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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
8from entry import Entry
9from blob import Entry_blob
10
11class Entry_intel_me(Entry_blob):
12    """Entry containing an Intel Management Engine (ME) file
13
14    Properties / Entry arguments:
15        - filename: Filename of file to read into entry
16
17    This file contains code used by the SoC that is required to make it work.
18    The Management Engine is like a background task that runs things that are
19    not clearly documented, but may include keyboard, deplay and network
20    access. For platform that use ME it is not possible to disable it. U-Boot
21    does not directly execute code in the ME binary.
22
23    A typical filename is 'me.bin'.
24
25    See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
26    """
27    def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
28        Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
29