Re: [LinuxBIOS] [PATCH] buildrom: Update AMD LX platforms

[Marc Jones]

ron minnich wrote:
> On 9/26/07, Marc Jones  wrote:
> > Ron,
> > I have tested it. :)
> > I have not used flashrom since I use a rom emulator. I will look into it.
>
> I fixed my msm800sev problem. The part is an FWH part. We have a
> problem in flashrom in that parts can be FWH or LPC and I don't know
> how to detect this in flashrom. These dual-mode parts kind of break
> the structure a bit.
>
> oh well.
>
> ron

Glad you figured this out. I couldn't think of anything off the top of 
my head.

For Geode 5536 you can check which mode it is in.
DIVIL_BALL_OPT - MSR 51400015h PRI_BOOT_LOC [3:2]

It would be nice to have msr support in flashrom so it could handle 
write protect and rom type checking.

Marc