On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 14:45 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
On 29.09.2010 14:35, Ben Hutchings wrote:
On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 00:41 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
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On 28.09.2010 19:59, Ben Hutchings wrote:
Network and disk controllers normally have at least some firmware in flash to support their use as boot devices. [...]
Given that the flashrom utility http://www.flashrom.org/ (GPLv2) supports flashing many network cards, SATA/PATA controllers, graphics cards, and of course the main system firmware/BIOS/EFI, and it does that from userspace without any kernel support,
[...]
I'm looking for a clean solution, not a hack.
What would qualify as a clean solution?
One where hardware access is mediated by the kernel, and doesn't involve unloading or potentially conflicting with the driver for that hardware.
And is cross-platform code one of your goals?
Not at this level. At the application level, yes, but we already have a working application so I'm not interested in using flashrom for that.
Ben.