Re: [PATCH 0/4] enabling Advanced protection and security features

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Wed Oct 27 2021 - 06:54:14 EST


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> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 2021 12:33:48
> Betreff: [PATCH 0/4] enabling Advanced protection and security features

> From: Shivamurthy Shastri <sshivamurthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Standard protection features in SPI NOR flashes are legacy and offer a
> simple way to protect the memory array against accidental or unwanted
> modification of its content.
>
> These patches enable the support for advanced sector protection which
> protects memory from accidentally corrupting code and data stored, and
> it also prevents malicious attacks that could intentionally modify the
> code or data stored in the memory.
>
> Micron Flashes offer some of the advanced protection methods using
> volatile lock bits, non-volatile lock bits, global freeze bits, and
> password.

Can you please point us to the technical documentation of these features?
I'm especially interested in the password feature.

Thanks,
//richard