Re: [flashrom] Intel SandyBridge serie 6 chipsets support

[Idwer Vollering]

2011/5/30  :
> Dear Mr Vollering,
>
> I am sorry for the language mixing, I was not aware that other people than
> my replier ( Stefan Tauner ) would receive my answer.

That is the difference between replying and replying to all recipients ;)
> Due to his informal answer ( smiles etc ) I tried to answer back the same way.
>
> As a Bios engineer, as far as I know, we only use your software to flash the
> Bios in some cases where we are under Linux. Our usual way to flash our
> machines is a Bios Integrated utility under EFI Shell.
>
> Thanks again for your help and for the nice job you are doing.

Thanks. The build you're offering (flashrom-bin-x86_64-20081003.tar)
looks outdated though, it is from 2008 and targets 64-bit hardware
only. Is that on purpose, e.g. you exclusively sell 64-bit hardware?
> Best Regards
> Amine Rebai
>
> De :        Idwer Vollering 
> A :        [e-mail]
> Cc :        [e-mail]
> Date :        30/05/2011 15:15
> Objet :        Re: [flashrom] Intel SandyBridge serie 6 chipsets support
> ________________________________
>
> 2011/5/30  :
> > Hallo Stefan,
> >
> > Wir könnten eigentlich deutsch sprechen ;).
> >
> > Ja, unsere Kunden benützen auch flashrom. Wir haben usere EFI shell
> > flashing
> > tool, aber die Kunden benützen das Linux Shell am liebsten, besonders wenn
> > du viele Clusters/Servers flashen muss.
> >
> > Stimmt, das SPI interface in « Intel Chipset Serie 6 » ist fast wie die
> > vorausgegangen. Es gibt ME protection und special « unlocking sequence »
> > mit
> > special opcodes.
> >
> > Aber mein Problem ist vor diesen Sachen. « chipset_flash_enable » findet
> > nicht das PCH:
> >         « This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
> >  WARNING: No chipset found. Flash detection will most likely fail. »
> >
> > und das PCH device_id (Vendor ID:0x8086, Device ID:0x244e ) existiert
> > nicht
> > in das «chipset_enables » stuct. ( mein PCH heisst Patsburg oder C200
> > chipset ).
> >
> > Wenn ich « enable_flash_ich10 » Funktion nötige, es funkioniert auch
> > nicht.
> >         Maximum FWH chip size: 0x0 bytes        BIOS Lock Enable:
> > disabled,
> > BIOS Write Enable: disabled, BIOS_CNTL is 0x0        tried to set 0xdc to
> > 0x1 on ICH10 failed (WARNING ONLY)        Root Complex Register Block
> > address = 0x0        Error accessing ICH RCRB, 0x4000 bytes at 0x00000000
> >      /dev/mem mmap failed: Resource temporarily unavailableIch werde
> > vielleicht eine neue funktion schreiben ;).
> > Vielen Dank.
> >
> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> > Amine Rebai
>
> It is not very "freundlich" (friendly) to write a reply in an other
> language than English, given the fact that your first message was
> written in English.
>
> Also, the download named flashrom-bin-x86_64-20081003.tar [1] is
> behind a 'paywall' / customer login. There is no trace of "flashrom is
> GPL software" at that website, where can anyone download, if there are
> any, your patches?
>
> Thanks,
> Idwer
>
> [1]
> http://support.bull.com/ols/product/platforms/hw-extremcomp/bullx-R/dl/toolf...
> > De :        Stefan Tauner 
> > A :        [e-mail]
> > Cc :        [e-mail]
> > Date :        27/05/2011 20:02
> > Objet :        Re: [flashrom] Intel SandyBridge serie 6 chipsets support
> > ________________________________
> >
> > On Fri, 27 May 2011 14:58:57 +0200
> > [e-mail] wrote:
> > > Dear Flahsrom representant,
> >
> > hello!
> > > I am a Bios engineer at BULL, a major european server and supercomputer
> > > company «www.bull.com » .
> > >
> > > First of all, I would like to thank you for the great job you are doing,
> > > we use your utility a lot.
> >
> > nice to hear that, thank you. is it offered to your customers too?
> > > I would like to know if you are planning to support the Bios SPI flash
> > > flashing on the Intel SandyBridge architecture, especially the  Intel 6
> > > series chipset/C200/Patsburg platform controller hub?
> >
> > the spi interface of the 6 series chipset is very similar to the
> > previous ones and as long as there is no locking in place (i am talking
> > about PR0-PR4 and related "security" stuff) it may already work, have
> > you tried it?
> >
> > in case of locking in place (that might be a requirement in nowadays
> > chipsets due to the requirement of using the ME) flashrom would not
> > work yet. i am working on this problem within the scope of my google
> > summer of code project which should be completed by the end of summer.
> > dont hold your breath though please ;)
> >
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