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  1. # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
  2. # Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
  3. # Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
  4. #
  5. # Entry-type module for Intel Management Engine binary blob
  6. #
  7. from binman.etype.blob_ext import Entry_blob_ext
  8. class Entry_intel_me(Entry_blob_ext):
  9. """Intel Management Engine (ME) file
  10. Properties / Entry arguments:
  11. - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
  12. This file contains code used by the SoC that is required to make it work.
  13. The Management Engine is like a background task that runs things that are
  14. not clearly documented, but may include keyboard, display and network
  15. access. For platform that use ME it is not possible to disable it. U-Boot
  16. does not directly execute code in the ME binary.
  17. A typical filename is 'me.bin'.
  18. The position of this entry is generally set by the intel-descriptor entry.
  19. See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
  20. """
  21. def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
  22. super().__init__(section, etype, node)