July 2011 - flashrom - mail.coreboot.org

External programmers
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Dec. 25, 2015

Dec. 25, 2015

Hi, I'm trying to find out which external programmers should be supported next. 1. There was talk of an AVR-based new programmer using the serprog protocol on IRC by someone with the nick "coldelectrons", but I have no idea if he/she is reading this mail. IMHO more hardware using the serprog protocol is always a good idea. 2. All those Willem/Sivava variants. People regularly request those, but I don't think anyone in here owns the hardware. 3. RayeR's SPIPGM. I have a preliminary patch which could work, but I don't have the hardware. Will send the patch to the list soon. 4. LPC^2, Milksop, CheapLPC and other programmers from the Xbox modding community. 5. Dozens of SPI programmer hardware projects scattered over the net. Too many to count, and I'm not sure which of them has more than one user. In general, it seems creating a new programmer hardware design is like writing IRC clients: A nice way to get started in the field. I have no problems merging flashrom support for all of them, but I won't implement support for all of them myself. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Re: [flashrom] [PATCH] dummyflasher.c: add an "empty" parameter and initialize with random bytes by default
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger May 9, 2014

May 9, 2014

Am 21.07.2011 17:54 schrieb Stefan Tauner: > previously the dummies were initialized to be empty (all ones), which makes writes skip > erasing altogether. with this patch the default is to fill it with random bytes instead and the > old behavior can be enforced with stating "empty=yes" on the command line. > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at> > Does the following not work for you? dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1k count=4k of=oldimage.bin flashrom -p dummy:emulate=SST25VF032B,image=oldimage.bin -w newimage.bin Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Add timeout check to SPI bitbang bus request
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger April 29, 2014

