Re: [coreboot] Homemaid LPC flasher

[Corey Osgood]

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 12:10 PM,  wrote:
> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> > > By the way, there's also a homemade SPI flasher which should be way
> > > easier to support from flashrom:
> > > http://rayer.ic.cz/elektro/spipgm.htm
>
> Joseph Smith wrote:
> > That's really cool for SPI but I am more interested in PLCC32
> > fwh chips....
>
> FWH is virtually obsolete.  At least, no one is using it for new
> designs.  Have you seen any _new_ designs with LPC/FHW lately?

Yes, most Via C7-based Mini/Nano/Pico-ITX boards use LPC flash.

-Corey
> SPI NOR flash support in flashrom would be far more important
> for coreboot to be relevant in the future.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ken Fuchs