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docs/platforms: add reference to CSME white paper
Signed-off-by: Daniel Maslowski <info@orangecms.org>
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## Boot flow
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The ME has its own firmware and bootstraps an Intel platform. The main x86 cores
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are held in reset until the ME releases them to boot with their own firmware.
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The ME has its own firmware and bootstraps an Intel platform[^19]. The main x86
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cores are held in reset until the ME releases them to boot with their own
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firmware.
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Both the ME firmware and the main x86 firmware are stored in the same flash part
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on a mainboard, partitioned via the Intel Flash Descriptior (IFD).
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[^16]: <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/vpro/overview.html>
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[^17]: <https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/resources/key-usage-in-integrated-firmware-images.html>
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[^18]: <https://bitkeks.eu/blog/2017/12/the-intel-management-engine.html>
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[^19]: <https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/security-advisory/documents/intel-csme-security-white-paper.pdf>

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