Re: [flashrom] Varification trouble - flashrom v0.9.9-r1954, Intel I210 NIC over SPI, Microchip SST25VF040B

[Lamont Dean]

Okay, I'm seeing it better now and it isn't removing the block protection.

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Lamont Dean  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Flashrom can find the Intel I210 NIC SPI connected to the SST25VF040B
> flash chip and seems to program but fails to verify and gave me this email
> to write to about it.  The output is included below.  Before and after a
> power cycle the Intel I210 still says its in its unprogrammed state.
>
> I'd like to program a Microchip SST26VF016B flash in place of the
> ...25VF040... but its not on the list so I'm going through the comments I
> found on the wedsite Design Guide
> https://www.flashrom.org/Development_Guidelines.  I'm new to Linux and
> things so we'll see how it goes.
>
> Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> LaMont Dean
> Hardware Engineer
> ImSAR, LLC.
>
> ...flashrom> sudo flashrom -VVVV -p nicintel_spi:pci=01:00.0 -c
> SST25VF040B -w Dev_Start_I210_Copper_NOMNG_4Mb_A2_3.25_0.03.bin
> flashrom v0.9.9-r1954 on Linux 4.4.38-tegra (aarch64)
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
>
> flashrom was built with libpci 3.3.1, GCC 5.4.0 20160609, little endian
> Command line (7 args): flashrom -VVVV -p nicintel_spi:pci=01:00.0 -c
> SST25VF040B -w Dev_Start_I210_Copper_NOMNG_4Mb_A2_3.25_0.03.bin
> Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 2531M loops per
> second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 1001 us, 10000 myus
> = 10022 us, 4 myus = 4 us, OK.
> Initializing nicintel_spi programmer
> Found "Intel Unprogrammed i210 Gigabit Ethernet Controller" (8086:1531,
> BDF 01:00.0).
> ===
> This PCI device is UNTESTED. Please report the 'flashrom -p xxxx' output
> to [e-mail] if it works for you. Please add the name of your
> PCI device to the subject. Thank you for your help!
> ===
> PCI header type 0x00
> Requested BAR is of type MEM, 32bit, not prefetchable
> PCI header type 0x00
> Requested BAR is of type MEM, 32bit, not prefetchable
> page_size=1000
> pre-rounding:  start=0x0000000050800000, len=0x1000, end=0x0000000050801000
> post-rounding: start=0x0000000050800000, len=0x1000, end=0x0000000050801000
> The following protocols are supported: SPI.
> Probing for SST SST25VF040B, 512 kB: programmer_map_flash_region: mapping
> SST25VF040B from 0x00000000fff80000 to 0x0000000000000000
> RDID returned 0xbf 0x25 0x8d. probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0xbf, id2 0x258d
> Found SST flash chip "SST25VF040B" (512 kB, SPI) on nicintel_spi.
> Chip status register is 0x1c.
> Chip status register: Block Protect Write Disable (BPL) is not set
> Chip status register: Auto Address Increment Programming (AAI) is not set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 3 (BP3) is not set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 2 (BP2) is set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 1 (BP1) is set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 0 (BP0) is set
> Chip status register: Write Enable Latch (WEL) is not set
> Chip status register: Write In Progress (WIP/BUSY) is not set
> Resulting block protection : all blocks
> programmer_unmap_flash_region: unmapped 0x0000000000000000
> programmer_map_flash_region: mapping SST25VF040B from 0x00000000fff80000
> to 0x0000000000000000
> Some block protection in effect, disabling... Block protection could not
> be disabled!
> Chip status register is 0x1c.
> Chip status register: Block Protect Write Disable (BPL) is not set
