
-external flashing guides for GM45 targets linked
-[../install/](../install/)) in the directory where you have your
-ich9deblob executable, then run the tool:
-
- $ ./ich9deblob
-
-A 12kiB file named **deblobbed\_descriptor.bin** will now appear. **Keep
-this and the factory.rom stored in a safe location!** The first 4KiB
-contains the descriptor data region for your system, and the next 8KiB
-contains the gbe region (config data for your gigabit NIC). These 2
-regions could actually be separate files, but they are joined into 1
-file in this case.
-
-A 4KiB file named **deblobbed\_4kdescriptor.bin** will alternatively
-appear, if no GbE region was detected inside the ROM image. This is
-usually the case, when a discrete NIC is used (eg Broadcom) instead of
-Intel. Only the Intel NICs need a GbE region in the flash chip.
-
-Assuming that your libreboot image is named **libreboot.rom**, copy the
-**deblobbed\_descriptor.bin** file to where **libreboot.rom** is located
-and then run:\
-\$ **dd if=deblobbed\_descriptor.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k
-conv=notrunc**
-
-Alternatively, if you got a the **deblobbed\_4kdescriptor.bin** file (no
-GbE defined), do this: \$ **dd if=deblobbed\_4kdescriptor.bin
-of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=4k conv=notrunc**
-
-The utility will also generate 4 additional files:
-
-- mkdescriptor.c
-- mkdescriptor.h
-- mkgbe.c
-- mkgbe.h
-
-These are C source files that can re-generate the very same Gbe and
-Descriptor structs (from ich9deblob/ich9gen). To use these, place them
-in src/ich9gen/ in ich9deblob, then re-build. The newly built
-**ich9gen** executable will be able to re-create the very same 12KiB
-file from scratch, based on the C structs, this time **without** the
-need for a factory.rom dump!
-
-You should now have a **libreboot.rom** image containing the correct 4K
-descriptor and 8K gbe regions, which will then be safe to flash. Refer
-back to [../install/\#flashrom](../install/#flashrom) for how to flash
-it.
-
-demefactory utility {#demefactory}
-===================
-
-This takes a factory.rom dump and disables the ME/TPM, but leaves the
-region intact. It also sets all regions read-write.
-
-The ME interferes with flash read/write in flashrom, and the default
-descriptor locks some regions. The idea is that doing this will remove
-all of those restrictions.
-
-Simply run (with factory.rom in the same directory):
-
- $ ./demefactory
-
-It will generate a 4KiB descriptor file (only the descriptor, no GbE).
-Insert that into a factory.rom image (NOTE: do this on a copy of it.
-Keep the original factory.rom stored safely somewhere):\
-\$ **dd if=demefactory\_4kdescriptor.bin of=factory\_nome.rom bs=1
-count=4k conv=notrunc**
-
-TODO: test this.\
-TODO: lenovobios (GM45 thinkpads) still write-protects parts of the
-flash. Modify the assembly code inside. Note: the factory.rom (BIOS
-region) from lenovobios is in a compressed format, which you have to
-extract. bios\_extract upstream won't work, but the following was said
-in \#coreboot on freenode IRC:
-
- <roxfan> vimuser: try bios_extract with ffv patch http://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/3444/
- <roxfan> or https://github.com/coreboot/bios_extract/blob/master/phoenix_extract.py
- <roxfan> what are you looking for specifically, btw?
-
- 0x74: 0x9fff03e0 PR0: Warning: 0x003e0000-0x01ffffff is read-only.
- 0x84: 0x81ff81f8 PR4: Warning: 0x001f8000-0x001fffff is locked.
-
-Use-case: a factory.rom image modified in this way would theoretically
-have no flash protections whatsoever, making it easy to quickly switch
-between factory/libreboot in software, without ever having to
-disassemble and re-flash externally unless you brick the device.
-
-demefactory is part of the ich9deblob src, found at
-*resources/utilities/ich9deblob/*
-
-The sections below are adapted from (mostly) IRC logs related to early
-development getting the ME removed on GM45. They are useful for
-background information. This could not have been done without sgsit's
-help.
