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Re: [flashrom] Rom chip not supported
by Stefan Tauner 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:16:57 +1000 eugen barticel <eugenbart66(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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 your version of flashrom is ancient, please update. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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Re: [flashrom] FAILED: xw9400
by Stefan Tauner 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

Hi! Your original mail is too big to post and will be processed by an administrator. If you have made a backup of the previous bios please try to write that back. -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

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FAILED: xw9400
by Alan Latteri 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

I forgot to jumper the bootblock. I did flashrom -w newbios. It spit up a bunch of fails and warnings. See the attached screenshots. What should I do? Should I power off, jumper and try again? Thanks, Alan [Note from the list moderator: Two JPG attachments have been stripped and transcribed manually. Transcription below. # flashrom -w xw9400_BIOS.rom flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 3.2.19-std280-i586 (i686), built with libpci 3.1.9, GCC 4.4.7, little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org Calibrating delay loop... OK Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP55". Enabling flash write... OK. Disabling flash write protection for board "HP xw9400"... OK. Found SST flash chip "SST49LF080A" (1024 kB, LPC) at physical address 0xfff00000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling coreboot-related checks. Reading old flash chip contents... done. Erasing and writing glash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x000f0000! Expected=x0ff, Read=0xe9, failed byte count from 0x000f0000-0x000f0fff: 0xf56 ERASE FAILED! Reading current flash chip contents... done. ERASE FAILED at 0x000f0000! Expected=x0ff, Read=0xe9, failed byte count from 0x000f0000-0x000fffff: 0xe2e4 ERASE FAILED! FAILED! Uh oh. Erase/Write failed. Checking if anything changed. Your flash chip is in an unknown state. Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or mail flashrom(a)flashrom.org with FAILED: your board name in the subject line! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!

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Rom chip not supported
by eugen barticel 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

hi there, I tried to flash my BIOS using flashrom but it says that my computer chipset is not supported yet. I have attached the output to this email. Hope this will be helpful for you. Thanks Eugen

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Re: [flashrom] IBM SurePOS 700 4800-783 support
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Am 11.07.2012 00:11 schrieb Jason_Vannest(a)abercrombie.com: > Sorry if this is a flashrom noob question. But I want to make sure that I > understand correctly what your saying. The question is valid. > It sounds like this Renesas H8S2116 controller is something that nobody on > the flashrom dev team has worked on yet? I think a few of us have already worked with Renesas H8 series controllers, so at least in theory this sounds doable. > From reading your very fine and very detailed web site (congrats on that > BTW), specifically the section on adding support for laptops " > http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops" it sounds like a little bit of a > challenge to add support for a new chipset like this? Is that a correct > assumption on my part? Yes and no. It's a bit more complicated. If the Renesas H8S2116 is between the southbridge and the flash chip, adding flashrom support for the SurePOS might be a bit of a challenge. If the Renesas controller is not in that particular data path, there's a good chance we can simply ignore it. The unsupported chipset we were talking about is the VIA VT8251, and it seems we might already have code for it, we're just waiting for the matching VIA datasheet to confirm this. > We've spoken with IBM and of course all of their current stuff is DOS > based / bootable from USB key. Of course for a fee they would be willing > to help us out and develop a Linux based program to update the BIOS..... It might be helpful for us if IBM can answer some questions about the hardware, but that's not a hard requirement. We have some quite sharp scalpels for analyzing hardware and software. > Does anyone have thoughts on how much time and effort it would take to do > this? IBM is hardly ever the cheapest solution, so I'm guessing we would > more likely find a more reasonable price from the Open Source > community.... I'd venture a guess that we can do this before IBM can even give you a quote. That said, all of us have day jobs or study somewhere and we work on flashrom in our spare time. We're in the process of setting up a flashrom nonprofit, so besides the option of paying one of our developers there hopefully will be the option of making a tax-deductible contribution to our nonprofit. We're happy to help you solve this challenge. If you have any further questions, just ask. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Re: [flashrom] IBM SurePOS 700 4800-783 support
by Carl-Daniel Hailfinger 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Hi Jason, your chipset is definitely not supported yet. One of our developers just asked VIA for a datasheet of your chipset, and if we're lucky, we might have more info soon (few days). In the meantime, it would be very helpful if you could open one of those machines and check which flash chip it uses. As a general rule, flash chips usually come either in a 32-pin PLCC package (almost square, 11.5mm x 14mm, pins on all 4 sides of the chip, model number contains 29,39 or 49) or an 8-pin DIP/SOIC package (rectangular, roughly 9 mm x 6 mm or smaller, model number contains 25 or 45). Most of the time, the flash chip has some sticker on top (peel it off to read the model number etched into the chip). A few photos of flash chips are here: http://www.flashrom.org/Technology#PLCC32:_Plastic_Leaded_Chip_Carrier.2C_3… If you can't find the flash chip, just upload a high-res photo of the mainboard somewhere and mail the link for that photo to our list. We're usually pretty good at spotting those things. Any further development will be against the latest flashrom source code from subversion. http://www.flashrom.org/Downloads has more info on how to get it. By the way, you can log all output (including warnings etc.) to a file with the --output parameter. This comes in handy if you don't want to cut-n-paste flashrom output from a terminal. ./flashrom -V -p internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop --output logfile.txt Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/

