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From: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
To: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>,
	Rajneesh Bhardwaj <irenic.rajneesh@gmail.com>,
	David E Box <david.e.box@intel.com>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
	Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Tamar Mashiah <tamar.mashiah@intel.com>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: export platform global_reset via sysfs.
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 15:31:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f930c11b-7324-19ee-9776-d97a90533b21@metux.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210401213144.1009224-1-tomas.winkler@intel.com>

On 01.04.21 23:31, Tomas Winkler wrote:

Hi,

> During PCH manufacturing a global reset has to be induced in order
> for configuration changes take affect upon following platform reset.
> This setting was commonly done by accessing PMC registers via /dev/mem
> but due to security concern /dev/mem access is much restricted, hence
> the reason for exposing this setting via dedicated sysfs interface.
> To prevent post manufacturing abuse the register is protected
> by hardware locking.

could you please define "manufacturing" ? The chip or board ?

Is there any use for this, after the machine left the factory ?


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-04-02 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-01 21:31 [PATCH] platform/x86: intel_pmc_core: export platform global_reset via sysfs Tomas Winkler
2021-04-02 11:12 ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-04-02 13:31 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult [this message]
2021-04-02 13:57   ` Winkler, Tomas

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