flashrom November 2015

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SFDP has autodetected a flash chip which is not natively supported by flashrom yet
by Greg Tippit 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

First off, thank you for your work on such a useful program. I have used it more times that I can remember, and I have never had a single problem flashing a motherboard BIOS using your program. If you accepted PayPal donations, I would buy you all a beverage of your choice. I have a new stick PC from China called the MeeGoPad T02, which uses an Intel Atom SOC. They have a little English support at x86pad.com, where I found a updated BIOS for this device. When I made of backup of the existing BIOS on the device, I got the message about it not yet having native support. The read seemed to go okay. I have attached a copy of the verbose output as you requested. Assuming all the normal warnings, is it safe to try flashing the new BIOS using flashrom, or should I wait for you to work your "Native Magic"? Thank you, Greg Tippitt

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Re: [flashrom] Flash chip/chipset not found
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi Mark, thanks for the log and the explanation. This was indeed helpful. May I suggest you take a look at the nvramtool utility from the coreboot project? It works fine even on normal BIOS (needs to be run as root, though). http://www.coreboot.org/Nvramtool I used nvramtool in the past to dump all 256 bytes of NVRAM. For a hexdump, try this: # nvramtool -x If this gets you the same result as SRCMOS.EXE, you could throw the DOS utility away. The interesting parameters are: -b OUTPUT_FILE: Dump CMOS memory contents to file. -B INPUT_FILE: Write file contents to CMOS memory. -x: Show hex dump of CMOS memory. -X DUMPFILE: Show hex dump of CMOS dumpfile. Regards, Carl-Daniel On 02.11.2015 11:06, Rowlinson Mark wrote: > Hi Carl-Daniel, > I've attached the logfile output as requested. > The SRCMOS .EXE utility that comes on the BIOS update image saves 256 bytes of data. The older versions has 128 bytes of data and the remainder was all 00x. The last version has data within the last 128 bytes and that makes all the difference. > Whether the utility only processed the first 128 bytes initially and was corrected to save/restore the extra 128 bytes I don't know but it certainly does the trick now. > It is a DOS based utility and I've been able to configure a FreeDOS image under GRUB so that it will boot it once to set the BIOS settings I need and then boot back to the Linux OS. > Getting the settings out was a bit of a chore as I had to hex dump them to the screen so I could take a picture (and then type them in) as the image can't be updated and has no access to any other devices. Running the utility from a USB device is no help either as the moment I disable USB in the BIOS I can't access the utility to write the settings to a file. > Best Regards, > Mark Rowlinson, Principal Engineer, Unix Support > MISGB Implementation Distributed > > Fujitsu > > > From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger [mailto:c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net] > Sent: 29 October 2015 00:37 > To: Rowlinson Mark <Mark.Rowlinson(a)uk.fujitsu.com>; flashrom(a)flashrom.org > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Flash chip/chipset not found > > > Hi Mark, > > would it be possible for you to generate a log file using the additional parameter --output logfile.txt when doing a read of the flash chip, then send that log file to us? > > That would help us to finally merge support for the VT8251 chipset in your point-of-sale IBM/Toshiba AnyPlace Kiosk Model 48xx series. We have a strict rule that flashrom must be 100% reliable and thus we keep log files for any newly supported/tested chipset around for reference. Your log file would be used as reference for VT8251. > > That said, it would be very interesting to know where the settings are actually stored. Have you looked into the top 128 bytes of NVRAM? Maybe there is another flash chip? Is there any way to trace what the save/restore tool does (i.e. does it run on Linux)? > > Regards, > Carl-Daniel > > > > > > On 28.10.2015 23:25, Rowlinson Mark wrote: > >> Hi Carl-Daniel, >> >> That change does allow the chipset to be recognised and it will write out the ROM. It seems to be the BIOS code only (no settings) as it doesn't change if I change any settings within the BIOS. >> >> I've been directed to a save/restore utility that comes on the BIOS update image and it seems the last version actually accesses the data I'm interested in so I'm investigating this route at the moment. >> >> Best Regards, >> Mark Rowlinson >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger >> [mailto:c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net] >> Sent: 24 October 2015 09:22 >> To: Rowlinson Mark <Mark.Rowlinson(a)uk.fujitsu.com<mailto:Mark.Rowlinson@uk.fujitsu.com>>; >> flashrom(a)flashrom.org<mailto:flashrom@flashrom.org> >> >> Subject: Re: [flashrom] Flash chip/chipset not found >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> this is a VIA VT8251 PCI to ISA Bridge you're using. >> >> I think Stefan Tauner (in CC) already was discussing something similar here: >> http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2012-July/009552.html >> That email even has a patch attached. >> On 22.10.2015 22:24, Rowlinson Mark wrote: >>> Thanks for the swift response, I have attached output from the command requested. >>> >>> The device in question is an IBM (now Toshiba) AnyPlace Kiosk Model 4838-310. The models we have are a mixture of 4838-310 and 4838-330 and support documentation refers to them as 4838-3xx. >> Heh, would be fun to add this to our tests. >> >> Regards, >> Carl-Daniel

