15 Apr
2012
15 Apr
'12
3:33 p.m.
Hi,
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 05:26:13PM -0700, Svetoslav Trochev wrote:
I have old board that uses i82802AB chip to store the BIOS. I found spare chip and I am planning to test flashrom and coreboot on it. I am still waiting for the adapter to the external programmer I have, so I was wondering if I can jump start my work by hot-swapping the chips when I kill the firmware with my testing.
Should work in theory, yes. But make sure the chips are really (electrically) compatible and that you write a "good" image on your second chip first and boot-test with the second chip successfully. Then store the second chip away somewhere safe until you need it.
Uwe.