April 29, 2014

Hi Iain, your Intel 82540EM which hangs on a flashrom run should spew "Timeout!" messages with this patch. It would be nice if you could tell us how long it waits for each chip probe so I can adjust the timeout value. Please note that this patch will _not_ fix the underlying issue, but I believe that an endless loop on possibly broken hardware is worse than aborting. Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006(a)gmx.net> Index: flashrom-bitbang_timeout/flash.h =================================================================== --- flashrom-bitbang_timeout/flash.h (Revision 1185) +++ flashrom-bitbang_timeout/flash.h (Arbeitskopie) @@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ #define ERROR_PTR ((void*)-1) +/* Error codes */ +#define TIMEOUT_ERROR -101 + typedef unsigned long chipaddr; int register_shutdown(void (*function) (void *data), void *data); Index: flashrom-bitbang_timeout/bitbang_spi.c =================================================================== --- flashrom-bitbang_timeout/bitbang_spi.c (Revision 1185) +++ flashrom-bitbang_timeout/bitbang_spi.c (Arbeitskopie) @@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ return bitbang_spi_master->get_miso(); } -static void bitbang_spi_request_bus(void) +static int bitbang_spi_request_bus(void) { if (bitbang_spi_master->request_bus) - bitbang_spi_master->request_bus(); + return bitbang_spi_master->request_bus(); + return 0; } static void bitbang_spi_release_bus(void) @@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ bitbang_spi_master = master; bitbang_spi_half_period = halfperiod; - /* FIXME: Run bitbang_spi_request_bus here or in programmer init? */ + /* FIXME: Run bitbang_spi_request_bus here or per command? */ bitbang_spi_set_cs(1); bitbang_spi_set_sck(0); bitbang_spi_set_mosi(0); @@ -131,13 +132,15 @@ int bitbang_spi_send_command(unsigned int writecnt, unsigned int readcnt, const unsigned char *writearr, unsigned char *readarr) { - int i; + int i, ret; /* FIXME: Run bitbang_spi_request_bus here or in programmer init? * Requesting and releasing the SPI bus is handled in here to allow the * programmer to use its own SPI engine for native accesses. */ - bitbang_spi_request_bus(); + ret = bitbang_spi_request_bus(); + if (ret) + return ret; bitbang_spi_set_cs(0); for (i = 0; i < writecnt; i++) bitbang_spi_readwrite_byte(writearr[i]); Index: flashrom-bitbang_timeout/nicintel_spi.c =================================================================== --- flashrom-bitbang_timeout/nicintel_spi.c (Revision 1185) +++ flashrom-bitbang_timeout/nicintel_spi.c (Arbeitskopie) @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ // #define FL_BUSY 30 // #define FL_ER 31 +#define MAX_REQUEST_LOOPS 10000 + uint8_t *nicintel_spibar; const struct pcidev_status nics_intel_spi[] = { @@ -68,16 +70,27 @@ {}, }; -static void nicintel_request_spibus(void) +static void nicintel_release_spibus(void); + +static int nicintel_request_spibus(void) { uint32_t tmp; + int i = 0; tmp = pci_mmio_readl(nicintel_spibar + FLA); tmp |= 1 << FL_REQ; pci_mmio_writel(tmp, nicintel_spibar + FLA); /* Wait until we are allowed to use the SPI bus. */ - while (!(pci_mmio_readl(nicintel_spibar + FLA) & (1 << FL_GNT))) ; + while (!(pci_mmio_readl(nicintel_spibar + FLA) & (1 << FL_GNT))) { + if (i++ > MAX_REQUEST_LOOPS) { + nicintel_release_spibus(); + msg_perr("%s: Timeout! Aborting.\n", __func__); + return TIMEOUT_ERROR; + } + } + + return 0; } static void nicintel_release_spibus(void) Index: flashrom-bitbang_timeout/mcp6x_spi.c =================================================================== --- flashrom-bitbang_timeout/mcp6x_spi.c (Revision 1185) +++ flashrom-bitbang_timeout/mcp6x_spi.c (Arbeitskopie) @@ -40,22 +40,37 @@ #define MCP6X_SPI_REQUEST 0 #define MCP6X_SPI_GRANT 8 +#define MAX_REQUEST_LOOPS 10000 + void *mcp6x_spibar = NULL; /* Cached value of last GPIO state. */ static uint8_t mcp_gpiostate; -static void mcp6x_request_spibus(void) +static void mcp6x_release_spibus(void); + +static int mcp6x_request_spibus(void) { + int i = 0; + mcp_gpiostate = mmio_readb(mcp6x_spibar + 0x530); mcp_gpiostate |= 1 << MCP6X_SPI_REQUEST; mmio_writeb(mcp_gpiostate, mcp6x_spibar + 0x530); /* Wait until we are allowed to use the SPI bus. */ - while (!(mmio_readw(mcp6x_spibar + 0x530) & (1 << MCP6X_SPI_GRANT))) ; + while (!(mmio_readw(mcp6x_spibar + 0x530) & (1 << MCP6X_SPI_GRANT))) { + if (i++ > MAX_REQUEST_LOOPS) { + /* Update the cache. */ + mcp_gpiostate = mmio_readb(mcp6x_spibar + 0x530); + mcp6x_release_spibus(); + msg_perr("%s: Timeout! Aborting.\n", __func__); + return TIMEOUT_ERROR; + } + } /* Update the cache. */ mcp_gpiostate = mmio_readb(mcp6x_spibar + 0x530); + return 0; } static void mcp6x_release_spibus(void) Index: flashrom-bitbang_timeout/programmer.h =================================================================== --- flashrom-bitbang_timeout/programmer.h (Revision 1185) +++ flashrom-bitbang_timeout/programmer.h (Arbeitskopie) @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void (*set_sck) (int val); void (*set_mosi) (int val); int (*get_miso) (void); - void (*request_bus) (void); + int (*request_bus) (void); void (*release_bus) (void); }; -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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[PATCH] Add git support to the Makefile
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Aug. 21, 2013

Aug. 21, 2013

flashrom relies on svn to export tarballs and only prints the last svn revision in the version message even if flashrom is in a git tree. Print extended version information (version, svn revision, git hash, repository URL). Allow exporting from git trees. This should make git users first-class citizens like svn users. Side note: If anyone has an idea how to make the export target more beautiful (80 column limit etc.), please tell me. Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006(a)gmx.net> Index: flashrom-gitfriendly/Makefile =================================================================== --- flashrom-gitfriendly/Makefile (Revision 1145) +++ flashrom-gitfriendly/Makefile (Arbeitskopie) @@ -97,13 +97,15 @@ # of the checked out flashrom files. # Note to packagers: Any tree exported with "make export" or "make tarball" # will not require subversion. The downloadable snapshots are already exported. -SVNVERSION := $(shell LC_ALL=C svnversion -cn . 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/.*://" -e "s/$[0-9]*$.*/\1/" | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C git svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || echo unknown) +SCMVERSION := $(shell LC_ALL=C svnversion -cn . 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/.*://" -e "s/$[0-9]*$.*/\1/" | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C git svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || echo unknown) +SCMEXTVERSION := $(shell LC_ALL=C git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^./-\0/') +SCMURL := $(shell LC_ALL=C svn info 2>/dev/null | grep URL: | sed 's/.*URL:[[:blank:]]*//' | grep ^. || LC_ALL=C git remote show origin 2>/dev/null |grep URL: | sed 's/.*URL:[[:blank:]]*//' | grep ^. || echo unknown ) RELEASE := 0.9.2 -VERSION := $(RELEASE)-r$(SVNVERSION) +VERSION := $(RELEASE)-r$(SCMVERSION)$(SCMEXTVERSION) RELEASENAME ?= $(VERSION) -SVNDEF := -D'FLASHROM_VERSION="$(VERSION)"' +SCMDEF := -D'FLASHROM_VERSION="$(VERSION)"' -D'FLASHROM_SCMURL="$(SCMURL)"' # Always enable internal/onboard support for now. CONFIG_INTERNAL ?= yes @@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ TAROPTIONS = $(shell LC_ALL=C tar --version|grep -q GNU && echo "--owner=root --group=root") %.o: %.c .features - $(CC) -MMD $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CFLAGS) $(SVNDEF) -o $@ -c $< + $(CC) -MMD $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CFLAGS) $(SCMDEF) -o $@ -c $< # Make sure to add all names of generated binaries here. # This includes all frontends and libflashrom. @@ -420,9 +422,12 @@ export: @rm -rf $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME) - @svn export -r BASE . $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME) - @sed "s/^SVNVERSION.*/SVNVERSION := $(SVNVERSION)/" Makefile >$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/Makefile - @LC_ALL=C svn log >$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/ChangeLog + @svn export -r BASE . $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME) 2>/dev/null || git checkout-index -a -f --prefix=$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/ + @# If SCMVERSION or SCMEXTVERSION contain a slash or SCMURL contains a hash, this will explode + @sed "s/^SCMVERSION.*/SCMVERSION := $(SCMVERSION)/;s/^SCMEXTVERSION.*/SCMEXTVERSION := $(SCMEXTVERSION)/;s#^SCMURL.*#SCMURL := $(SCMURL)#" Makefile >$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/Makefile + @# ChangeLog should be in English, but we want UTF-8 for names. + @( LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 svn log 2>/dev/null || LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 git log 2>/dev/null || echo "Unable to extract log from SCM" ) >$(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/ChangeLog + @rm -f $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/.gitignore $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/.gitattributes $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/.gitmodules @echo Exported $(EXPORTDIR)/flashrom-$(RELEASENAME)/ tarball: export Index: flashrom-gitfriendly/flashrom.c =================================================================== --- flashrom-gitfriendly/flashrom.c (Revision 1145) +++ flashrom-gitfriendly/flashrom.c (Arbeitskopie) @@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ void print_version(void) { msg_ginfo("flashrom v%s", flashrom_version); + msg_ginfo(" from " FLASHROM_SCMURL ","); print_sysinfo(); } @@ -1362,7 +1363,6 @@ { msg_ginfo("flashrom is free software, get the source code at " "http://www.flashrom.org\n"); - msg_ginfo("\n"); } int selfcheck(void) -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Re: [flashrom] [coreboot] Dualbios on GA-MA770-UD3
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Aug. 10, 2013

Aug. 10, 2013

Hi Vadim, thanks for your mail. I have added the flashrom mailing list in CC: because we should develop a generic way to handle DualBIOS and similar techniques. On 09.04.2010 08:12, Vadim Girlin wrote: > I'm going to try coreboot on Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3. > It's AMD 770 (RX780 / SB700). > > My motherboard supports hardware dual bios - with two chips on it. > I'm going to try flashing backup chip and boot from it. It seems to be > possible - I've tested it (flashing at least). Chips on this board could > be switched by changing bit 0 at undocumented register EF on LDN 7 of > IT8720. I can use slightly patched flashrom for accessing any chip I > want without any problems. And this is tested many times. > > My idea is to use backup chip for debugging - that always keeps my > chance to reboot from main bios chip. And removes the need for > desoldering etc. > > And second problem is that original bios is checking second chip - and > trying to recover it by flashing the bios from main chip on reboot? > rewriting coreboot. AFAICS this could be solved by including some > signatures etc. It seems to be easy to find out. May be someone is > working on this? > > BTW I can send the patch for flashrom - but I think that with > information I mentioned above somebody could make it much better than my > ugly hack. I hope the regs should be the same for all latest Gigabyte > MBs using IT8720/18 > It would be great if you could send that patch. It will help us make a flashrom design decision that works for all boards with multiple flash chips. By the way, some of us have good contacts at ITE, so we can ask ITE for details about the undocumented registers. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Re: [flashrom] [PATCH] automatically round address ranges requested from physmap_common to page boundaries
by Stefan Tauner Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2012

