December 2018 - flashrom - mail.coreboot.org

Re: [flashrom] New SPI NOR Flash product Support
by Stefan Tauner Aug. 15, 2019

Aug. 15, 2019

On Mon, 9 May 2016 20:46:18 -0700 David Hendricks <dhendrix(a)google.com> wrote: > Hi Victor, > From Flashrom's software perspective all chips with the same ID are > indistinguishable. > > Part number often includes characteristics such as package and thermal > tolerance which do not affect software compatibility. However, we will add the new names to the in-program (and hence wiki) database so that this new information becomes public. Thanks for the heads up, Victor. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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Re: [flashrom] [coreboot] [LinuxBoot] FOSDEM 2019 deadline today
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Jan. 26, 2019

Jan. 26, 2019

In that case, I'd also like to point you to the deadline for submitting main track talks which is tomorrow(!). https://fosdem.org/2019/news/2018-08-10-call-for-participation/ Having a coreboot/LinuxBoot talk there would be awesome. Ron/David, could you submit something or do you have someone in mind who can do that? There's also lightning talks, deadline is a bit later. OK, I'm submitting a request for a stand. I need a backup contact for the stand. Who is willing to do that? AFAICS we can still change the backup contact later if life happens. Regards, Carl-Daniel On 02.11.2018 20:48, David Hendricks wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:15 AM 'Ron Minnich' via linuxboot > <linuxboot(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:linuxboot@googlegroups.com>> wrote: > > I"m leaning to yes, by which I mean if you do it, I'll show up. > > I can't believe I said that. > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 7:20 AM Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006(a)gmx.net > <mailto:c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > FOSDEM next year will be on 2 & 3 February 2019. > > The deadline for applying for a stand is today. > > Do we want a coreboot/flashrom/LinuxBoot stand/booth? > > > Same as what Ron said. I think someone from FB can be there to talk > about coreboot/LinuxBoot stuff and perhaps bring some hardware to demo. > >

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patch for allowing the use of the SOCKET target of the SF600
by Florian Kaiser Jan. 15, 2019

Jan. 15, 2019

Hello, I am using this patch for a while now and I did not encounter any problems. I am not sure if this was/is not supported. Is there any reason why this is not supported? Thank you very much, Florian Kaiser

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Re: [flashrom] Cleanup patches for flashrom
by Nico Huber Jan. 2, 2019

Jan. 2, 2019

Hi Richard, On 20.12.18 11:11, Richard Hughes wrote: > We're slowly moving towards using libflashrom in fwupd, rather than > exec'ing the flashrom binary and screen scraping. So that it can be > consumed by users easily, I'm tempted to use flashrom as a subproject > to the fwupd project rather than waiting for distros to ship any new > bleeding edge version of flashrom to users. To make some of that > possible, I've fixed up a few of the CI failures we would see in > fwupd, which I've filed as a PR here: > https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom/pull/67 thanks. > > If a GitHub PR isn't how you want these kind of general patches please > let me know. One person already told me that I needed to use Gerrit, When we switched to Gerrit, we decided to still allow patches per email and also on GitHub. Though, all patches have to go through Gerrit in the end as that's where the official repository is. I've never been active on GitHub (my account is only few months old). And the developers that set the flashrom mirror up there obviously had the best intentions (pull requests are mentioned in the project des- cription) but aren't actively reviewing atm. I also can't say anymore that everything on Gerrit gets a review, though smaller changes do. If you'd use Gerrit, you'd hit the remaining active reviewers right in their everyday workflow. > but I'm not overly keen on learning a new process if I can avoid it. > Feedback welcome, thanks. I just tried, it was horrible ;) I just can't find a way to comment on individual commits of your PR (beside commenting inline in the code). I'll leave some comments their and pull those commits that seem ready to go. Nico

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Flashing Asus KGPE-D16 Chip
by Joshua Aspinall Jan. 2, 2019

