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On 2024-12-13 19:57, S. wrote:
> Hello,
> I have found the following page: http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ 
> but I don't know more abaout it
> Stephan
>
> Am 13.12.24 um 13:44 schrieb Anastasia Klimchuk:
> > Thank you Stephan!
> >
> > I don't know about that tool. Maybe they have a mailing list?
> > It is possible the area is write-protected, but it's only a guess.
> >
> > flashrom has an entry for Elkhart Lake:
> > https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom/blob/main/chipset_enable.c#L2172
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 11:38 PM S.  wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > *flash_erase* is a tool in the package *mtd-utils*
> > > Stephan
> > >
> > > Am 12.12.24 um 13:28 schrieb Anastasia Klimchuk:
> > > > Hello Arvind,
> > > >
> > > > My question is, which tool are you running? This doesn't look like 
> > > > flashrom.
> > > > We don't have `flash_erase` command, and no `mtd_erase_multi` 
> > > > function.
> > > > And I don't recognise the printed messages.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM Arvind GP via flashrom
> > > > <[e-mail] > wrote:
> > > >  Hi All,
> > > >  We are trying to implement the flashrom tool utility on the x86
> > > >  *Elkhart Lake*(LEC-EL) platform. In this case, we are facing an
> > > >  issue when trying to erase the BIOS device MTD0. There are 4096
> > > >  erase blocks available in the mtd0 device, but only 1791 erase
> > > >  blocks we can erase; the remaining blocks are throwing errors, 
> > > >
> > > > and
> > > >      it shows MEMERASE64 IOCTL FAILED. Please see the below error 
> > > > message
> > > >      and MTD0 device info for your reference.
> > > >      NOTE: Sometimes it works; we can erase the MTD0 device without 
> > > > any
> > > >      error, and we can upgrade/downgrade the BIOS.
> > > >      *_ERROR MESSAGAE:_*
> > > >      #sudo flash_erase /dev/mtd0 0 0
> > > >      Erasing 16384 Kibyte @ 0 --  0 % complete libmtd: error!: 
> > > > MEMERASE64
> > > >      ioctl failed for eraseblock 0 (mtd0)
> > > >               error 524 (Unknown error 524)
> > > >      flash_erase: error!: Entering into mtd_erase_multi
> > > >      flash_erase: error!: /dev/mtd0: MTD Erase entire chip 
> > > > failureTrying
> > > >      one by one each sector.
> > > >                    error 524 (Unknown error 524)
> > > >      Erasing 4 Kibyte @ 700000 -- 43 % complete libmtd: error!:
> > > >      MEMERASE64 ioctl failed for eraseblock 1792 (mtd0)
> > > >               error 5 (Input/output error)
> > > >      flash_erase: error!: /dev/mtd0: MTD Erase failure
> > > >                    error 5 (Input/output error)
> > > >      Erasing 4 Kibyte @ 700000 -- 43 % complete cnt 4096
> > > >  *_MTD0 INFO:(sudo mtdinfo /dev/mtd0)_*
> > > >  Name:
> > > >
> > > >  BIOS
> > > >  Туре:
> > > >  nor
> > > >  Eraseblock size:
> > > >  4096 bytes, 4.0 KiB
> > > >  Amount of eraseblocks:
> > > >  4096 (16777216 bytes, 16.0 MB)
> > > >  Minimum input/output unit size:
> > > >  1 byte
> > > >  Sub-page size:
> > > >  1 byte
> > > >  Character device major/minor:
> > > >  90:0
> > > >  Bad blocks are allowed:
> > > >  false
> > > >  Device is writable:
> > > >  true
> > > >
> > > >  Please share your inputs on this.
> > > >  Thanks & Regards,
> > > >  Arvind G P.
> > > >
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