/* * main.c * This file is part of the ich9deblob utility from the libreboot project * * Purpose: disable and remove the ME from ich9m/gm45 machines in coreboot. * * Copyright (C) 2014 Steve Shenton * Francis Rowe * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ /* * Read a factory.rom dump (ich9m/gm45 machines) and * modify the flash descriptor to remove all regions except descriptor, * Gbe and BIOS. Set BIOS region to full size of the ROM image (after * the flash descriptor and gbe). Basically, deblob the descriptor. * * This will will generate a concatenated descriptor+gbe dump suitable * for use in libreboot. Currently tested: ThinkPad X200 (coreboot/libreboot) */ // See docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html for info plus links to datasheet (also linked below) // Info about flash descriptor (read page 850 onwards): // * http://www.intel.co.uk/content/dam/doc/datasheet/io-controller-hub-9-datasheet.pdf // Info about Gbe region (read whole datasheet): // * http://www.intel.co.uk/content/dam/doc/application-note/i-o-controller-hub-9m-82567lf-lm-v-nvm-map-appl-note.pdf // * https://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2010/10/14/how-to-basic-eeprom-checksums #include #include #include "ich9desc.c" // structs describing what's in the descriptor region #include "ich9gbe.c" // structs describing what's in the gbe region #define DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE 0x1000 // 4096 bytes / 4KiB #define GBEREGIONSIZE 0x2000 // 8192 bytes / 8KiB // These will have a modified descriptor+gbe based on what's in the factory.rom // These will be joined into a single 12KiB buffer (descriptor, then gbe) and saved to a file // NOTE: The GBE region of 8K is actually 2x 4K regions in a single region; both 4K blocks can be identical (and by default, are) // The 2nd one is a "backup", but we don't know when it's used. perhaps it's used when the checksum on the first one does not match? // Related to the flash descriptor #define FLREGIONBITSHIFT 0xC // bits 12(0xC)-24(0x18) are represented for words found in the flash descriptor // To manipulate these easily in C, we shift them by FLREGIONBITSHIFT and then shift them back when done // gbe checksum related functions unsigned short gbeGetChecksumFrom4kStruct(struct GBEREGIONRECORD_4K gbeStruct4k, unsigned short desiredValue); unsigned short gbeGetChecksumFrom8kBuffer(char* buffer, unsigned short desiredValue, char isBackup); // for GBe region (checksum calculation) unsigned short gbeGetRegionWordFrom8kBuffer(int i, char* buffer); // used for getting each word needed to calculate said checksum struct DESCRIPTORREGIONRECORD deblobbedFromFactory(struct DESCRIPTORREGIONRECORD factoryDescriptorStruct, int romSize); int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // descriptor region. Will have actual descriptor mapped to it (from the factory.rom dump) // and then it will be modified (deblobbed) to remove the ME/AMT struct DESCRIPTORREGIONRECORD factoryDescriptorStruct; struct DESCRIPTORREGIONRECORD deblobbedDescriptorStruct; unsigned int descriptorRegionStructSize = sizeof(factoryDescriptorStruct); // check compiler bit-packs in a compatible way. basically, it is expected that this code will be used on x86 if (DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE != descriptorRegionStructSize){ printf("\nerror: compiler incompatibility: descriptor struct length is %i bytes (should be %i)\n", descriptorRegionStructSize, DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE); return 1; } // gbe region. Well have actual gbe buffer mapped to it (from the factory.rom dump) // and then it will be modified to correct the main region struct GBEREGIONRECORD_8K factoryGbeStruct8k; struct GBEREGIONRECORD_8K deblobbedGbeStruct8k; unsigned int gbeRegion8kStructSize = sizeof(factoryGbeStruct8k); // check compiler bit-packs in a compatible way. basically, it is expected that this code will be used on x86 if (GBEREGIONSIZE != gbeRegion8kStructSize){ printf("\nerror: compiler incompatibility: gbe struct length is %i bytes (should be %i)\n", gbeRegion8kStructSize, GBEREGIONSIZE); return 1; } // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // files that this utility will handle // supplied by user, dumped from their machine before flashing libreboot char* factoryRomFilename = "factory.rom"; // name of the file that this utility will create (deblobbed descriptor+gbe) char* deblobbedDescriptorFilename = "deblobbed_descriptor.bin"; // Open factory.rom, needed for extracting descriptor and gbe // ----------------------------------------------- FILE* fp = NULL; fp = fopen(factoryRomFilename, "rb"); // open factory.rom if (NULL == fp) { printf("\nerror: could not open