On Mon, 30 May 2011 02:45:44 +0200 Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: > this patch also changes the display width of all addresses in physmap.c to 16 hex characters. > > FIXME: what about unmappings? > munmap is safe. > djgpp's __dpmi_free_physical_address_mapping: unknown. > DirectHW's unmap_physical: unknown. > > FIXME: jakllsch suggested using PRIx64 instead of x, because it's more portable FIXME: in the case we can not map and 'mayfail' is true we should return ERROR_PTR instead of ERROR_PTR + diff -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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[PATCH] Enable VX855 chipset
by John Schmerge Oct. 20, 2012

Oct. 20, 2012

This patch adds support for the Via VX855 chipset

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VIA VT6421A
by Magyar Szabolcs Sept. 30, 2012

Sept. 30, 2012

Hi, I post a success story about a VIA VT6421A based SATA/PATA PCI controller. The flashrom can probe/read/write successfully the onboard PMC Pm49FL004 chip. I downloaded the patch from http://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/3214/. Just one thing... "BAR type unknown..." I don't known the meaning, but it worked for me without errors. Please add the patch from above to the trunk. I attached a verbose probe output too. flashrom v0.9.3-r1362 on Linux 2.6.38-std220-i586 (i686), built with libpci 3.0.0, GCC 4.3.2, little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found "VIA VT6421A" (1106:3249, BDF 00:0a.0). BAR type unknown, please report a bug at flashrom(a)flashrom.org === This PCI device is UNTESTED. Please report the 'flashrom -p xxxx' output to flashrom(a)flashrom.org if it works for you. Please add the name of your PCI device to the subject. Thank you for your help! === Found chip "PMC Pm49FL004" (512 kB, LPC, FWH) on atavia. Reading flash... done. Best regards, Szabolcs Magyar P.S.: Sorry for my english.

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2 flashes on SPI bus
by Andrei Dolnikov Sept. 23, 2012

Sept. 23, 2012

Hello folks, I would like to use a flashrom utility to access 2 serial flashes on the SPI bus of my x86 board, but I'm struggling with the second one. So I'm looking for any help, hints or advices which can help me to solve this issue. I have custom x86 board (Atom n450 CPU, ICH8M chipset) which have 2 serial flashes installed on it. The first one is SST25VF016B and the second one is Numonyx M45PE16. The M45PE16 is pretty the similar to the M25PE16. Both this chips are connected to the SPI bus of the ICH8M chipset, the CS (chip select) signal of the SST25VF is routed to the SPI_CS0 and the CS signal of the M45PE16 is routed to the SPI_CS1. I can successfully read, erase and write the SST flash. Trying to figure out if flashrom utility can find the second Numonyx flash I've added the proper description for it to the flashchips.c (actually I've leaved it the same as for M25PE16 but changed model_id field). Unfortunately it didn't help me at all. So I'm wondering if flashrom can't find M45PE16 flash because of cleared SPI_CS1 signal and how can I enable it? Does flashrom utility support such kind of configurations or does it simply searching for the flash on CS0? Probably some of you have some ideas on enabling SPI_CS1 or even some useful links etc. Unfortunately the official Intel ICH8M documentation looks kind of complicated and no so clear to me. I'll of course digg into it but any help, hints or advices are highly appreciated! Thanks in advance, xborodax.

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#5: Winbond W25Q128 for ICH
by flashrom Sept. 17, 2012

Sept. 17, 2012

#5: Winbond W25Q128 for ICH ----------------------------------+--------------------------- Reporter: rheneus.paul@… | Owner: hailfinger Type: defect | Status: new Priority: critical | Milestone: Component: flashrom | Version: Keywords: | Dependencies: Patch Status: there is no patch | ----------------------------------+--------------------------- I could not use flashrom 0.9.3 -r1205 to detect Winbond W25Q128 to program BIOS. Attached the read log Just by adding WINBOND_NEX_W25Q128 0x4018 in flashchips.c for W25Q128, similar to W25Q64 throws run Opcode 0x3 error for read. Attached Verbose log of read -- Ticket URL: <http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/ticket/5> flashrom <http://www.flashrom.org/>

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