March 2019 - 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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[announce] flashrom 1.0.1
by Nico Huber March 30, 2019

March 30, 2019

Hi there, we've released flashrom version 1.0.1. Since the 1.0 release, there were just six fixes plus one commit to make the 1.0.x branch build on recent distributions. You can find the full release notes here: https://flashrom.org/Flashrom/1.0.1 The official tarball and signature here: https://download.flashrom.org/releases/flashrom-v1.0.1.tar.bz2 https://download.flashrom.org/releases/flashrom-v1.0.1.tar.bz2.asc One hint for package maintainers: If you don't use Git and don't over- ride flashrom's version string anyway, avoid the tarballs offered by tools like Cgit or Github. They don't contain any version information. Best regards, Nico

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SST49LF160C in Wyse S10
by Michał Witek March 28, 2019

March 28, 2019

Hi. I just successfully flashed SST49LF160C on a Wyse S10 terminal and it works fine, so it looks like the chip is fully supported. I'm letting You know, because there are some questions marks in "supported hardware" table near this one. root@OpenWrt:/# flashrom -p internal -w /tmp/2rom.rom -c SST49LF160C flashrom v1.0 on Linux 4.14.95 (i586) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org Calibrating delay loop... OK. No DMI table found. Found chipset "AMD CS5536". Enabling flash write... OK. Found SST flash chip "SST49LF160C" (2048 kB, LPC) mapped at physical address 0xffe00000. === This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: ERASE WRITE The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, please email a report to flashrom(a)flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash chip. Please include the flashrom log file for all operations you tested (see the man page for details), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested in the subject line. Thanks for your help! Reading old flash chip contents... done. Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done. Verifying flash... VERIFIED.

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Dual boot MCU
by Stuart Johnson March 22, 2019

March 22, 2019

I have an MCU that can boot from two locations of it's flash. The flash is 2097152 bytes, and the MCU will boot from location 0 or half way. So I created a layout file, like so: 00000000:0000fffff bank0 00100000:0001fffff bank1 But flashrom is demanding the image to be written is the full 2097152 bytes. What am I missing? flashrom -p .... --layout my_layout --image bank0 -w flash.bin Error: Image size (1048576 B) doesn't match the flash chip's size (2097152 B)!

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BIOS Rom for DX79SI
by Adee Bin Shahid March 19, 2019

March 19, 2019

Sir, I wish to know if flashrom has support for Intel DX79SI motherboard, since I couldn't find the board enlisted on the flashrom website. However, I did find the link below, and I want to verify. https://mail.coreboot.org/pipemail/flashrom/2013-March/010653.html I shall be entirely grateful. Regards, Adee Bin Shahid

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probleme read flashrom
by sebchami＠gmx.com March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019

Hello, I'm tried to read bios of PCB Western Digital to write it on a new PCB. But I have a problem. I use Ubuntu OS version 16.04. This is the error message what I have I write the command "sudo flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r new.bin : before this command, I have installed package with the command "sudo apt install flashrom" ************** itr@itr-K52Je:~$ sudo flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r new.bin flashrom v0.9.9-rc1-r1942 on Linux 4.4.0-142-generic (x86_64) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found Generic flash chip "unknown SPI chip (RDID)" (0 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi. === This flash part has status NOT WORKING for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, please email a report to flashrom(a)flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash chip. Please include the flashrom log file for all operations you tested (see the man page for details), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested in the subject line. Thanks for your help! Read is not working on this chip. Aborting. *************************** Can you help me, please, Thanks you Sebastien

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buildbot.flashrom.org
by Сергій Новосад March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019

Hello! buildbot subdomain not responding, cant download flashrom for DOS

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report: Winbond flash chip "W25Q32.V" is in an unknown state.
by Владимир Суворов March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019

Reporting (see screenshot), bios was flashed correctly and motherboard is now [image: Report W25Q32V.png] working.

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Wont flash bios
by Frei Bjerkestrand March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019

I have an ch341a programmer and an W25Q128.W Winbond Chip, im trying to flash a custom bios where I just change the serial numbers. Flashing the backup bios works but flashing any other roms ends up in an error mess. I have tried to just erase it with -E but with no luck. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > sudo flashrom -p ch341a_spi -w freiZeroed flashrom v1.0 on Linux 4.18.0-15-generic (x86_64) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns). Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q128.W" (16384 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi. === This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, please email a report to flashrom(a)flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash chip. Please include the flashrom log file for all operations you tested (see the man page for details), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested in the subject line. Thanks for your help! Block protection could not be disabled! Reading old flash chip contents... done. Erasing and writing flash chip... FAILED at 0x00200000! Expected=0xff, Found=0x5f, failed byte count from 0x00200000-0x00200fff: 0x2bb ERASE FAILED!

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Re: Wont flash bios
by Angel Pons March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019

Hello, Your reply did not reach the mailing list. Please use "Reply to all" so that your messages can reach more people than just me. On Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 09:06 Frei Bjerkestrand <frei.bjerkestrand(a)hotmail.no wrote: > No I'm pretty sure the 1.8V is connected. Should I try to disassemble the > programmer and the 1.8V converter and assemble it again? > So you are using a 1.8V converter between the programmer and the chip? Regarding the original issue: If you can not change any bytes, I would suspect the flash chip is write-protected. Check its datasheet, it is likely pin 3 is somehow pulled low (write-protect pin is usually active when low). Regards, Angel Pons >

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