November 2012 - flashrom - mail.coreboot.org

problem with software
by goran metlic Nov. 30, 2012

Nov. 30, 2012

Hi I have problems flashing mx25l4005 chip. I'm using raspberry pi for flashing. I have connected to is thru putty and i have compiled flashrom from latest stable release. There are flashrom log files that I have created. It looks like it doesn't recognize chip. I have connected chip using folowing rpi header name chip pin 1 3.3V 8 6 GND 4 19 DI 5 21 DO 2 23 SCK 6 24 CS 1 Any ideas on how to solve this? Kind regards Goran Metlic

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Re: [flashrom] [PATCH 3/3] Fix sp_openserport users on Windows.
by Stefan Tauner Nov. 30, 2012

Nov. 30, 2012

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:52:17 +0100 Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at> acked by idwer on IRC and committed in r1627. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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Re: [flashrom] [PATCH] Break endless loop in serialport_write().
by Stefan Tauner Nov. 30, 2012

Nov. 30, 2012

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:43:50 +0100 Idwer Vollering <vidwer(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at> > > Note that this introduces a minor execution slowdown when used with -o/--output. (in the case of a broken setup only) > Acked-by: Idwer Vollering <vidwer(a)gmail.com> thanks, committed in r1626. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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[commit] r1627 - trunk
by repository service Nov. 30, 2012

Nov. 30, 2012

Author: stefanct Date: Fri Nov 30 17:46:45 2012 New Revision: 1627 URL: http://flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/changeset/1627 Log: Fix sp_openserport users on Windows. Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at> Acked-by: Idwer Vollering <vidwer(a)gmail.com> Modified: trunk/buspirate_spi.c trunk/pony_spi.c trunk/serprog.c Modified: trunk/buspirate_spi.c ============================================================================== --- trunk/buspirate_spi.c Fri Nov 30 17:46:41 2012 (r1626) +++ trunk/buspirate_spi.c Fri Nov 30 17:46:45 2012 (r1627) @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ { /* 115200bps, 8 databits, no parity, 1 stopbit */ sp_fd = sp_openserport(dev, 115200); - if (sp_fd < 0) + if (sp_fd == SER_INV_FD) return 1; return 0; } Modified: trunk/pony_spi.c ============================================================================== --- trunk/pony_spi.c Fri Nov 30 17:46:41 2012 (r1626) +++ trunk/pony_spi.c Fri Nov 30 17:46:45 2012 (r1627) @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ arg = extract_programmer_param("dev"); if (arg && strlen(arg)) { sp_fd = sp_openserport(arg, 9600); - if (sp_fd < 0) { + if (sp_fd == SER_INV_FD) { free(arg); return 1; } Modified: trunk/serprog.c ============================================================================== --- trunk/serprog.c Fri Nov 30 17:46:41 2012 (r1626) +++ trunk/serprog.c Fri Nov 30 17:46:45 2012 (r1627) @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ } if (strlen(device)) { sp_fd = sp_openserport(device, atoi(baudport)); - if (sp_fd < 0) { + if (sp_fd == SER_INV_FD) { free(device); return 1; }

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[commit] r1626 - trunk
by repository service Nov. 30, 2012

Nov. 30, 2012

Author: stefanct Date: Fri Nov 30 17:46:41 2012 New Revision: 1626 URL: http://flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/changeset/1626 Log: Break endless loop in serialport_write(). serialport_write could loop endlessly when used with a seemingly valid port that does always return 0 on writes instead of an error. Give up after about 125 ms i.e. 250 tries with a period of 500 us. Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at> Acked-by: Idwer Vollering <vidwer(a)gmail.com> Modified: trunk/serial.c Modified: trunk/serial.c ============================================================================== --- trunk/serial.c Thu Nov 29 23:22:04 2012 (r1625) +++ trunk/serial.c Fri Nov 30 17:46:41 2012 (r1626) @@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ #else ssize_t tmp = 0; #endif + unsigned int empty_writes = 250; /* results in a ca. 125ms timeout */ while (writecnt > 0) { #ifdef _WIN32 @@ -273,9 +274,16 @@ msg_perr("Serial port write error!\n"); return 1; } - if (!tmp) - msg_pdbg("Empty write\n"); - writecnt -= tmp; + if (!tmp) { + msg_pdbg2("Empty write\n"); + empty_writes--; + programmer_delay(500); + if (empty_writes == 0) { + msg_perr("Serial port is unresponsive!\n"); + return 1; + } + } + writecnt -= tmp; buf += tmp; }

