README
Building The AMIBIOS8 1B Utilities
Prerequisites
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Linux/Unix machine (or possibly Mingw in Windows) to compile the code. The current version compilation/cross-compilation is only tested in Arch linux (gcc v7.1.1).
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CMake, you need CMake to generate the Makefile(s).
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C Compiler toolchain. CMake will create Makefile(s) which will compile the code with your C compiler.
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(Optional) If you want to cross compile from Linux to Windows (64-bit), you need to have the mingw-w64 cross compiler toolchain.
Producing Executables
The source code produces TWO different AMIBIOS 1B module utilities: ami_1b_splitter and ami_1b_combiner.
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Invoke
build.shscript in Linux/Unix to build the executable for Unix/Linux. -
Invoke
cross_build.shscript in Linux to cross compile with mingw-w64 to produce 64-bit executable for Windows (64-bit).
AMIBIOS Binary Support
The utilities produced by the source code ONLY work with AMIBIOS8 (legacy BIOS) 1B module.
The 1B module is the main module of AMIBIOS8, akin to original.tmp in (legacy) Award BIOS.
The current AMI BIOS splitter/combiner utilities only support 1B modules from "AMIBIOS8" variants, i.e. AMIBIOS binaries which are built based on AMIBIOS8 code base.
If your (legacy) AMI BIOS are from 2004 upwards, chances are it's based on the AMIBIOS8 code base.
You can obtain the 1B module from AMIBIOS8 BIOS binary by using AMI Module Management Tool (MMTool) utility (https://ami.com/en/products/bios-uefi-tools-and-utilities/bios-uefi-utilities/).
Now, into the condensed user manual..
Using ami_1b_splitter
This is the shell/command showing ami_1b_splitter in action:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_splitter.exe
Usage:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_splitter.exe --extract-all 1B_filename
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_splitter.exe --extract 1B_filename component_offset
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_splitter.exe --list 1B_filename
In the first variant, this program will extract all components into individual files.
In the second variant, this program will extract only ONE component which starts at component_offset in the 1B_file
In the third variant, this program only lists the components inside the 1B file along with their information.
For example, the steps to extract the ACPI table are as follows:
List The 1B Module Components
The first step is to list the components of the 1B module, so you can find the offset of the ACPI table. This is how to do that in shell/command prompt:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_splitter.exe --list 1B.bin
Name of 1B file: 1B.bin
Size of 1B header: 0x3C7 bytes
Number of components (including the non-present): 0x29
Calculated 1B file size: 0x62FAD
1B file size (from fstat): 0x62FAD
Component string exist
1B component: Target physical address: 0xF0000, Name: RUN_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3C7, Size: 0x10000
1B component: Target physical address: 0x40000, Name: POST_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x103C7, Size: 0xD092
1B component: Target physical address: 0x13CB0, Name: DIM_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x1D459, Size: 0x950E
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEBB20, Name: I13R_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x26967, Size: 0x44DA
1B component: Target physical address: 0x24BD0, Name: I13P_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x2AE41, Size: 0x56DC
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEADE0, Name: FDR_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3051D, Size: 0x6
1B component: Target physical address: 0x4D0A0, Name: SETSVR_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x30523, Size: 0x9EB2
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEA700, Name: I19R_CSEG2, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3A3D5, Size: 0x6D8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEBB10, Name: INT10_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3AAAD, Size: 0xD
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEADF0, Name: AFDR_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3AABA, Size: 0xD1A
1B component: Target physical address: 0x13520, Name: INTERFACE_CSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x78B
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2A2B0, Name: PMM_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3B7D4, Size: 0x52A
1B component: Target physical address: 0xADA90, Name: SMI_BSPCSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3BCFE, Size: 0xB73D
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2EAD0, Name: SMBIOS_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x4743B, Size: 0xE2D
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0000, Name: SMI_BSPENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x48268, Size: 0x140
1B component: Target physical address: 0x56F60, Name: AGESA_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x483A8, Size: 0x3EFE
1B component: Target physical address: 0xB91D0, Name: SMI_BSPCSEG_32, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x4C2A6, Size: 0x2C1
1B component: Target physical address: 0x5AE60, Name: ACPITBL_SEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x4C567, Size: 0x5A06
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2E4D0, Name: SBMISC_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x51F6D, Size: 0x5F7
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0300, Name: SMI_AP1ENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x52564, Size: 0x8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0600, Name: SMI_AP2ENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5256C, Size: 0x8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0900, Name: SMI_AP3ENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x52574, Size: 0x8
1B component: Target physical address: 0x400, Name: BDA_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x110
1B component: Target physical address: 0x510, Name: BBLK_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x13
1B component: Target physical address: 0x1D1C0, Name: DIM_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5257C, Size: 0x7A0B
1B component: Target physical address: 0x0, Name: IVT_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x400
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2A7E0, Name: PMM_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x59F87, Size: 0x101F
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2B800, Name: POST_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5AFA6, Size: 0x20F8
1B component: Target physical address: 0x30000, Name: TEMP_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x10000
1B component: Target physical address: 0x4530, Name: USEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0xEFF0
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8900, Name: SMI_BSPDSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5D09E, Size: 0x5183
1B component: Target physical address: 0xB94A0, Name: SMI_STRUCSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x62221, Size: 0x1C8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA7E00, Name: SMI_BSPDUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0xE6000, Name: USB_DATA, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x3000
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2D900, Name: AGESA_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x623E9, Size: 0xBC4
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8100, Name: SMI_AP1DUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8400, Name: SMI_AP2DUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8700, Name: SMI_AP3DUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0x530, Name: STACK_SEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x4000
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA7600, Name: SMI_BSPSTACKSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x800
1B component: Target physical address: 0xC0000, Name: SHADOWREGIONS, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x20000
Extract The "Target" 1B Module Component
The second (last) step is to extract the 1B module component that you want. From the list of the componentsin the example above, you find that the offset of the ACPI table is 0x4C567 (offset here means file offset of the component). Now, you can extract the component with the following command:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_splitter.exe --extract 1B.bin 0x4C567
Writing component file: ACPITBL_SEG.bin , size: 0x5A06
Now you can edit the ACPITBL_SEG.bin as needed.