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Re: [flashrom] IBM SurePOS 700 4800-783 support
by Jason_Vannest＠abercrombie.com 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Sorry if this is a flashrom noob question. But I want to make sure that I understand correctly what your saying. It sounds like this Renesas H8S2116 controller is something that nobody on the flashrom dev team has worked on yet? >From reading your very fine and very detailed web site (congrats on that BTW), specifically the section on adding support for laptops " http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops" it sounds like a little bit of a challenge to add support for a new chipset like this? Is that a correct assumption on my part? We've spoken with IBM and of course all of their current stuff is DOS based / bootable from USB key. Of course for a fee they would be willing to help us out and develop a Linux based program to update the BIOS..... Does anyone have thoughts on how much time and effort it would take to do this? IBM is hardly ever the cheapest solution, so I'm guessing we would more likely find a more reasonable price from the Open Source community.... Thanks again for your assistance. Jason Vannest Information Technology - Store Systems Abercrombie & Fitch 614-283-6363 (desk) From: Idwer Vollering <vidwer(a)gmail.com> To: Jason_Vannest(a)abercrombie.com, Cc: flashrom(a)flashrom.org Date: 07/10/2012 04:52 PM Subject: Re: [flashrom] IBM SurePOS 700 4800-783 support 2012/7/10 <Jason_Vannest(a)abercrombie.com> Output from "./flashrom -V -p internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop " flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 2.6.32.12-0.7-default (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.5.1 20101208 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 167585], little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1774M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 102 us, 1000 myus = 1009 us, 10000 myus = 9982 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK. Initializing internal programmer No coreboot table found. DMI string system-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" DMI string system-product-name: "4800783" DMI string system-version: "4800783" DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" DMI string baseboard-product-name: "P4M900/VT8251/DME1737" DMI string baseboard-version: "<BAD INDEX>" DMI string chassis-type: "" DMI chassis-type is not specific enough. The following protocols are supported: Non-SPI. So the chipset in your POS machine is, at the moment, not recognized by flashrom. No EEPROM/flash device found. Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically. According to this IBM web page [1] there is a "Service Processor Renesas H8S2116" [2] present. [1] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=pos1R1003969 [2] http://documentation.renesas.com/doc/products/mpumcu/rej09b0255_h8s2116hm.p…

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Re: [flashrom] IBM SurePOS 700 4800-783 support
by Idwer Vollering 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

2012/7/10 <Jason_Vannest(a)abercrombie.com> > Output from "./flashrom -V -p internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop " > > flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 2.6.32.12-0.7-default (i686), built with > libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.5.1 20101208 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 167585], little > endian > flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org > > Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1774M loops per > second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 102 us, 1000 myus = 1009 us, 10000 myus > = 9982 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK. > Initializing internal programmer > No coreboot table found. > DMI string system-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" > DMI string system-product-name: "4800783" > DMI string system-version: "4800783" > DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" > DMI string baseboard-product-name: "P4M900/VT8251/DME1737" > DMI string baseboard-version: "<BAD INDEX>" > DMI string chassis-type: "" > DMI chassis-type is not specific enough. > The following protocols are supported: Non-SPI. So the chipset in your POS machine is, at the moment, not recognized by flashrom. > > No EEPROM/flash device found. > Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically. > According to this IBM web page [1] there is a "Service Processor Renesas H8S2116" [2] present. [1] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=pos1R1003969 [2] http://documentation.renesas.com/doc/products/mpumcu/rej09b0255_h8s2116hm.p…

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Re: [flashrom] IBM SurePOS 700 4800-783 support
by Joshua Roys 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

On 07/09/2012 12:29 PM, Jason_Vannest(a)abercrombie.com wrote: > ======================= > flashrom -V > ======================= > flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 2.6.32.12-0.7-default (i686), built > with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.5.1 20101208 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 167585], > little endian > flashrom is free software, get the source code at > http://www.flashrom.org <http://www.flashrom.org/> > > Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1785M loops > per second, 10 myus = 11 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 995 us, > 10000 myus = 9976 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK. > Initializing internal programmer > No coreboot table found. > DMI string system-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" > DMI string system-product-name: "4800783" > DMI string system-version: "4800783" > DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" > DMI string baseboard-product-name: "P4M900/VT8251/DME1737" > DMI string baseboard-version: "<BAD INDEX>" > DMI string chassis-type: "" > DMI chassis-type is not specific enough. Hello Jason, Can you please add the following to the `flashrom -V` command and re-run it? -p internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop Thanks, Josh

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Flashrom on stock X60(s)
by Tomasz Ostaszewski 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Hi all. I want to flash on of my X60s with a coreboot using flashrom. I did search the flashrom list archive, and I found the "FAILED: MX25L1605 on Thinkpad X60s" (http://bit.ly/NetLop) and related "Lenovo T60 Type 8743-GZU - RAM Support? 3Gb or 4Gb" (http://bit.ly/Mfhi1W) threads. Despite what the heading says, those threads do treat about a successful flashing of a stock X60s with flahshrom utility. There is is almost a complete descripton of what to do, and what to use. However, for me there's one piece of the puzzle missing - the patch. Peter writes: "[..]You need the flashrom source, a small patch, and my bucts utility from http://git.stuge.se/?p=bucts.git" The flashrom is readily available from SVN, the bucts from git, but what are the patches and where to get them from? And, if worst comes to the worst and I brick my X60s, would I be able to resurrect it using a programmer and a SOIC-8 clip (http://bit.ly/Nj8Sdx)? Or rather (de)soldering would be necessary? Best regards, t.

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