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Flashrom v0.9.6.1-r1564 BIOS reading fail on HP EliteBook 8560p
by Marc-Alexandre Espiaut Nov. 30, 2012

Nov. 30, 2012

Here's the log you're asking for. I haven't installed dmidecode since it prevents flashrom from running on a laptop for security reasons. Replacing the current BIOS on this laptop would be a blast. HP/Compaq BIOS prevents the user to change the hardware to what they want. For exemple, replacing a Mini PCI-e Wifi card that requires proprietary drivers with one that can use FOSS drivers. Hope that helps, feel free to contact me for further informations about my laptop. Regards, Marc-Alexandre Espiaut

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Re: [flashrom] MX25L1605DM2I-12G with Buspirate
by Stefan Tauner Nov. 29, 2012

Nov. 29, 2012

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:48:14 +0100 "Daniel ." <phl3ckz(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > In my case the BIOS file is smaller than the chip size. So I need to blow > it up. Are there some information about that somewhere? I couldnt find > anything? that is a bit odd (at least to me). you have not mentioned which board we are talking about all the time. please give us some details. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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Re: [flashrom] MX25L1605DM2I-12G with Buspirate
by Stefan Tauner Nov. 29, 2012

Nov. 29, 2012

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:29:28 +0100 "Daniel ." <phl3ckz(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Maybe just a last question. Is it possible to flash a .wph BIOS-file with > flashrom? Furthermore I have read something about that the BIOS-file has to > be the same size like the chip. This is not the case for me. Can someone > help? flashrom does not care about the contents of the files you fed it at all, hence they must be prepared first. usually this is done by cutting out headers or footers. in the case of wph it is likely that you can cut everything away that is larger than your flash chip AFAIK. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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Re: [flashrom] MX25L1605DM2I-12G with Buspirate
by Daniel . Nov. 29, 2012

Nov. 29, 2012

Ok thanks for the info. In my case the BIOS file is smaller than the chip size. So I need to blow it up. Are there some information about that somewhere? I couldnt find anything? Thanks and regards, Daniel Am 29.11.2012 23:29 schrieb "Daniel ." <phl3ckz(a)googlemail.com>: > Oh I'm sorry that was my fault. :-D > > At the end I can tell you everything works fine and I was able to read out > the flash content. > > I really appreciate your help you made my day. > > Maybe just a last question. Is it possible to flash a .wph BIOS-file with > flashrom? Furthermore I have read something about that the BIOS-file has to > be the same size like the chip. This is not the case for me. Can someone > help? > > Best regards, > Daniel > Am 29.11.2012 22:00 schrieb "Stefan Tauner" < > stefan.tauner(a)student.tuwien.ac.at>: > >> On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:40:44 +0100 >> "Daniel ." <phl3ckz(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> > Could you please tell me the names of PIN 3, 7 and 8 in your >> > description. >> >> he was talking about the flash chip pin numbers, not the bus pirate pin >> numbers. ;) >> >> -- >> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner >> >

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Re: [flashrom] MX25L1605DM2I-12G with Buspirate
by Stefan Tauner Nov. 29, 2012

Nov. 29, 2012

On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:40:44 +0100 "Daniel ." <phl3ckz(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Could you please tell me the names of PIN 3, 7 and 8 in your > description. he was talking about the flash chip pin numbers, not the bus pirate pin numbers. ;) -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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