January 2026 - flashrom - mail.coreboot.org

release v1.7.0 and timeline
by Anastasia Klimchuk Feb. 15, 2026

Feb. 15, 2026

Good day everyone, We are planning to release v1.7.0 by the beginning of March. The dates are planned as follows: 2nd February tag v1.7.0-rc1 and start testing and bugfixing, 2nd March tag v1.7.0 and release. In between 2nd Feb and 2nd Mar priority goes to testing and bugfixing. Any help with this is very very welcome and appreciated! https://flashrom.org/how_to_support_flashrom.html#building-and-testing All the patches that fix bugs or build issues will be merged. New features need to either get merged before 2nd Feb, or wait until after the v1.7.0 tag (2nd Mar). If you are in doubt whether your patch is a bugfix or a new feature, send a patch and we'll see. It is always fine to send a patch. Full document about release process is here: https://flashrom.org/dev_guide/release_process.html Most of the updates since the previous release are described here: https://flashrom.org/release_notes/devel.html This document has all updates by the end of 2025. Few most recent updates that have been merged since 2026 are not yet in the doc (will be added soon). I will post again when full release notes are ready. Another way to inspect all commits merged since the previous release is in GitHub UI: https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom/commits/main/?since=2025-07-25 -- Anastasia.

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[CHIP REPORT] Winbond W25Q256JV_M (WP Tested) on Acer CXI5 via CH341A
by iran0n Jan. 29, 2026

Jan. 29, 2026

Hello flashrom team, I am writing to report successful testing of the Winbond W25Q256JV_M (25Q256JVEM) flash chip. I have successfully performed probe, read, erase, write, and WP operations using an external programmer. Testing Environment: - Programmer: CH341A (v1.6 / V1612) via ch341a_spi - Host System: Linux 6.8.0-90-generic (x86_64) - Target Hardware: Acer Chromebox CXI5 (Board: MOLI / BRASK) - Chip Package: WSON-8 (8x6mm) via adapter Operations Tested: - PROBE: OK (Identified as W25Q256JV_M) - READ: OK (Full 32MB read verified with multiple identical hashes) - WP-STATUS: OK (Correctly identified hardware mode and active 8MB protection range) - WP-DISABLE: OK (Successfully changed protection mode to 'disabled') - WP-RANGE: OK (Successfully cleared protection range to 'none') - ERASE/WRITE: OK (Successful full-chip write and verification after clearing WP) Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email.

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by Misha Jan. 16, 2026

Jan. 16, 2026

HI my problem of flashrom you flashrom write error - Enabling flash write... Root Complex Register Block address = 0xfed1c000 Error accessing ICH RCRB, 0x4000 bytes at 0x00000000fed1c000 /dev/mem mmap failed: Operation not permitted FAILED! FATAL ERROR! Error: Programmer initialization failed. I'm write page internet of my problem in the error 1. job for firmware bios of flashrom (modyfication grub) command linux : # cd /etc/default/ # sudo nano grub (modyfication GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="iomem=relaxed") fixed grub not decided problem flashrom 2. command line output logs of flashrom -p internal # sudo flashrom -p internal -V flashrom 1.4.0 on Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 (x86_64) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org flashrom was built with GCC 14.2.0, little endian Command line (3 args): flashrom -p internal -V Initializing internal programmer /sys/class/mtd/mtd0 does not exist No coreboot table found. Using Internal DMI decoder. DMI string chassis-type: "Notebook" Laptop detected via DMI. DMI string system-manufacturer: "LENOVO" DMI string system-product-name: "" DMI string system-version: "ThinkPad W541" DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "LENOVO" DMI string baseboard-product-name: "" DMI string baseboard-version: "SDK0E50510 WIN" W836xx enter config mode worked or we were already in config mode. W836xx leave config mode had no effect. Active config mode, unknown reg 0x20 ID: 00. Found chipset "Intel QM87" with PCI ID 8086:8c4f. This chipset is marked as untested. If you are using an up-to-date version of flashrom *and* were (not) able to successfully update your firmware with it, then please email a report to flashrom(a)flashrom.org including a verbose (-V) log. Thank you! Enabling flash write... Root Complex Register Block address = 0xfed1c000 Error accessing ICH RCRB, 0x4000 bytes at 0x00000000fed1c000 /dev/mem mmap failed: Operation not permitted FAILED! FATAL ERROR! Error: Programmer initialization failed.

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