factory.rom\n"); return 1; } printf("\nfactory.rom opened successfully\n"); // ----------------------------------------------- // Get the descriptor region dump from the factory.rom // Create empty descriptor buffer (populated below) char factoryDescriptorBuffer[DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE]; // Extract the descriptor region from the factory.rom dump // (goes in factoryDescriptorBuffer variable) unsigned int readLen; readLen = fread(factoryDescriptorBuffer, sizeof(char), DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE, fp); if (DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE != readLen) // { printf("\nerror: could not read descriptor from factory.rom (%i) bytes read\n", readLen); return 1; } printf("\ndescriptor region read successfully\n"); // copy descriptor buffer into descriptor struct memory // factoryDescriptorStruct is an instance of a struct that actually // defines the locations of all these variables in the descriptor, // as defined in the datasheets. This allows us to map the extracted // descriptor over the struct so that it can then be modified // for libreboot's purpose memcpy(&factoryDescriptorStruct, &factoryDescriptorBuffer, DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE); // ^ the above is just for reference if needed. The modifications will be made here: memcpy(&deblobbedDescriptorStruct, &factoryDescriptorBuffer, DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE); // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Get the gbe region dump from the factory.rom // get original GBe region location // (it will be moved to the beginning of the flash, after the descriptor region) // note for example, factoryGbeRegionLocation is set to <>1); // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Convert the descriptor and gbe back to byte arrays, so that they // can more easily be written to files: // deblobbed descriptor region char deblobbedDescriptorBuffer[DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE]; memcpy(&deblobbedDescriptorBuffer, &deblobbedDescriptorStruct, DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE); char deblobbedGbeBuffer8k[GBEREGIONSIZE]; memcpy(&deblobbedGbeBuffer8k, &deblobbedGbeStruct8k, GBEREGIONSIZE); // delete old file before continuing remove(deblobbedDescriptorFilename); // open new file for writing the deblobbed descriptor+gbe fp = fopen(deblobbedDescriptorFilename, "ab"); // write the descriptor region into the first part if (DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE != fwrite(deblobbedDescriptorBuffer, sizeof(char), DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE, fp)) { printf("\nerror: writing descriptor region failed\n"); return 1; } // add gbe to the end of the file if (GBEREGIONSIZE != fwrite(deblobbedGbeBuffer8k, sizeof(char), GBEREGIONSIZE, fp)) { printf("\nerror: writing GBe region failed\n"); return 1; } fclose(fp); printf("\ndeblobbed descriptor successfully created: deblobbed_descriptor.bin \n"); // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // calculate the 0x3F'th 16-bit uint to make the desired final checksum for GBe // observed checksum matches (from X200 factory.rom dumps) on main: 0x3ABA 0x34BA 0x40BA. spec defined as 0xBABA. // X200 ships with a broken main gbe region by default (invalid checksum, and more) // The "backup" gbe regions on these machines are correct, though, and is what the machines default to // For libreboot's purpose, we can do much better than that by fixing the main one... below is only debugging unsigned short gbeCalculatedChecksum; unsigned short gbeChecksum; gbeCalculatedChecksum = gbeGetChecksumFrom4kStruct(factoryGbeStruct8k.main, 0xBABA); // get the actual 0x3F'th 16-bit uint that was already in the supplied (pre-compiled) region data gbeChecksum = factoryGbeStruct8k.main.checkSum; // for the libreboot.rom image printf("\nfactory Gbe (main): calculated Gbe checksum: 0x%hx and actual GBe checksum: 0x%hx\n", gbeCalculatedChecksum, gbeChecksum); // same as above, but for 2nd region ("backup") in gbe gbeCalculatedChecksum = gbeGetChecksumFrom4kStruct(factoryGbeStruct8k.backup, 0xBABA); // factory.rom // get the actual 0x3F'th 16-bit uint that was already in the supplied (pre-compiled) region data gbeChecksum = factoryGbeStruct8k.backup.checkSum; // from the factory.rom printf("factory Gbe (backup) calculated Gbe checksum: 0x%hx and actual GBe checksum: 0x%hx\n", gbeCalculatedChecksum, gbeChecksum); // Do the same as above, for the deblobbed gbe region: gbeCalculatedChecksum = gbeGetChecksumFrom4kStruct(deblobbedGbeStruct8k.main, 0xBABA); // get the actual 0x3F'th 16-bit uint that was already in the supplied (pre-compiled) region data gbeChecksum = deblobbedGbeStruct8k.main.checkSum; // for the libreboot.rom image printf("\ndeblobbed Gbe (main): calculated Gbe checksum: 0x%hx and actual GBe checksum: 0x%hx\n", gbeCalculatedChecksum, gbeChecksum); // same as above, but for 2nd region ("backup") in gbe gbeCalculatedChecksum = gbeGetChecksumFrom4kStruct(deblobbedGbeStruct8k.backup, 0xBABA); // get the actual 0x3F'th 16-bit uint that was already in the supplied (pre-compiled) region data gbeChecksum = deblobbedGbeStruct8k.backup.checkSum; // for the libreboot.rom image printf("deblobbed Gbe (backup) calculated Gbe checksum: 0x%hx and actual GBe checksum: 0x%hx\n", gbeCalculatedChecksum, gbeChecksum); printf("\nNow do: dd if=deblobbed_descriptor.bin of=libreboot.rom bs=1 count=12k conv=notrunc"); printf("\n(in other words, add the modified descriptor+gbe to your ROM image)\n"); return 0; } // Modify the flash descriptor, to remove the ME/AMT, and disable all other regions // Only Flash Descriptor, Gbe and BIOS regions (BIOS region fills romSize-12k) are left. // Tested on ThinkPad X200 and X200S. X200T and other GM45 targets may also work. struct DESCRIPTORREGIONRECORD deblobbedFromFactory(struct DESCRIPTORREGIONRECORD factoryDescriptorStruct, int romSize) { struct DESCRIPTORREGIONRECORD deblobbedDescriptorStruct; memcpy(&deblobbedDescriptorStruct, &factoryDescriptorStruct, DESCRIPTORREGIONSIZE); // Now we need to modify the descriptor so that the ME can be excluded // from the final ROM image (libreboot one) after adding the modified // descriptor+gbe. Refer to libreboot docs for details: docs/hcl/x200_remove_me.html // set number of regions from 4 -> 2 (0 based, so 4 means 5 and 2 // means 3. We want 3 regions: descriptor, gbe and bios, in that order) deblobbedDescriptorStruct.flMaps.flMap0.NR = 2; // make descriptor writable from OS. This is that the user can run: // sudo ./flashrom -p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick // from the OS, without relying an an external SPI flasher, while // being able to write to the descriptor region (locked by default, // until making the change below): deblobbedDescriptorStruct.masterAccessSection.flMstr1.fdRegionWriteAccess = 1; // relocate BIOS region and increase size to fill image deblobbedDescriptorStruct.regionSection.flReg1.BASE = 3; // 3<> FLREGIONBITSHIFT) - 1); // ^ for example, 8MB ROM, that's 8388608 bytes. // ^ 8388608>>FLREGIONBITSHIFT (or 8388608/4096) = 2048 bytes // 2048 - 1 = 2047 bytes. // This defines where the final 0x1000 (4KiB) page starts in the flash chip, because the hardware does: // 2047<>FLREGIONBITSHIFT) is well outside the higher 8MB range. // relocate Gbe region to begin at 4KiB (immediately after the flash descriptor) deblobbedDescriptorStruct.regionSection.flReg3.BASE = 1; // 1<>FLREGIONBITSHIFT) is well outside the higher 8MB range. // disable ME in ICHSTRAP0 - the ME is a blob, we don't want it in libreboot deblobbedDescriptorStruct.ichStraps.ichStrap0.meDisable = 1; // disable ME and TPM in MCHSTRAP0 deblobbedDescriptorStruct.mchStraps.mchStrap0.meDisable = 1; // ME is a blob. not wanted in libreboot. deblobbedDescriptorStruct.mchStraps.mchStrap0.tpmDisable = 1; // not wanted in libreboot // disable ME, apart from chipset bugfixes (ME region should first be re-enabled above) // This is sort of like the CPU microcode updates, but for the chipset // (commented out below here, since blobs go against libreboot's purpose, // but may be interesting for others) // deblobbedDescriptorStruct.mchStraps.mchStrap0.meAlternateDisable = 1; return deblobbedDescriptorStruct; } // checksum calculation for 4k gbe struct (algorithm based on datasheet) unsigned short gbeGetChecksumFrom4kStruct(struct GBEREGIONRECORD_4K gbeStruct4k, unsigned short desiredValue) { char gbeBuffer4k[GBEREGIONSIZE>>1]; memcpy(&gbeBuffer4k, &gbeStruct4k, GBEREGIONSIZE>>1); return gbeGetChecksumFrom8kBuffer(gbeBuffer4k, desiredValue, 0); } // checksum calculation for 8k gbe region (algorithm based on datasheet) // also works for 4k buffers, so long as isBackup remains false unsigned short gbeGetChecksumFrom8kBuffer(char* regionData, unsigned short desiredValue, char isBackup) { unsigned short regionWord; unsigned short checksum = 0; // if isBackup is true, use 2nd gbe region ("backup" region) unsigned short offset = 0; if (isBackup) offset = 0x1000>>1; // this function uses *word* not *byte* indexes. int i; for (i = 0; i < 0x3F; i++) { regionWord = gbeGetRegionWordFrom8kBuffer(i+offset, regionData); checksum += regionWord; } checksum = desiredValue - checksum; return checksum; } // Read a 16-bit unsigned int from a supplied region buffer unsigned short gbeGetRegionWordFrom8kBuffer(int index, char* regionData) { return *((unsigned short*)(regionData + (index * 2))); }