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flashrom
by Денис 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

flashrom v0.9.2-r1141 on Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease), little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 969M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 98 us, 1000 myus = 1059 us, 10000 myus = 11659 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK. Initializing internal programmer No coreboot table found. DMI string system-manufacturer: "System manufacturer" DMI string system-product-name: "System Product Name" DMI string system-version: "System Version" DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC." DMI string baseboard-product-name: "M2N-MX SE" DMI string baseboard-version: "Rev x.xx" DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop" Found ITE Super I/O, id 8712 Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP61", enabling flash write... chipset PCI ID is 10de:03e0, This chipset is not really supported yet. Guesswork... ISA/LPC bridge reg 0x8a contents: 0x00, bit 6 is 0, bit 5 is 0 Flash bus type is LPC Found SMBus device 10de:03eb at 00:01:1 MCP SPI BAR is at 0x00000000 MCP SPI is not used. Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to flashrom(a)flashrom.org to help us finish support for your chipset. Thanks. OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC. Super I/O ID 0x8712 is not on the list of flash capable controllers. Probing for AMD Am29F010A/B, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F002(N)BB, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F002(N)BT, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F016D, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29F080B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29LV040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMD Am29LV081B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A25L05PT, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A25L05PU, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A25L10PT, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC A25L10PU, 128 KB: skipped. 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Probing for PMC Pm49FL002, 256 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x96, id2 0x5e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for PMC Pm49FL004, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Sanyo LF25FW203A, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Sharp LHF00L04, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Spansion S25FL008A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Spansion S25FL016A, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF016B, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF032B, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF064C, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF040.REMS, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF040B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25LF040A.RES, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF040B.REMS, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST25VF080B, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST28SF040A, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29EE010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29LE010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29EE020A, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST29LE020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF010A, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF020A, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39SF040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF512, 64 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF010, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST39VF080, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF002A/B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF003A/B, 384 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF004A/B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF004C, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF008A, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF008C, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF016C, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for SST SST49LF020, 256 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x96, id2 0x5e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF020A, 256 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x96, id2 0x5e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF040, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF040B, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF080A, 1024 KB: Chip lacks correct probe timing information, using default 10mS/40uS. probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SST SST49LF160C, 2048 KB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M25P05-A, 64 KB: skipped. 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Probing for ST M50FLW040A, 512 KB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FLW040B, 512 KB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FLW080A, 1024 KB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FLW080B, 1024 KB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for ST M50FW002, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FW016, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FW040, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50FW080, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for ST M50LPW116, 2048 KB: probe_82802ab: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {F,S,V}29C51001B, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {F,S,V}29C51001T, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {F,S,V}29C51002B, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {F,S,V}29C51002T, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {F,S,V}29C51004B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {F,S,V}29C51004T, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {S,V}29C31004B, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for SyncMOS/MoselVitelic {S,V}29C31004T, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for TI TMS29F002RB, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for TI TMS29F002RT, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25Q80, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25Q16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25Q32, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25Q64, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x10, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x20, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x40, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x80, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x16, 2048 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x32, 4096 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W25x64, 8192 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29C011, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29C020C, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29C040P, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W29EE011, 128 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V040A, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V040B, 512 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V040C, 512 KB: Chip lacks correct probe timing information, using default 10mS/40uS. probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W39V040FA, 512 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V080A, 1024 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0xff, id2 0xff, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W49F002U, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W49F020, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W49V002A, 256 KB: probe_jedec_common: id1 0x96, id2 0x5e, id1 parity violation, id1 is normal flash content, id2 is normal flash content Probing for Winbond W49V002FA, 256 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V080FA, 1024 KB: skipped. Probing for Winbond W39V080FA (dual mode), 512 KB: skipped. Probing for AMIC unknown AMIC SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Atmel unknown Atmel SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Eon unknown Eon SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Macronix unknown Macronix SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for PMC unknown PMC SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for SST unknown SST SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for ST unknown ST SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Sanyo unknown Sanyo SPI chip, 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (RDID), 0 KB: skipped. Probing for Generic unknown SPI chip (REMS), 0 KB: skipped. No EEPROM/flash device found. Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically. -- Денис Кораблев

