On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 00:32 -0600, Richard Smith wrote:
by that BIOS programming isn't supported isn't that the MB isn't capable, but that MSI doesn't provide the specs for the flash programming interface,
The interface will be in the data sheet for the flash part. The only thing that may be MB specific is how to assert the write enable line on the flash. It may be hooked up to a GPIO or perhaps some sort of latch.
I see. Even so, though, what kind of bus is the flash chip interface normally hooked up through?
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Also Disable the shadow of the BIOS range and do a write to that range and see what the write line on the flash does. It might just be hooked up without anything fancy.
How would that be done? Would that be a parameter in the COTS BIOS?
and that the BIOS programmer that comes with LinuxBIOS doesn't support my flash chip.
That should be pretty easily to fix. Most flash chips are very similar in the programming sequence. Get the data sheet for your part and fixup the flash code.
Then I'll just have to find what chip is the flash chip, but I guess that ought to be quite trivial. I'll work on it. Thanks for the information!
Fredrik Tolf