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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 entry import Entry
  8. from blob import Entry_blob
  9. class Entry_intel_me(Entry_blob):
  10. """Entry containing an Intel Management Engine (ME) file
  11. Properties / Entry arguments:
  12. - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
  13. This file contains code used by the SoC that is required to make it work.
  14. The Management Engine is like a background task that runs things that are
  15. not clearly documented, but may include keyboard, deplay and network
  16. access. For platform that use ME it is not possible to disable it. U-Boot
  17. does not directly execute code in the ME binary.
  18. A typical filename is 'me.bin'.
  19. The position of this entry is generally set by the intel-descriptor entry.
  20. See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
  21. """
  22. def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
  23. Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)