Re: [coreboot] [flashrom] About flashing mx25l4005 on Itona TC2331

[Bin X]

Thanks for the reply. I will do some homework on the coreboot.
However I think my chanllenge here is to find a program (I don't have hardware programmer) to flash the chip. I run flashrom.exe -p internal -c MX25L4005(A/C) -VVV
and here is what I gotflashrom v0.9.6.1-r1671 on MS-DOS 7 (i686)flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
flashrom was built with libpci 3.1.5, GCC 4.4.4, little endianCommand line (5 args): c:/bios/flashrom.exe -p internal -c MX25L4005(A/C) -VVVCalibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 110000 usecs, 298M loops per second, delay more than 10% too short (got 84% of expected delay), recalculating... 347M loops per second, 10 myus = 0 us, 100 myus = 0 us, 1000 myus = 0 us, 10000 myus = 0 us, 440000 myus = 440000 us, OK.Initializing internal programmerNo coreboot table found.DMI string system-manufacturer: ""DMI string system-product-name: ""DMI string system-version: ""DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: ""DMI string baseboard-product-name: ""DMI string baseboard-version: ""DMI string chassis-type: ""DMI chassis-type is not specific enough.Found ITE Super I/O, ID 0x8712 on port 0x2eBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file nameBad Command or file name
I am not sure which part is wrong. Is it because I don't have a full dos enviroment?
Thanks,
> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 22:05:06 +0200
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> Subject: Re: [flashrom] About flashing mx25l4005 on Itona TC2331
>
> 2013/5/14 Bin X <[e-mail]>:
> > I apologize if it does not make sense at all since this is my first attempt
> > to flash a bios with unmatched bios ID.
> >
> > I was trying to flash bios on a Itona TC2331 to get rid of the limitation
> > they put on of any IDE HDD and USB HDD can’t be larger than 64mb.
>
> coreboot can do that, but you have to spend 'some' time on adding
> support for your particular mainboard.
>
> See http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3215#sp
> ("Chipset VIA CN700 chipset with VIA VT8237R Plus") and
> http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
> > The current bios rom, flash program and documentation can be found here:
> >
> > ftp://ftpguest:[e-mail]/../Utilities/BIOS/TC23YY/
> >
> > Since I don’t have any working rom so I am hoping to use the file from this
> > board
> >
> > http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3215#dl
> >
> > Because they are from the same vendor and used the same chipset. I
> > understand it may not work at all but decide to take the risk.
> >
> > However, I can’t find any program to flash the bios that can ignore the bios
> > ID. The vendor provided one can flash the bios but does not have the option
> > to ignore the unmatched bios ID. Flashrom failed at probing the chipset.
> >
> > The building Q-Flash tells that it is MX25L4005 which should be supported by
> > Flashrom.   I also tried “internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop” and still no
> > success.
>
> It's very good that you found that programmer parameter. However, the
> Gigabyte product picture shows that this (non-VXL) board uses LPC
> flash instead of SPI.
>
> What we're interested in is what flashrom's output looks like when
> there is - your words - no success. Does its output end with many
> times "<hexadecimal value>:S"?
> > So I am not sure what else I should try to make Flashrom work.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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