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# ME cleaner | ||
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A cleaner for Intel ME images. | ||
A cleaner for Intel ME/TXE images. | ||
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This tools removes any unnecessary partition from an Intel ME firmware, reducing | ||
This tools removes any unnecessary partition from an Intel ME/TXE firmware, reducing | ||
its size and its ability to interact with the system. | ||
It should work both with Coreboot and with the factory BIOS. | ||
It should work both with coreboot and with the factory firmware. | ||
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Currently this tool: | ||
* Scans the FPT (partition table) and checks that everything is correct | ||
* Removes any partition entry (except for FTPR) from FPT | ||
* Removes any partition except for the fundamental one (FTPR) | ||
* Removes the EFFS presence flag | ||
* Corrects the FPT checksum | ||
* Removes any LZMA-compressed module (pre-Skylake only) | ||
* Removes most of the Huffman-compressed modules (pre-Skylake only) | ||
* Removes any non-essential LZMA or Huffman compressed module (pre-Skylake only) | ||
* Checks the validity of the RSA signature of the FTPR partition | ||
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Don't forget to power cycle your PC after flashing the modified ME image (power | ||
off and power on, not just reboot). | ||
Don't forget to power cycle your PC after flashing the modified ME/TXE image | ||
(power off and power on, not just reboot). | ||
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See the current status [in the wiki](https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/me_cleaner-status). | ||
See the [current status](https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/me_cleaner-status) | ||
or [a more detailed description](https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/wiki/How-does-it-work%3F) | ||
of me_cleaner. | ||
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Special thanks to Federico Amedeo Izzo for his help during the study of Intel | ||
ME. | ||
Special thanks to Federico Amedeo Izzo for his help during the study of Intel ME. |