Re: [flashrom] Fwd: HELP! "...flash chip is in an unknown state"

[Stefan Tauner]

there was a bug fixed between 0.9.2 and 0.9.3 for this flash chip which
solves "Missing status register write definition, assuming EWSR is
needed". using a version >= 0.9.3 should not print this line on your
machine and unlock the write protection reliably (if there is no hw
protection).
i dont know why those lock bits were cleared in your case one time (it
does not try to clear them if they are already 0 so the second run with
the redirection does not tell us anything).
please try a later version. see http://flashrom.org/Downloads how to
get and build the svn version.