Using ami_1b_combiner
This is the shell/command prompt showing ami_1b_combiner in action:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\wine ami_1b_combiner.exe
Usage:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_combiner.exe --insert 1B_filename component_filename component_offset
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_combiner.exe --list 1B_filename
In the first variant, this program will combine the component named component_filename
to the 1B file starting at offset component offset. The program checks
the inserted component size and start offset, if the program found either of them
is incorrect, it will bail out with error message.
In the second variant, this program only lists the components inside the 1B file.
For example, the steps to insert the modified ACPI Table that you extract previously are as follows:
List The 1B Module Components
The first step is to list the 1B module components, so you can find the offset of the ACPI table as follows:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_combiner.exe --list 1B.bin
Name of 1B file: 1B.bin
Size of 1B header: 0x3C7 bytes
Number of components (including the non-present): 0x29
Calculated 1B file size: 0x62FAD
1B file size (from fstat): 0x62FAD
Component string exist
1B component: Target physical address: 0xF0000, Name: RUN_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3C7, Size: 0x10000
1B component: Target physical address: 0x40000, Name: POST_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x103C7, Size: 0xD092
1B component: Target physical address: 0x13CB0, Name: DIM_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x1D459, Size: 0x950E
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEBB20, Name: I13R_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x26967, Size: 0x44DA
1B component: Target physical address: 0x24BD0, Name: I13P_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x2AE41, Size: 0x56DC
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEADE0, Name: FDR_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3051D, Size: 0x6
1B component: Target physical address: 0x4D0A0, Name: SETSVR_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x30523, Size: 0x9EB2
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEA700, Name: I19R_CSEG2, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3A3D5, Size: 0x6D8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEBB10, Name: INT10_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3AAAD, Size: 0xD
1B component: Target physical address: 0xEADF0, Name: AFDR_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3AABA, Size: 0xD1A
1B component: Target physical address: 0x13520, Name: INTERFACE_CSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x78B
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2A2B0, Name: PMM_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3B7D4, Size: 0x52A
1B component: Target physical address: 0xADA90, Name: SMI_BSPCSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x3BCFE, Size: 0xB73D
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2EAD0, Name: SMBIOS_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x4743B, Size: 0xE2D
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0000, Name: SMI_BSPENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x48268, Size: 0x140
1B component: Target physical address: 0x56F60, Name: AGESA_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x483A8, Size: 0x3EFE
1B component: Target physical address: 0xB91D0, Name: SMI_BSPCSEG_32, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x4C2A6, Size: 0x2C1
1B component: Target physical address: 0x5AE60, Name: ACPITBL_SEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x4C567, Size: 0x5A06
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2E4D0, Name: SBMISC_CSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x51F6D, Size: 0x5F7
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0300, Name: SMI_AP1ENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x52564, Size: 0x8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0600, Name: SMI_AP2ENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5256C, Size: 0x8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA0900, Name: SMI_AP3ENTRYSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x52574, Size: 0x8
1B component: Target physical address: 0x400, Name: BDA_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x110
1B component: Target physical address: 0x510, Name: BBLK_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x13
1B component: Target physical address: 0x1D1C0, Name: DIM_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5257C, Size: 0x7A0B
1B component: Target physical address: 0x0, Name: IVT_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x400
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2A7E0, Name: PMM_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x59F87, Size: 0x101F
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2B800, Name: POST_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5AFA6, Size: 0x20F8
1B component: Target physical address: 0x30000, Name: TEMP_DSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x10000
1B component: Target physical address: 0x4530, Name: USEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0xEFF0
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8900, Name: SMI_BSPDSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x5D09E, Size: 0x5183
1B component: Target physical address: 0xB94A0, Name: SMI_STRUCSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x62221, Size: 0x1C8
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA7E00, Name: SMI_BSPDUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0xE6000, Name: USB_DATA, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x3000
1B component: Target physical address: 0x2D900, Name: AGESA_DSEG, Present in 1B, File offset: 0x623E9, Size: 0xBC4
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8100, Name: SMI_AP1DUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8400, Name: SMI_AP2DUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA8700, Name: SMI_AP3DUMPSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x200
1B component: Target physical address: 0x530, Name: STACK_SEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x4000
1B component: Target physical address: 0xA7600, Name: SMI_BSPSTACKSEG, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x800
1B component: Target physical address: 0xC0000, Name: SHADOWREGIONS, File offset: 0x0, Size: 0x20000
Insert The 1B Module Component
The second (last) step is to insert the component into the 1B module. From the list of 1B module componentsabove, you find that the offset of the ACPI table is 0x4C567 (offset here means file offset of the component). Now, insert the component:
C:\Projects\custom_tool\ami_1b_combiner.exe --insert 1B.bin ACPITBL_SEG.bin 0x4C567
Successfully writing modified 1B file
That's it the modified ACPI Table is now in the 1B module.
Advanced usage
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You can use Windows batch file if you are working with the same component in the 1B file over and over in Windows
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You can use shell scripts to automate the process of extraction and insertion without the need to list the offset of the component, if you compiled the utilities yourself in Linux or other variants of Unix.
Big FAT Note
The Windows port of the utilities were only tested with Wine and Windows 10 Home Edition. Therefore, I don't know whether they will behave the same way in other Windows 64-bit version(s). Let me know.
License
The source code is licensed under GPL v2 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html).
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