Re: [flashrom] Flashing Lenovo Tiny device fails

[H. Scherrer-Paulus]

Hello Nico,

thank you very much! I'll try the patch as soon as possible,
meaning when the next BIOS update is released and give you
the corresponding feedback.

Kind regards and have a nice weekend,
Hubert

On 05/11/2018 04:47 PM, Nico Huber wrote:
> Hello Hubert,
>
> you'll find a patch attached and here [1]. If you do test it, please
> always keep a verbose log (e.g. using flashrom's `-o logfile` option),
> so we can mark your chipset as tested if it works, or help you out if
> not;)
>
> Let me know if you need help applying the patch and compiling flashrom.
>
> Some remarks on flashing your system (generally applies to modern Intel
> systems):
> If Lenovo enforced some write-protection (they do on their Think-
> Pads), you won't be able flash (the whole) firmware.
> You'll need a full BIOS image that can be directly flashed, e.g. not
> just an update that only contains changed portions. OEMs sometimes
> only provide the latter.
> The "BIOS" flash is usually shared with the Management Engine (ME).
> If configured correctly, you can't access the ME parts of the flash.
> You can add these options to make flashrom only access the BIOS
> region: `--ifd -i BIOS -N`.
> And additionally `-p internal:ich_spi_force=yes` if you want to
> write.
> Always make a backup first.
>
> Nico
>
> PS. Please always keep the mailing list in CC.
>
> [1