Jan. 2, 2019

Hi, I am attempting to write a Libreboot ROM to my BIOS chip. The chip reports as follows: sudo flashrom -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 'Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q16.V" (2048 kB, SPI) on linux_spi.' All of the online guides show reading the chip before attempting to flash, and confirming that the checksums match. However, when reading the contents of the flash chip, the checksums vary wildly. When attempting to flash the chip with a Libreboot ROM for the board, the erase function fails on all attempts as follows: sudo flashrom --programmer linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 --write kgpe-d16_ukqwerty_txtmode.rom flashrom p1.0-141-g9cecc7e on Linux 4.14.79+ (armv6l) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns). Using default 2000kHz clock. Use 'spispeed' parameter to override. Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q16.V" (2048 kB, SPI) on linux_spi. Reading old flash chip contents... done. Erasing and writing flash chip... FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Found=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0x1000 ERASE FAILED! Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function. FAILED at 0x000007fd! Expected=0xff, Found=0xfe, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00007fff: 0x6218 ERASE FAILED! Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function. FAILED at 0x000001bb! Expected=0xff, Found=0xfc, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xbde4 ERASE FAILED! Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function. FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Found=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x001fffff: 0x18a7c0 ERASE FAILED! Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function. FAILED at 0x00000111! Expected=0xff, Found=0xc0, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x001fffff: 0x18af13 ERASE FAILED! Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function. Looking for another erase function. Looking for another erase function. No usable erase functions left. FAILED! Uh oh. Erase/write failed. Checking if anything has changed. Reading current flash chip contents... done. Apparently at least some data has changed. Your flash chip is in an unknown state. Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or mail flashrom(a)flashrom.org, thanks! I am trying to determine whether I am doing something incorrectly, or whether the chip is unserviceable and needs to be replaced. Any help/hints would be greatly appreciated! Best Regards, Joshua Aspinall.

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Re: FAILED MARS
by Ivan Ivanov Dec. 31, 2018

Dec. 31, 2018

Dear Tom, very happy to see your success :) Although I hope that you are installing Win7 not Win10 aka "spyware edition" ;) Happy New Year ! ;) BR, Ivan пн, 31 дек. 2018 г. в 21:44, Tom Santos <tom.81748418(a)gmail.com>: > > Good news!!! > > i just close and open google chrome and run the script again and done!! > > sorry for bad english, thanks for your support!! > > happy new year!!! > > Em segunda-feira, 31 de dezembro de 2018, Ivan Ivanov <qmastery16(a)gmail.com> escreveu: >> >> You may try to flash this image directly using flashrom, not using >> someone else's scripts because they might be faulty... >> >> пн, 31 дек. 2018 г. в 19:36, Tom Santos <tom.81748418(a)gmail.com>: >> > >> > Help pleas !!!! >> > >> > -- >> > Att, >> > >> > >> > Tom Santos. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > A mente cria, o desejo atrai e a fé realiza. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > flashrom mailing list -- flashrom(a)flashrom.org >> > To unsubscribe send an email to flashrom-leave(a)flashrom.org > > > > -- > Att, > > > Tom Santos. > > > > > A mente cria, o desejo atrai e a fé realiza. >

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FAILED MARS
by Tom Santos Dec. 31, 2018

Dec. 31, 2018

Help pleas !!!! -- Att, Tom Santos. A mente cria, o desejo atrai e a fé realiza.

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Successful flash of ASRock soldered BIOS via BIOS_PH header
by David Bartley Dec. 30, 2018

Dec. 30, 2018

I have an ASRock Z390M-ITX/ac motherboard with a soldered/non-removable BIOS chip (this is apparently not uncommon on ASRock motherboards). I initially tried using test clips, but I wasn't able to get a good connection. Fortunately, the motherboard features a BIOS_PH header that is wired to the BIOS chip. Despite existing on multiple motherboards, its pinout is seemingly only documented in the J3355M manual ( http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Manual/J3355M.pdf) Using this pinout, I was able to connect some jumpers from the BIOS_PH header to a CH341A programmer and successfully read from and write to the chip (a W25Q128JVSIQ in my case). For reference, the BIOS_PH pinout (corresponding to a 25xx chip) is: DI | GND CLK | no connection no pin | DO VCC | CS HOLD | WP

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Thinkpad T410s failed to erase (corrupted?)
by Sea Wright Dec. 29, 2018

Dec. 29, 2018

Hi all, While trying to get coreboot working on a T410s, in the most recent flash (after multiple working successful flashes) the clip detached in the middle of the write process. I saw some error message briefly (I think it mentioned corrupted) before my ssh session terminated before I could finish reading it. Now, with a new clip, I can read the chip perfectly, but trying to write/erase leads to these errors: https://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=3156 Failed at 0x0000000010! Expected=0xff, Found=0x5a, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x007fffff: 0x3dc7fe It is possible to write what is read from the chip (eh cock doesn't match what I tried to write to it) back onto it without failure. Any suggestions? menaechmi

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Report of flashrom failure (Intel DQ67OW motherboard)
by Tom Crane Dec. 28, 2018

Dec. 28, 2018

Dear Flashrom developers, Please find attached my failure report as suggested in flashrom O/P. The PC has been updated with the latest BIOS (file SWQ6710H.86A.0070.BI.zip from Intel) and I am running a built-today git version of flashrom. Thanks Tom Crane

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