On 06.06.2010 15:40, Paul Menzel wrote:
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Am Sonntag, den 22.03.2009, 19:43 +0100 schrieb Paul Menzel:
Am Montag, den 23.03.2009, 02:29 +0800 schrieb FENG Yu Ning:
2009/3/23 Paul Menzel paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net:
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I tried flashrom with the different delays (10, 100, 1000, 10000, 40000 all in us) afterwards, but the image did not differ.
How about probing? does auto-detect work now?
I am afraid it does not.
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Currently I am having access to this machine again, so I tried with v0.9.2-r1033. Unfortunately I still cannot report success on auto-detection.
flashrom v0.9.2-r1033 on Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.4, little endian Initializing internal programmer No coreboot table found. DMI string system-manufacturer: "VIA Technologies, Inc." DMI string system-product-name: "VT8367-8235" DMI string system-version: " " DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: " " DMI string baseboard-product-name: "VT8367-8235" DMI string baseboard-version: " " DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
Mh. So the DMI strings are completely useless.
Found ITE Super I/O, id 8705
That's good. Really good.
I just sent a patch titled "Add IT8705 autodetection" to the flashrom list (you're in CC). Could you apply that patch against latest flashrom from svn and test probing again? Write might still fail (in fact, that's pretty likely), but if detection works, this is a big step forward.
Found chipset "VIA VT8235", enabling flash write... chipset PCI ID is 1106:3177, OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. SuperI/O ID 8705 is not on the controller list. [...] No EEPROM/flash device found.
Should be fixed with my patch.
Did something change in the flashrom infrastructure/source, that makes adding support for this board easier than over a year ago?
Yes, indeed.
I am probably forced to do a BIOS upgrade on this board. Is there a chance I will be able to do this using flashrom?
Yes, of course.
Regards, Carl-Daniel