El Sun, 11 May 2014 15:09:43 +0200 Stefan Tauner stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at escribió:
On Sun, 11 May 2014 14:50:16 +0200 Antonio aab@afoot.es wrote:
I can see the same behaviour (the "S" suffix), but maybe it is because I already had flashed bios before this tests.
Yes, exactly. Flashrom reads the existing data first and compares it with the given file. Because the data is equal it skips writing to the chip completely.
If it is of any use, I can send logs of flashing with an older version of bios and then with the last version... Please let me know what you think.
I would not recommend that. Writing the firmware is always risky and it is not worth to take that risk just to add a new line to our list of supported mainboards. If, however, you want to take that risk, then yes, downgrading and (optionally) upgrading again is the way to go.
Hi!
Well, I went ahead as this motherboard was supossedly "lost" (failure to verify with flashrom from debian wheezy).
First, I've flashed an old version of the motherboard bios (0503), and everything seems fine: a lot of chuncks with the suffix "EW" (I guess it means that some modification has been made) and flash verified. Read flashrom1.log for the details.
Second, I've flashed the last version of the bios (0602) and, even with some "EW" chunks, it has failed verification. Read flashrom2.log for details.
Finally, I've used the very same command of the second step, and this time everything went ok. I'm writing this after rebooting the computer and checking from within the bios that last version had been installed. Read flashrom3.log for details.
All in all, a funny experience. I'll look for more motherboards to flash and I'll send the results.
Thanks!