Re: [LinuxBIOS] ck804 romstrap modification

[Stefan Reinauer]

Lu, Yinghai wrote:
> So you need to scripts for flash
> get mac address from the legacy bios from flash
> flash your linuxbios.
> reprogram you mac address again.
>
> Or conbine 2/3 to update linuxbios image, and flash it if you like.

Maybe this is a case where we might want to teach that kind of
information to the flashrom utility?

It could detect the ck804, read the required information, and, when a
specific option is set, change the to-be-flashed image on the fly.
> Late when you like update linuxbios with linuxbios, just use flash util
> with execlude command line to keep the mac address.

Most of the flash drivers do "dummy exclusions" right now. Should we try
to fix them up?
> Good HW design should use serial EEPROM on smbus to preserve the MAC
> address instead like s2895.

Good hardware design also uses SCSI instead of IDE, but that does not
always help ;-)