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Winbond flash chip "W39V080FA" (1024 kB, FWH)
by Fabian Hoffmann 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

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Re: [flashrom] Flash chip/chipset not found
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Hi Mark, would it be possible for you to generate a log file using the additional parameter --output logfile.txt when doing a read of the flash chip, then send that log file to us? That would help us to finally merge support for the VT8251 chipset in your point-of-sale IBM/Toshiba AnyPlace Kiosk Model 48xx series. We have a strict rule that flashrom must be 100% reliable and thus we keep log files for any newly supported/tested chipset around for reference. Your log file would be used as reference for VT8251. That said, it would be very interesting to know where the settings are actually stored. Have you looked into the top 128 bytes of NVRAM? Maybe there is another flash chip? Is there any way to trace what the save/restore tool does (i.e. does it run on Linux)? Regards, Carl-Daniel On 28.10.2015 23:25, Rowlinson Mark wrote: > Hi Carl-Daniel, > > That change does allow the chipset to be recognised and it will write out the ROM. It seems to be the BIOS code only (no settings) as it doesn't change if I change any settings within the BIOS. > > I've been directed to a save/restore utility that comes on the BIOS update image and it seems the last version actually accesses the data I'm interested in so I'm investigating this route at the moment. > > Best Regards, > Mark Rowlinson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger [mailto:c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net] > Sent: 24 October 2015 09:22 > To: Rowlinson Mark <Mark.Rowlinson(a)uk.fujitsu.com>; flashrom(a)flashrom.org > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Flash chip/chipset not found > > Hi Mark, > > this is a VIA VT8251 PCI to ISA Bridge you're using. > > I think Stefan Tauner (in CC) already was discussing something similar here: > http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2012-July/009552.html > That email even has a patch attached. > > > On 22.10.2015 22:24, Rowlinson Mark wrote: >> Thanks for the swift response, I have attached output from the command requested. >> >> The device in question is an IBM (now Toshiba) AnyPlace Kiosk Model 4838-310. The models we have are a mixture of 4838-310 and 4838-330 and support documentation refers to them as 4838-3xx. > Heh, would be fun to add this to our tests. > > Regards, > Carl-Daniel >

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SOIC8 test clip - cant write to BIOS SPI flash chip
by Robert Brown 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

Unfortunately I don't have any soldering tools or experience, so if you could give an advice about ISP programming (In-System-Programming/In-Situ-Programming) , it will be super helpful! I teardown a bricked laptop, removed AC power, laptop's power battery, and even a small CMOS battery, and now I am trying to write a working BIOS image to laptop's SPI flash chip using a SOIC8 test clip. But here is a problem: I could read a dump from this BIOS chip without problems, however it fails when I am trying to write - so the contents of BIOS flash chip are remaining unchanged. Luckily I found out this helpful wiki page - http://flashrom.org/ISP , which describes common problems with this ISP method of flashing, as well as gives 3 hints for solution! Sadly this page is currently down, so here is a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/SJEYHR2.png 1. - tried to make shorter wires, less than 10cm as they recommend - it did not help 2. - soldering is out of possibility, cant do it, and also: wires are already short and they are good quality (pure copper) 3. - This hint looks more promising, but I need help in understanding this piece of information: "disconnect Vcc from the programmer and power it with its normal PSU" If I understand correctly, by Vcc they mean Vcc pin of the BIOS flash chip. But if I disconnect Vcc from the programmer, what is "normal PSU" which should power this Vcc pin? Should I connect to motherboard a laptop's power battery, or small CMOS battery, or AC adapter of laptop, so that this Vcc pin would be powered by them, or it is forbidden to do it while using SPI programmer in the same time? Or its better to try to power Vcc of flash chip from "USB to TTL" adapter - which has this 3V3 (3.3V) voltage pin? Yours faithfully, Robert Brown _______________________________________________________________ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at <a href=http://www.mail2world.com target=new>http://www.mail2world.com</a> Unlimited Email Storage POP3 Calendar SMS Translator Much More!

