[LinuxBIOS] Flashrom: Supported mainboards list

[Uwe Hermann]

Hi,

please checkout http://linuxbios.org/Flashrom#Supported_mainboards.

I've added a section where we can collect a list of known-good and
known-bad mainboards, i.e.

- those which support flashrom out of the box (given that chipset and
   ROM chip are supported)

- those that support flashrom only after special init

- those which have been verified to _not_ support flashrom, as they
   need special init, but we don't yet have any code in flashrom for that.

Please add more verified boards to the list (or post them here and I'll
add them).

However, please do _not_ add boards where chipset or ROM chip are
unknown to flashrom. The list should track the status of the _mainboard_
(whether it needs special init or not), so only add items where the
chipset and ROM chip are already supported by flashrom.

Thanks, Uwe.

[Paul Menzel]

Hallo Liste,

Am Freitag, den 14.09.2007, 11:24 +0200 schrieb Uwe Hermann:
> Please add more verified boards to the list (or post them here and I'll
> add them).

I have an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe mainboard. This is what flashrom says.

$ sudo flashrom
Calibrating delay loop... ok
No LinuxBIOS table found.
Found chipset "ICH5/ICH5R": Enabling flash write... OK.
Pm49FL004 found at physical address: 0xfff80000
Flash part is Pm49FL004 (512 KB)
OK, only ENABLING flash write, but NOT FLASHING.

Thanks a lot.

Paul

[Uwe Hermann]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 12:41:15PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> I have an ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe mainboard. This is what flashrom says.
>
> $ sudo flashrom
> Calibrating delay loop... ok
> No LinuxBIOS table found.
> Found chipset "ICH5/ICH5R": Enabling flash write... OK.
> Pm49FL004 found at physical address: 0xfff80000
> Flash part is Pm49FL004 (512 KB)
> OK, only ENABLING flash write, but NOT FLASHING.

OK, that's good so far. Now you'd need to verify that actually _writing_
a BIOS image works (or not) on the board.

Have you done that? If not, please make sure you have a backup chip
in case something goes wrong. You can try writing the vendor's BIOS
(e.g. from the website) via flashrom, that should tell you if it works.

Uwe.

[Paul Menzel]

Am Freitag, den 14.09.2007, 14:58 +0200 schrieb Uwe Hermann:
> Have you done that? If not, please make sure you have a backup chip
> in case something goes wrong. You can try writing the vendor's BIOS
> (e.g. from the website) via flashrom, that should tell you if it works.

Oh, sorry. It looks like I was a little rash. Since it is the working
computer of my parents, I am too fearfull that something won't work out.
So I won't try it out.

Sorry for the noise. I will try it, when we get a new computer.

Paul