2012/7/10 Jason_Vannest@abercrombie.com
Output from "./flashrom -V -p internal:laptop=this_is_not_a_laptop "
flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 2.6.32.12-0.7-default (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.5.1 20101208 [gcc-4_5-branch revision 167585], little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1774M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 102 us, 1000 myus = 1009 us, 10000 myus = 9982 us, 4 myus = 5 us, OK. Initializing internal programmer No coreboot table found. DMI string system-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" DMI string system-product-name: "4800783" DMI string system-version: "4800783" DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "IBM CORPORATION" DMI string baseboard-product-name: "P4M900/VT8251/DME1737" DMI string baseboard-version: "<BAD INDEX>" DMI string chassis-type: "" DMI chassis-type is not specific enough. The following protocols are supported: Non-SPI.
So the chipset in your POS machine is, at the moment, not recognized by flashrom.
No EEPROM/flash device found. Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically.
According to this IBM web page [1] there is a "Service Processor Renesas H8S2116" [2] present.
[1] http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=pos1R1003969 [2] http://documentation.renesas.com/doc/products/mpumcu/rej09b0255_h8s2116hm.pd...