On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:45:14 +0000 Sam Kuper sam.kuper@uclmail.net wrote:
The BeagleBone Black (aka "BBB") is recommended by the Libreboot developers for use with Flashrom: "We recommend this product because we know that it works well for our purposes and doesn't require any non-free software." https://libreboot.org/docs/install/bbb_setup.html
However, it is missing from the "Supported programmers" page of the Flashrom wiki: https://www.flashrom.org/Supported_programmers
Hi!
The existence of that page is rather a mistake. It has been unmaintained for a long time and should be replaced. Instead the Supported_hardware page (which is generated from flashrom's source semi-automatically) should note the BBB and directly link to its page. Will be like that... sometimes in the future.
On 18/03/2017, Stefan Tauner stefan.tauner@gmx.at wrote:
On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:45:14 +0000 Sam Kuper sam.kuper@uclmail.net wrote:
The BeagleBone Black (aka "BBB") [...] is missing from the "Supported programmers" page of the Flashrom wiki: https://www.flashrom.org/Supported_programmers
The existence of that page is rather a mistake. It has been unmaintained for a long time and should be replaced. Instead the Supported_hardware page (which is generated from flashrom's source semi-automatically) should note the BBB and directly link to its page. Will be like that... sometimes in the future.
Thanks for the clarification :)
The Supported_hardware page is a bit confusing. In its current state, it reads (to me, at least) as a page intended to show which hardware can be flashed *by* Flashrom. It doesn't give the appearance of being about which *programmers* are supported by Flashrom :)
Even though there is a little section on "Other programmers" at the bottom of the Supported_hardware page, this in itself is confusing. For instance, the Bus Pirate is listed under that heading, even though it is a USB device and there is a heading "USB Devices"...
Anyway, I look forward to seeing the planned improvements, in the future :)
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 05:52:15PM +0100, Stefan Tauner wrote:
On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:45:14 +0000 Sam Kuper sam.kuper@uclmail.net wrote:
The BeagleBone Black (aka "BBB") is recommended by the Libreboot developers for use with Flashrom: "We recommend this product because we know that it works well for our purposes and doesn't require any non-free software." https://libreboot.org/docs/install/bbb_setup.html
However, it is missing from the "Supported programmers" page of the Flashrom wiki: https://www.flashrom.org/Supported_programmers
Hi!
The existence of that page is rather a mistake. It has been unmaintained for a long time and should be replaced. Instead the Supported_hardware page (which is generated from flashrom's source semi-automatically) should note the BBB and directly link to its page. Will be like that... sometimes in the future.
Add a programmer category, and have the categories listed on the supported hardware page.
Also, Sam, it's a wiki.
Luc Verhaegen.
On 18/03/2017, Luc Verhaegen libv@skynet.be wrote:
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 05:52:15PM +0100, Stefan Tauner wrote:
On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 16:45:14 +0000 Sam Kuper sam.kuper@uclmail.net wrote: The existence of that page is rather a mistake. It has been unmaintained for a long time and should be replaced. Instead the Supported_hardware page (which is generated from flashrom's source semi-automatically) should note the BBB and directly link to its page. Will be like that... sometimes in the future.
Add a programmer category, and have the categories listed on the supported hardware page.
Sounds reasonable.
Also, Sam, it's a wiki.
Yes, but it has no obvious way to create an account ;) I guess I could request one, here on the mailing list, but:
- I don't own a BBB, so wouldn't be the ideal person to add any documentation for that; and
- it didn't seem sensible to request a wiki account, if I did not have a good use to which to put it.
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Luc Verhaegen -
Sam Kuper -
Stefan Tauner