Hello,
We would like to contribute to the flashrom project by adding missing libflashrom features like queries, proper flashrom_shutdown etc.
Until now, I have implemented and tested missing libflashrom functions from query section [https://www.flashrom.org/Libflashrom] (based on patches from Łukasz Dmitrowski [https://patchwork.coreboot.org/patch/4316/]). There are 2 ways to get required information (e.g. supported programmers):
const char **flashrom_supported_programmers(void); //#1 int flashrom_supported_programmers(const char **supported_programmers); //#2
I suppose that returning function status (#2) is not necessary with query functions, so I'll stick to the first approach.
What we want to accomplish is remote firmware updates for brand new platforms straight from the factory. To do so, libflashrom will be integrated with fwupd which would control all required lib resources. I have read the conversation in the https://www.mail-archive.com/flashrom@flashrom.org/msg13518.html from which it appears that process callbacks for the progress bar is still high priority task. Are there any new ideas / hints that we need to know for further development?
Best regards, Artur Raglis