Re: [coreboot] sourcing 128MB flash chips for an X60 with coreboot

[Alvaro [Andor]]

Last time I bought "high capacity" chips (but not that high, I think it 
was 8 or 16MB), I did it on AliExpress. Minimum batch of ten. Have you 
tried there?

El 25/10/14 18:28, Charles Devereaux via coreboot escribió:
> Hello
>
> I would like to replace the flash chip with something larger, to add a 
> minimal linux distribution and test some security ideas.
>
> I selected a few chips based on flashrom support, but I can't find any 
> of them on my usual websites.
> On ebay, I can't find them in SOIC8 package. Yet IIRC, someone did 
> that with a x60 running coreboot (just can't find the URL at the 
> moment). Hopefully that person is even on the list!
>
> Would you have a recommended source to get 2 or 3 of them?
>
> ideally: M25P128
>
> possible:
> MX25L128 05D
> N25Q128.3E
> W25Q128.V
>
> (because non-volatile write bit chips are produced by Macronix 
> and Winbond)
>
> Thanks
> Charles

sourcing 128MB flash chips for an X60 with coreboot

[Charles Devereaux]

Hello

No, I used Scott's link to get 2x only - I will let you know about the
results!

With 128 MB ie 16 megs, I should be able to fit a kernel, some modules, and
a busybox with some other basic tools.

Among other things, I wonder if it can improve the boot speed (I believe it
will make it worse, because a disk has a better read speed but I want to be
sure)

Thanks,
Charles

On Sun, Oct 26, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Alvaro [Andor] via coreboot <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Last time I bought "high capacity" chips (but not that high, I think it
> was 8 or 16MB), I did it on AliExpress. Minimum batch of ten. Have you
> tried there?
>
> El 25/10/14 18:28, Charles Devereaux via coreboot escribió:
>
> Hello
>
> I would like to replace the flash chip with something larger, to add a
> minimal linux distribution and test some security ideas.
>
> I selected a few chips based on flashrom support, but I can't find any of
> them on my usual websites.
>  On ebay, I can't find them in SOIC8 package. Yet IIRC, someone did that
> with a x60 running coreboot (just can't find the URL at the moment).
> Hopefully that person is even on the list!
>
> Would you have a recommended source to get 2 or 3 of them?
>
> ideally: M25P128
>
> possible:
> MX25L128 05D
> N25Q128.3E
> W25Q128.V
>
> (because non-volatile write bit chips are produced by Macronix and Winbond)
>
> Thanks
> Charles