winflashrom

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

Hi,

I just found this interesting link on how to access arbitrary pci
devices under windows the official way:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B178660&x=10&y=12

Maybe it helps for winflashrom. IIRC the problem of doing the PCI
accesses the "right way" is still unsolved.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

[Idwer Vollering]

2008/5/6, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger :
> Hi,
>
> I just found this interesting link on how to access arbitrary pci
> devices under windows the official way:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B178660&x=10&y=12

This seems to be rather outdated IMO:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B178660&x=10&y=12#app...

I guess that what you are looking for is:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms794193.aspx (Windows Driver Kit
Introduction).

Maybe it helps for winflashrom. IIRC the problem of doing the PCI
> accesses the "right way" is still unsolved.

I think it is better to work on a livecd/pxe-image, like:

http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/firmware-tools-devel/2007-August/000165.h...
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/firmware-tools-devel/2007-August/000166.h...

http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Tech/libsmbios_livecd
http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Oss/Firmware_Tools

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_linux&a...

Regards,
> Carl-Daniel

[Peter Stuge]

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 09:34:45PM +0200, Idwer Vollering wrote:
> I think it is better to work on a livecd/pxe-image, like:

I have to disagree. Windows is usable over the network. A livecd goes
against the very thing that motivated the start of LinuxBIOS in 99.

Talk to any sysadmin. They do not like firmware updates on CDs.

//Peter