0028-dell-e6-30-disable-the-ME-device-in-devicetree.patch 2.2 KB

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  1. From 8705b719573d2159adde10af9c6a4d8806b7d27b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
  2. From: Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
  3. Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 14:37:30 +0000
  4. Subject: [PATCH 28/30] dell/e6*30: disable the ME device in devicetree
  5. we neuter anyway. disabling it in devicetree will prevent linux
  6. from ever trying to use it or load a driver for it, and thus
  7. might prevent benign error messages from appearing in dmesg.
  8. this change was suggested by nicholas when asked on irc.
  9. Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
  10. ---
  11. src/mainboard/dell/e6430/devicetree.cb | 4 ++--
  12. src/mainboard/dell/e6530/devicetree.cb | 4 ++--
  13. 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
  14. diff --git a/src/mainboard/dell/e6430/devicetree.cb b/src/mainboard/dell/e6430/devicetree.cb
  15. index 054b01c5ac..2b8574c984 100644
  16. --- a/src/mainboard/dell/e6430/devicetree.cb
  17. +++ b/src/mainboard/dell/e6430/devicetree.cb
  18. @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ chip northbridge/intel/sandybridge # FIXME: GPU registers may not always apply.
  19. register "xhci_switchable_ports" = "0x0000000f"
  20. device ref xhci on end
  21. - device ref mei1 on end
  22. + device ref mei1 off end
  23. device ref mei2 off end
  24. device ref me_ide_r off end
  25. - device ref me_kt on end
  26. + device ref me_kt off end
  27. device ref gbe on end
  28. device ref ehci2 on end
  29. device ref hda on end
  30. diff --git a/src/mainboard/dell/e6530/devicetree.cb b/src/mainboard/dell/e6530/devicetree.cb
  31. index 37135bcf0f..010200bb6d 100644
  32. --- a/src/mainboard/dell/e6530/devicetree.cb
  33. +++ b/src/mainboard/dell/e6530/devicetree.cb
  34. @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ chip northbridge/intel/sandybridge # FIXME: GPU registers may not always apply.
  35. register "xhci_switchable_ports" = "0x0000000f"
  36. device ref xhci on end # USB 3.0 Controller
  37. - device ref mei1 on end # Management Engine Interface 1
  38. + device ref mei1 off end # Management Engine Interface 1
  39. device ref mei2 off end # Management Engine Interface 2
  40. device ref me_ide_r off end # Management Engine IDE-R
  41. - device ref me_kt on end # Management Engine KT
  42. + device ref me_kt off end # Management Engine KT
  43. device ref gbe on end # Intel Gigabit Ethernet
  44. device ref ehci2 on end # USB2 EHCI #2
  45. device ref hda on end # High Definition Audio
  46. --
  47. 2.39.2