From fb4bc4ed6e1fca747e54a34127ca927cb70318ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:31:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 48/51] me_cleaner: don't modify if -k is used

don't remove *anything*. in libreboot, we only
ever use -k when we werely want to extract the
ME, but otherwise not modify it. this is because
we rely on bruteforce, detecting when me.bin is
found based on mecleaner validation.

this way, we can much more reliable get the ME
images.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
---
 util/me_cleaner/me_cleaner.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/me_cleaner/me_cleaner.py b/util/me_cleaner/me_cleaner.py
index 228bac899f..269aa4ad04 100755
--- a/util/me_cleaner/me_cleaner.py
+++ b/util/me_cleaner/me_cleaner.py
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     # ME 6 Ignition: wipe everything
     me6_ignition = False
     if not args.check and not args.soft_disable_only and \
-       variant == "ME" and version[0] == 6:
+       variant == "ME" and version[0] == 6 and not args.keep_modules:
         mef.seek(ftpr_offset + 0x20)
         num_modules = unpack("<I", mef.read(4))[0]
         mef.seek(ftpr_offset + 0x290 + (num_modules + 1) * 0x60)
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             me6_ignition = True
 
     if not args.check:
-        if not args.soft_disable_only and not me6_ignition:
+        if not args.soft_disable_only and not me6_ignition and not args.keep_modules:
             print("Reading partitions list...")
             unremovable_part_fpt = b""
             extra_part_end = 0
-- 
2.47.3