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[PATCH] Use nanosleep() instead of usleep() where available.
by Stefan Tauner 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

usleep() has been obsolete for quite a while. The only target where it is currently used without alternative is DOS. Signed-off-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner(a)alumni.tuwien.ac.at> --- While setting up uClibc on the buildbot in a rather limited configuration I noticed that the only thing that made it fail was the use of usleep(). usleep() has been made obsolete with POSIX.1-2001 and was removed in POSIX.1-2008 hence it would be great to get rid of it completely. However, DJGPP for DOS does not provide an alternative so we are stuck there. Still, we can migrate everything else (but Windows) to nanosleep with this patch. Verified against the buildbot. udelay.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/udelay.c b/udelay.c index c03bcc4..60a8604 100644 --- a/udelay.c +++ b/udelay.c @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ #ifndef __LIBPAYLOAD__ #include <unistd.h> +#include <time.h> #include <sys/time.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <limits.h> @@ -174,9 +175,11 @@ void internal_sleep(unsigned int usecs) { #if IS_WINDOWS Sleep((usecs + 999) / 1000); -#else +#elif defined(__DJGPP__) sleep(usecs / 1000000); usleep(usecs % 1000000); +#else + nanosleep(&(struct timespec){usecs / 1000000, (usecs * 1000) % 1000000000}, NULL); #endif } -- Kind regards, Stefan Tauner

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Re: [flashrom] trouble flashing EN25S64 on Lenovo N21 chromebook
by Stefan Tauner 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 18:22:35 -0500 Kyle Stanevich <kstanevich(a)imsa.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I am still having trouble flashing the EN25S64 chip on my Lenovo N21 > chromebook. I have connected a raspberry pi to the EN25S64 on the Lenovo > N21 motherboard chip via this clip ( > http://www.amazon.com/Qunqi-Soic8-Flash-Clips-Programmer/dp/B014IXR9RG). On > the raspberry pi (which is running raspbian) I run the command "sudo > ./flashrom -VVV -p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidev0.0 -w ~/Downloads/bios.bin". I > have removed the write protect screw, but I don't think that matters > because I am connecting to the chip directly. > > I have tried to compile google's (chromiumos') version of flashrom, but I > could not get it to compile due to many errors. Therefore, I am using the > latest version of flashrom which compiles fine. > > It seams to me that the problem is there is something not working correctly > writing/erasing/reading to the chip. Erase functions 1 through 3 all fail > when using the command shown above. It hangs up on erase function 2 for a > very long time. I had to run it overnight until erase function 2 failed. I > have tried running the same command again, and it is currently still stuck > at "Trying erase function 2... 0x000000-0x7fffff:E". It has been stuck at > this line for 16 hours, with the raspberry pi at 100% cpu usage the entire > time. > > The line "This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: PROBE READ > ERASE WRITE" indicates to me that this chip has not yet been tested. I > would like to help out with testing for this chip since I have one and have > the hardware required to flash it. What can I do to help out? Hi, usually even untested SPI flash chips work just fine. They are all pretty similar and we use the same source code for them apart from tiny bits like the actual ID. Thus I don't believe there is anything wrong with the code but your hardware setup. Take a look at http://flashrom.org/RaspberryPi especially the note under the pin table. I presume you did not connect all input pins of the flash chip... Also, see http://flashrom.org/ISP if that was not the issue. The long erases could also come from that, but other causes like kernel or flashrom bugs are theoretically possible as well (although unlikely IMO). -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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