-
-Early notes {#early_notes}
------------
-
-- <http://www.intel.co.uk/content/dam/doc/datasheet/io-controller-hub-10-family-datasheet.pdf>
- page 230 mentions about descriptor and non-descriptor mode (which
- wipes out gbe and ME/AMT).
-- ~~**See reference to HDA\_SDO (disable descriptor security)**~~
- strap connected GPIO33 pin is it on ICH9-M (X200). HDA\_SDO applies
- to later chipsets (series 6 or higher). Disabling descriptor
- security also disables the ethernet according to sgsit. sgsit's
- method involves use of 'soft straps' (see IRC logs below) instead
- of disabling the descriptor.
-- **and the location of GPIO33 on the x200s: (was an external link.
- Putting it here instead)**
- [images/x200/gpio33\_location.jpg](images/x200/gpio33_location.jpg) -
- it's above the number 7 on TP37 (which is above the big intel chip
- at the bottom)
-- The ME datasheet may not be for the mobile chipsets but it doesn't
- vary that much. This one gives some detail and covers QM67 which is
- what the X201 uses:
- <http://www.intel.co.uk/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/6-chipset-c200-chipset-datasheet.pdf>
-
-Flash chips {#flashchips}
------------
-
-- Schematics for X200 laptop:
- <http://pdf.datasheetarchive.com/indexerfiles/Datasheets-USER/DSAUPLD00006075.pdf>
- **~~- Page 20 and page 9 refer to SDA\_HDO or SDA\_HDOUT~~** only on
- series 6 or higher chipsets. ICH9-M (X200) does it with a strap
- connected to GPIO33 pin (see IRC notes below)
-
- - According to page 29, the X200 can have any of the following flash
- chips:
- - ATMEL AT26DF321-SU 72.26321.A01 - this is a 32Mb (4MiB) chip
- - MXIC (Macronix?) MX25L3205DM2I-12G 72.25325.A01 - another 32Mb
- (4MiB) chip
- - MXIC (Macronix?) MX25L6405DMI-12G 41R0820AA - this is a 64Mb
- (8MiB) chip
- - Winbond W25X64VSFIG 41R0820BA - another 64Mb (8MiB) chip
-
- sgsit says that the X200s with the 64Mb flash chips are (probably)
- the ones with AMT (alongside the ME), whereas the 32Mb chips contain
- only the ME.
-- Schematics for X200s laptop:
- <http://pdf.datasheetarchive.com/indexerfiles/Datasheets-USER/DSAUPLD00006104.pdf>.
-
-Early development notes {#early_development_notes}
------------------------
-
- Start (hex) End (hex) Length (hex) Area Name
- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------
- 00000000 003FFFFF 00400000 Flash Image
-
- 00000000 00000FFF 00001000 Descriptor Region
- 00000004 0000000F 0000000C Descriptor Map
- 00000010 0000001B 0000000C Component Section
- 00000040 0000004F 00000010 Region Section
- 00000060 0000006B 0000000C Master Access Section
- 00000060 00000063 00000004 CPU/BIOS
- 00000064 00000067 00000004 Manageability Engine (ME)
- 00000068 0000006B 00000004 GbE LAN
- 00000100 00000103 00000004 ICH Strap 0
- 00000104 00000107 00000004 ICH Strap 1
- 00000200 00000203 00000004 MCH Strap 0
- 00000EFC 00000EFF 00000004 Descriptor Map 2
- 00000ED0 00000EF7 00000028 ME VSCC Table
- 00000ED0 00000ED7 00000008 Flash device 1
- 00000ED8 00000EDF 00000008 Flash device 2
- 00000EE0 00000EE7 00000008 Flash device 3
- 00000EE8 00000EEF 00000008 Flash device 4
- 00000EF0 00000EF7 00000008 Flash device 5
- 00000F00 00000FFF 00000100 OEM Section
- 00001000 001F5FFF 001F5000 ME Region
- 001F6000 001F7FFF 00002000 GbE Region
- 001F8000 001FFFFF 00008000 PDR Region
- 00200000 003FFFFF 00200000 BIOS Region
-
- Start (hex) End (hex) Length (hex) Area Name
- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------
- 00000000 003FFFFF 00400000 Flash Image
-
- 00000000 00000FFF 00001000 Descriptor Region
- 00000004 0000000F 0000000C Descriptor Map
- 00000010 0000001B 0000000C Component Section
- 00000040 0000004F 00000010 Region Section
- 00000060 0000006B 0000000C Master Access Section
- 00000060 00000063 00000004 CPU/BIOS
- 00000064 00000067 00000004 Manageability Engine (ME)
- 00000068 0000006B 00000004 GbE LAN
- 00000100 00000103 00000004 ICH Strap 0
- 00000104 00000107 00000004 ICH Strap 1
- 00000200 00000203 00000004 MCH Strap 0
- 00000ED0 00000EF7 00000028 ME VSCC Table
- 00000ED0 00000ED7 00000008 Flash device 1
- 00000ED8 00000EDF 00000008 Flash device 2
- 00000EE0 00000EE7 00000008 Flash device 3
- 00000EE8 00000EEF 00000008 Flash device 4
- 00000EF0 00000EF7 00000008 Flash device 5
- 00000EFC 00000EFF 00000004 Descriptor Map 2
- 00000F00 00000FFF 00000100 OEM Section
- 00001000 00002FFF 00002000 GbE Region
- 00003000 00202FFF 00200000 BIOS Region
-
- Build Settings
- --------------
- Flash Erase Size = 0x1000
-
-It's a utility called 'Flash Image Tool' for ME 4.x that was used for
-this. You drag a complete image into in and the utility decomposes the
-various components, allowing you to set soft straps.
-
-This tool is proprietary, for Windows only, but was used to deblob the
-X200. End justified means, and the utility is no longer needed since the
-ich9deblob utility (documented on this page) can now be used to create
-deblobbed descriptors.
-
-GBE (gigabit ethernet) region in SPI flash {#gbe_region}
-------------------------------------------
-
-Of the 8K, about 95% is 0xFF. The data is the gbe region is fully
-documented in this public datasheet:
-<http://www.intel.co.uk/content/dam/doc/application-note/i-o-controller-hub-9m-82567lf-lm-v-nvm-map-appl-note.pdf>
-
-The only actual content found was:
-
- 00 1F 1F 1F 1F 1F 00 08 FF FF 83 10 FF FF FF FF
- 08 10 FF FF C3 10 EE 20 AA 17 F5 10 86 80 00 00
- 01 0D 00 00 00 00 05 06 20 30 00 0A 00 00 8B 8D
- 02 06 40 2B 43 00 00 00 F5 10 AD BA F5 10 BF 10
- AD BA CB 10 AD BA AD BA 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
- 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
- 00 01 00 40 28 12 07 40 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
- FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF D9 F0
- 20 60 1F 00 02 00 13 00 00 80 1D 00 FF 00 16 00
- DD CC 18 00 11 20 17 00 DD DD 18 00 12 20 17 00
- 00 80 1D 00 00 00 1F
-
-The first part is the MAC address set to all 0x1F. It's repeated haly
-way through the 8K area, and the rest is all 0xFF. This is all
-documented in the datasheet.
-
-The GBe region starts at 0x20A000 bytes from the \*end\* of a factory
-image and is 0x2000 bytes long. In libreboot (deblobbed) the descriptor
-is set to put gbe directly after the initial 4K flash descriptor. So the
-first 4K of the ROM is the descriptor, and then the next 8K is the gbe
-region.
-
-### GBE region: change MAC address {#gbe_region_changemacaddress}
-
-According to the datasheet, it's supposed to add up to 0xBABA but can
-actually be others on the X200.
-<https://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2010/10/14/how-to-basic-eeprom-checksums>
-
-*"One of those engineers loves classic rock music, so they selected
-0xBABA"*
-
-In honour of the song *Baba O'Reilly* by *The Who* apparently. We're
-not making this stuff up\...
