Yes, but the current flashrom SPI abstraction is rather unsuited for SPI hosts which are different from the IT8716F. I will try to remedy that over the course of the next few months together with ICH[789] SPI support for flashrom.
Well maybe we can do some hack to make it work.
Even after the flashrom SPI code has been restructured, it will be difficult to implement SPI support without docs. AFAICS the VT8237S docs are not yet floating around the net.
They wont be, the chipset is quite new (2006) I think. But I can add the support and you can adjust it to fit the generic layer (ITE ICH VIA)
I think I will go for Asus M2V-MX SE it has SPI in flash, VT8237S and K8M890. If we decide soon I can buy it on Monday, I will have way around the shop, I need to buy smth for university lab anyway (yes they are open on Holiday :)
The board has serial line and SPI in socket. I checked some electronics stores and they have some SPI chips in stock (cheapest around 1EUR). I need to check this more, because the cheapest have no online datasheet.
Thanks, Rudolf