Re: [flashrom] [PATCH] Neuter probe for ITE SuperIO

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

Hi Ed,

I would like to get this issue fixed before the next flashrom release,
but I didn't see any response from you yet.

On 23.06.2010 10:30, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 23.06.2010 08:49, Ed Swierk wrote:
> > If the system has an SMSC LPC47N217N SuperIO, enter_conf_mode_ite()
> > enters configuration mode, and then exit_conf_mode_ite() kills power to
> > the serial UART.
> >
> > I don't know if there is a proper way to detect what kind of SuperIO the
> > system has, but probe_superio_ite() is unsafe in its current form.
>
> In theory, running superiotool should have the same effect as running
> current flashrom. Can you please check that?

If running superiotool has no bad side effects, I plan to just copy that
code over to flashrom and be happy.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel