Re: [flashrom] idea: make flashrom a "driver" in linux kernel

[Luc Verhaegen]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 01:27:39PM +0000, The Gluglug wrote:
> Basically,
>
> /dev/spi
> This would be your flash chip, enumerated using flashrom.
>
> flashrom -r equivalent:
> dd if=/dev/spi of=dump.rom
>
> flashrom -w eqivalent:
> dd if=coreboot.rom of=/dev/spi
>
> Where SPI is the internal SPI chip on your motherboard.
> If (using flashrom as the backend) the linux kernel supports your flash  
> chip, you could just use dd.
>
> What does the community think of this idea?

Where would you stick the:
* chipset enables
* board enables

Luc Verhaegen.