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+/*
+ * This file is part of the flashrom project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Contains the generic SPI framework
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <pci/pci.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "flash.h"
+
+#define ITE_SUPERIO_PORT1	0x2e
+#define ITE_SUPERIO_PORT2	0x4e
+
+#define JEDEC_RDID	{0x9f}
+#define JEDEC_RDID_OUTSIZE	0x01
+#define JEDEC_RDID_INSIZE	0x03
+
+static uint16_t it8716f_flashport = 0;
+
+/* Generic Super I/O helper functions */
+uint8_t regval(uint16_t port, uint8_t reg)
+{
+	outb(reg, port);
+	return inb(port + 1);
+}
+
+void regwrite(uint16_t port, uint8_t reg, uint8_t val)
+{
+	outb(reg, port);
+	outb(val, port + 1);
+}
+
+/* Helper functions for most recent ITE IT87xx Super I/O chips */
+#define CHIP_ID_BYTE1_REG	0x20
+#define CHIP_ID_BYTE2_REG	0x21
+static void enter_conf_mode_ite(uint16_t port)
+{
+	outb(0x87, port);
+	outb(0x01, port);
+	outb(0x55, port);
+	if (port == ITE_SUPERIO_PORT1)
+		outb(0x55, port);
+	else
+		outb(0xaa, port);
+}
+
+static void exit_conf_mode_ite(uint16_t port)
+{
+	regwrite(port, 0x02, 0x02);
+}
+
+static uint16_t find_ite_serial_flash_port(uint16_t port)
+{
+	uint8_t tmp = 0;
+	uint16_t id, flashport = 0;
+
+	enter_conf_mode_ite(port);
+
+	id = regval(port, CHIP_ID_BYTE1_REG) << 8;
+	id |= regval(port, CHIP_ID_BYTE2_REG);
+
+	/* TODO: Handle more IT87xx if they support flash translation */
+	if (id == 0x8716) {
+		/* NOLDN, reg 0x24, mask out lowest bit (suspend) */
+		tmp = regval(port, 0x24) & 0xFE;
+		printf("Serial flash segment 0x%08x-0x%08x %sabled\n",
+			0xFFFE0000, 0xFFFFFFFF, (tmp & 1 << 1) ? "en" : "dis");
+		printf("Serial flash segment 0x%08x-0x%08x %sabled\n",
+			0x000E0000, 0x000FFFFF, (tmp & 1 << 1) ? "en" : "dis");
+		printf("Serial flash segment 0x%08x-0x%08x %sabled\n",
+			0xFFEE0000, 0xFFEFFFFF, (tmp & 1 << 2) ? "en" : "dis");
+		printf("Serial flash segment 0x%08x-0x%08x %sabled\n",
+			0xFFF80000, 0xFFFEFFFF, (tmp & 1 << 3) ? "en" : "dis");
+		printf("LPC write to serial flash %sabled\n",
+			(tmp & 1 << 4) ? "en" : "dis");
+		printf("serial flash pin %i\n",	(tmp & 1 << 5) ? 87 : 29);
+		/* LDN 0x7, reg 0x64/0x65 */
+		regwrite(port, 0x07, 0x7);
+		flashport = regval(port, 0x64) << 8;
+		flashport |= regval(port, 0x65);
+	}
+	exit_conf_mode_ite(port);
+	return flashport;
+}
+
+/* The IT8716F only supports commands with length 1,2,4,5 bytes including
+   command byte and can not read more than 3 bytes from the device.
+   This function expects writearr[0] to be the first byte sent to the device,
+   whereas the IT8716F splits commands internally into address and non-address
+   commands with the address in inverse wire order. That's why the register
+   ordering in case 4 and 5 may seem strange. */
+static int it8716f_spi_command(uint16_t port, unsigned char writecnt, unsigned char readcnt, const unsigned char *writearr, unsigned char *readarr)
+{
+	uint8_t busy, writeenc;
+	do {
+		busy = inb(port) & 0x80;
+	} while (busy);
+	if (readcnt > 3) {
+		printf("%s called with unsupported readcnt %i\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, readcnt);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	switch (writecnt) {
+	case 1:
+		outb(writearr[0], port + 1);
+		writeenc = 0x0;
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		outb(writearr[0], port + 1);
+		outb(writearr[1], port + 7);
+		writeenc = 0x1;
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		outb(writearr[0], port + 1);
+		outb(writearr[1], port + 4);
+		outb(writearr[2], port + 3);
+		outb(writearr[3], port + 2);
+		writeenc = 0x2;
+		break;
+	case 5:
+		outb(writearr[0], port + 1);
+		outb(writearr[1], port + 4);
+		outb(writearr[2], port + 3);
+		outb(writearr[3], port + 2);
+		outb(writearr[4], port + 7);
+		writeenc = 0x3;
+		break;
+	default:
+		printf("%s called with unsupported writecnt %i\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, writecnt);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	/* Start IO, 33MHz, readcnt input bytes, writecnt output bytes. Note:
+	 * We can't use writecnt directly, but have to use a strange encoding 
+	 */ 
+	outb((0x5 << 4) | ((readcnt & 0x3) << 2) | (writeenc), port);
+	do {
+		busy = inb(port) & 0x80;
+	} while (busy);
+	readarr[0] = inb(port + 5);
+	readarr[1] = inb(port + 6);
+	readarr[2] = inb(port + 7);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int it8716f_serial_rdid(uint16_t port, unsigned char *readarr)
+{
+	const unsigned char cmd[] = JEDEC_RDID;
+
+	if (it8716f_spi_command(port, JEDEC_RDID_OUTSIZE, JEDEC_RDID_INSIZE, cmd, readarr))
+		return 1;
+	printf("RDID returned %02x %02x %02x\n", readarr[0], readarr[1], readarr[2]);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int it87xx_probe_serial_flash(const char *name)
+{
+	it8716f_flashport = find_ite_serial_flash_port(ITE_SUPERIO_PORT1);
+	if (!it8716f_flashport)
+		it8716f_flashport = find_ite_serial_flash_port(ITE_SUPERIO_PORT2);
+	return (!it8716f_flashport);
+}
+
+int probe_spi(struct flashchip *flash)
+{
+	unsigned char readarr[3];
+	uint8_t manuf_id;
+	uint16_t model_id;
+	if (it8716f_flashport) {
+		it8716f_serial_rdid(it8716f_flashport, readarr);
+		manuf_id = readarr[0];
+		model_id = (readarr[1] << 8) | readarr[2];
+		printf_debug("%s: id1 0x%x, id2 0x%x\n", __FUNCTION__, manuf_id, model_id);
+		if (manuf_id == flash->manufacture_id && model_id == flash->model_id)
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+