> Chip status register: Auto Address Increment Programming (AAI) is not set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 3 (BP3) is not set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 2 (BP2) is set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 1 (BP1) is set
> Chip status register: Block Protect 0 (BP0) is set
> Chip status register: Write Enable Latch (WEL) is not set
> Chip status register: Write In Progress (WIP/BUSY) is not set
> Resulting block protection : all blocks
> Reading old flash chip contents... done.
> Erasing and writing flash chip... Trying erase function 0...
> 0x000000-0x000fff:W, 0x001000-0x001fff:S, 0x002000-0x002fff:W,
> 0x003000-0x003fff:W, 0x004000-0x004fff:W, 0x005000-0x005fff:W,
> 0x006000-0x006fff:W, 0x007000-0x007fff:W, 0x008000-0x008fff:W,
> 0x009000-0x009fff:W, 0x00a000-0x00afff:W, 0x00b000-0x00bfff:W,
> 0x00c000-0x00cfff:W, 0x00d000-0x00dfff:W, 0x00e000-0x00efff:W,
> 0x00f000-0x00ffff:W, 0x010000-0x010fff:W, 0x011000-0x011fff:W,
> 0x012000-0x012fff:W, 0x013000-0x013fff:W, 0x014000-0x014fff:W,
> 0x015000-0x015fff:W, 0x016000-0x016fff:W, 0x017000-0x017fff:W,
> 0x018000-0x018fff:W, 0x019000-0x019fff:W, 0x01a000-0x01afff:W,
> 0x01b000-0x01bfff:W, 0x01c000-0x01cfff:W, 0x01d000-0x01dfff:W,
> 0x01e000-0x01efff:W, 0x01f000-0x01ffff:W, 0x020000-0x020fff:W,
> 0x021000-0x021fff:W, 0x022000-0x022fff:W, 0x023000-0x023fff:W,
> 0x024000-0x024fff:W, 0x025000-0x025fff:W, 0x026000-0x026fff:W,
> 0x027000-0x027fff:W, 0x028000-0x028fff:W, 0x029000-0x029fff:W,
> 0x02a000-0x02afff:W, 0x02b000-0x02bfff:W, 0x02c000-0x02cfff:W,
> 0x02d000-0x02dfff:W, 0x02e000-0x02efff:W, 0x02f000-0x02ffff:W,
> 0x030000-0x030fff:W, 0x031000-0x031fff:W, 0x032000-0x032fff:W,
> 0x033000-0x033fff:W, 0x034000-0x034fff:W, 0x035000-0x035fff:W,
> 0x036000-0x036fff:W, 0x037000-0x037fff:W, 0x038000-0x038fff:S,
> 0x039000-0x039fff:S, 0x03a000-0x03afff:S, 0x03b000-0x03bfff:S,
> 0x03c000-0x03cfff:W, 0x03d000-0x03dfff:W, 0x03e000-0x03efff:W,
> 0x03f000-0x03ffff:S, 0x040000-0x040fff:S, 0x041000-0x041fff:S,
> 0x042000-0x042fff:S, 0x043000-0x043fff:S, 0x044000-0x044fff:S,
> 0x045000-0x045fff:S, 0x046000-0x046fff:S, 0x047000-0x047fff:S,
> 0x048000-0x048fff:S, 0x049000-0x049fff:S, 0x04a000-0x04afff:S,
> 0x04b000-0x04bfff:S, 0x04c000-0x04cfff:S, 0x04d000-0x04dfff:S,
> 0x04e000-0x04efff:S, 0x04f000-0x04ffff:S, 0x050000-0x050fff:S,
> 0x051000-0x051fff:S, 0x052000-0x052fff:S, 0x053000-0x053fff:S,
> 0x054000-0x054fff:S, 0x055000-0x055fff:S, 0x056000-0x056fff:S,
> 0x057000-0x057fff:S, 0x058000-0x058fff:S, 0x059000-0x059fff:S,
> 0x05a000-0x05afff:S, 0x05b000-0x05bfff:S, 0x05c000-0x05cfff:S,
> 0x05d000-0x05dfff:S, 0x05e000-0x05efff:S, 0x05f000-0x05ffff:S,
> 0x060000-0x060fff:S, 0x061000-0x061fff:S, 0x062000-0x062fff:S,
> 0x063000-0x063fff:S, 0x064000-0x064fff:S, 0x065000-0x065fff:S,
> 0x066000-0x066fff:S, 0x067000-0x067fff:S, 0x068000-0x068fff:S,
> 0x069000-0x069fff:S, 0x06a000-0x06afff:S, 0x06b000-0x06bfff:S,
> 0x06c000-0x06cfff:S, 0x06d000-0x06dfff:S, 0x06e000-0x06efff:S,
> 0x06f000-0x06ffff:S, 0x070000-0x070fff:S, 0x071000-0x071fff:S,
> 0x072000-0x072fff:S, 0x073000-0x073fff:S, 0x074000-0x074fff:S,
> 0x075000-0x075fff:S, 0x076000-0x076fff:S, 0x077000-0x077fff:S,
> 0x078000-0x078fff:S, 0x079000-0x079fff:S, 0x07a000-0x07afff:S,
> 0x07b000-0x07bfff:S, 0x07c000-0x07cfff:S, 0x07d000-0x07dfff:S,
> 0x07e000-0x07efff:S, 0x07f000-0x07ffff:S
> Erase/write done.
> Verifying flash... FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0x00, Found=0xff, failed
> byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff: 0x3527c
> Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
> Please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
> mail [e-mail], thanks!
> programmer_unmap_flash_region: unmapped 0x0000000000000000