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On newer Thinkpads, the firmware for the EC is on the same SPI Flash as the ME firmware, but on a different partition. The EC is an entirely separate chip (labe
by TD-Linux 9y ago
On newer Thinkpads, the firmware for the EC is on the same SPI Flash as the ME firmware, but on a different partition. The EC is an entirely separate chip (labeled ThinkEngine) and by virtue of being only on SMBus is a lot less dangerous.