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2024-01-05README.md: Add notes about iopl and AC adapter requirementNicholas Chin
In order for the EC to maintain the state of whether or not to set the flash descriptor override across a power cycle, the AC adapter must be connected, as the system leaves the voltage rail that the EC uses powered under this condition. Without this, the utility may fail, continually asking the user to power off and on. On Linux, CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM must be set for the kernel, or else the iopl call will error with "Function not implemented". Make a note of this in case a user runs into this issue. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Chin <nic.c3.14@gmail.com>
2024-01-05README.md: List E6520, E5530, and M4800 as supportedNicholas Chin
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Chin <nic.c3.14@gmail.com>
2023-12-17README.md: Add possibly not working systemsNicholas Chin
These systems have a report that the unlock utility does not work. Until there are multiple reports of failed unlocks and a technical determination of why it doesn't work, they will not be listed as explicitly unsupported.
2023-12-17README.md: Add E6500, E6420, and E6530 as supportedNicholas Chin
2023-12-17README.md: Add instructions for relaxing memory permissionsNicholas Chin
As this utility requires access to /dev/mem, the default protections of Linux and OpenBSD must be relaxed to allow this. Make a note of this in the instructions.
2023-12-17README.md: Add references to Open Security TrainingNicholas Chin
The old Open Security Training site had a course called Advanced x86: BIOS and SMM Internals, which had a set of slides outlining the method to supress SMIs by changing the GBL_SMI_EN bit. Add a reference to it as this is where I originally learned of this method.
2023-10-12util/e6400-flash-unlock: Rename to dell-flash-unlockNicholas Chin
This more accurately describes the scope of the utility. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Chin <nic.c3.14@gmail.com>