On 11.05.2009 16:56, ron minnich wrote:
Acked-by: Ronald G. Minnich rminnich@gmail.com
Thanks, committed in r495.
As long as you have tested the dummy flasher on a dummy chip, and
Done. I tested the dummy flasher with a dummy "always return 0xff" chip and the results are as expected.
booted the dummy laptop with a dummy os,
Unfortunately, flashrom does not support compilation on a dummy OS yet. I'll happily take patches, though.
and written the book "Flash programming for dummies"
That's actually a great idea. I decided to write that book and include it below.
Flash Programming for Dummies
A book by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Dedicated to Ron Minnich, who taught me so much.
Table of Contents
Preface .............. 1 Flashing your BIOS ... 2
Preface Flash programming on modern operating systems is still a challenge which requires quite a bit of effort, experience and luck. Besides interaction with chipsets, embedded controllers and flash translation chips, data sheet foot notes and command line confusion loom right around the corner. This book is indended for beginners and those who already know a few things about low-level utilities.
Flashing your BIOS Don't do it!
Regards, Carl-Daniel