Hi Bence,
Auf 12.01.2011 01:11, Bence Kovács schrieb:
I wanted to update my flash with a bitmap fullscreen logo. The system runs ubuntu 10.04 with real-time rtai. [...] Verify to originalflash.bin works as well.
Good.
It seems, that read works properly, and write does nothing.
Yes, write did nothing.
But still, Im a bit afraid to restart the computer. What do you thing? (I leave computer on until answer)
It is safe to restart your computer.
(Less important question: How should I modify flash? )
Can you try latest flashrom? http://www.flashrom.org/Downloads tells you how to compile it from source. (You do not need libftdi.)
generalmechatronics@generalmechatronics-desktop:~$ sudo flashrom -w "modifiedflash.bin" flashrom v0.9.1-r946 No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel ICH6/ICH6R", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: FWH. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "Winbond W39V040FA" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0x4ab ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xca1 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x49, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x65f4b ERASE FAILED! FAILED! ERASE FAILED! FAILED! Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
A non-text attachment has been removed: originalflash.bin It is available at http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=297 A non-text attachment has been removed: modifiedflash.bin It is available at http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=298
Regards, Carl-Daniel