-
-0x3ABA, 0x34BA, 0x40BA and more have been observed in the main Gbe
-regions on the X200 factory.rom dumps. The checksums of the backup
-regions match BABA, however.
-
-By default, the X200 (as shipped by Lenovo) actually has an invalid main
-gbe checksum. The backup gbe region is correct, and is what these
-systems default to. Basically, you should do what you need on the
-\*backup\* gbe region, and then correct the main one by copying from the
-backup.
-
-Look at resources/utilities/ich9deblob/ich9deblob.c.
-
-- Add the first 0x3F 16bit numbers (unsigned) of the GBe descriptor
- together (this includes the checksum value) and that has to add up
- to 0xBABA. In other words, the checksum is 0xBABA minus the total of
- the first 0x3E 16bit numbers (unsigned), ignoring any overflow.
-
-Flash descriptor region {#flash_descriptor_region}
------------------------
-
-<http://www.intel.co.uk/content/dam/doc/datasheet/io-controller-hub-9-datasheet.pdf>
-from page 850 onwards. This explains everything that is in the flash
-descriptor, which can be used to understand what libreboot is doing
-about modifying it.
-
-How to deblob:
-
-- patch the number of regions present in the descriptor from 5 - 3
-- originally descriptor + bios + me + gbe + platform
-- modified = descriptor + bios + gbe
-- the next stage is to patch the part of the descriptor which defines
- the start and end point of each section
-- then cut out the gbe region and insert it just after the region
-- all this can be substantiated with public docs (ICH9 datasheet)
-- the final part is flipping 2 bits. Halting the ME via 1 MCH soft
- strap and 1 ICH soft strap
-- the part of the descriptor described there gives the base address
- and length of each region (bits 12:24 of each address)
-- to disable a region, you set the base address to 0xFFF and the
- length to 0
-- and you change the number of regions from 4 (zero based) to 2
-
-There's an interesting parameter called 'ME Alternate disable', which
-allows the ME to only handle hardware errata in the southbridge, but
-disables any other functionality. This is similar to the 'ignition' in
-the 5 series and higher but using the standard firmware instead of a
-small 128K version. Useless for libreboot, though.
-
-To deblob GM45, you chop out the platform and ME regions and correct the
-addresses in flReg1-4. Then you set meDisable to 1 in ICHSTRAP0 and
-MCHSTRAP0.
-
-How to patch the descriptor from the factory.rom dump
-
-- map the first 4k into the struct (minus the gbe region)
-- set NR in FLMAP0 to 2 (from 4)
-- adjust BASE and LIMIT in flReg1,2,3,4 to reflect the new location of
- each region (or remove them in the case of Platform and ME)
-- set meDisable to 1/true in ICHSTRAP0 and MCHSTRAP0
-- extract the 8k GBe region and append that to the end of the 4k
- descriptor
-- output the 12k concatenated chunk
-- Then it can be dd'd into the first 12K part of a coreboot image.
-- the GBe region always starts 0x20A000 bytes from the end of the ROM
-
-This means that libreboot's descriptor region will simply define the
-following regions:
-
-- descriptor (4K)
-- gbe (8K)
-- bios (rest of flash chip. CBFS also set to occupy this whole size)
-
-The data in the descriptor region is little endian, and it represents
-bits 24:12 of the address (bits 12-24, written this way since bit 24 is
-nearer to left than bit 12 in the binary representation).
-
-So, *x << 12 = address*
-
-If it's in descriptor mode, then the first 4 bytes will be 5A A5 F0 0F.
-
-platform data partition in boot flash (factory.rom / lenovo bios) {#platform_data_region}
------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Basically useless for libreboot, since it appears to be a blob. Removing
-it didn't cause any issues in libreboot.
-
-This is a 32K region from the factory image. It could be data
-(non-functional) that the original Lenovo BIOS used, but we don't know.
-
-It has only a 448 byte fragment different from 0x00 or 0xFF.
-
-Copyright © 2014, 2015 Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>\
-This page is available under the [CC BY SA 4.0](../cc-by-sa-4.0.txt)