Re: [coreboot] Flashing via TPM

[Andrew Bolster]

Tom,
Thank you for your response. I'll investigate the SPI angle. Is there any
structure for collecting information like this within the coreboot community
about specific boards for those of us who are more soft than hardware?

Regards
Andrew Bolster

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On 15 July 2011 16:35, Tom Sylla  wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
>
> AMD SB800-ish southbridges will only selectively fetch BIOS from LPC or SPI
> based on straps. Your board won't fetch from LPC unless you change the strap
> (which are unknown resistors on your board).
>
> Your best option is SPI in-system programming, and you can just use the SPI
> header that is already in place. There are some cheap SPI wigglers supported
> by flashrom.
>
> Tom
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Andrew Bolster wrote:
> > Hi folks;
> > I've got a MSI350IA-E45 board, which is a AMD fam 14h board with a AMD
> > SB700/800 southbridge. I'd like to contribute by porting coreboot to the
> > board, but I'm not sure where to start; there's no LPC header!
> >
> > I threw together a patch-cable for my secondary LPC bios, and the board
> > doesn't explode when I use the cable (always a good sign) but it doesn't
> > appear to effect the boot; I assume that the stock bios is refusing to let
> > it take over.
> >
> > There is an SPI header, but I don't have an SPI ROM emulator, so at this
> > point, what are my options? Is there a way to force the board to look at the
> > TPM/LPC socket?
> > Regards
> > Andrew Bolster
> >
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