Hello,
I'm wanting to upgrade the BIOS on an older machine that I have. A Sony Vaio (PCV-RX650(UC)), with an ASUSTeK mother board (P4B266LM Rev: 1.xx), running Linux kernel 2.6.28.
Running flashrom (today's trunk version) with no arguments gives this:
flashrom v0.9.1-runknown No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel ICH2", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF002A/B" (256 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffc0000. No operations were specified.
I saved a copy of my existing BIOS image with: flashrom -r original_bios.bin
That appears to work, as the file is the same size as the updated BIOS .bin file I downloaded from the vendor's site.
To test writing, I attempted to write the original BIOS image back with flashrom -w original_bios.bin, and here is the output:
flashrom v0.9.1-runknown No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel ICH2", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF002A/B" (256 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffc0000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x25, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00003fff: 0x3fa4 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED! FAILED! Your flash chip is in an unknown state. Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net channel #flashrom or mail flashrom@flashrom.org ------------------------------------------------------------ DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
If I do a flashrom -v original_bios.bin, I get:
flashrom v0.9.1-runknown No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel ICH2", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF002A/B" (256 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffc0000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
And reading a second copy and doing a binary diff shows no differences, so my BIOS checks out as not being damaged. (At least, I think so.)
So, any advice on what to look for/change to make this work?
Thanks.
--Allan
Hi Allan,
important things first: I looked at the messages you got and also at the great debugging you did (old dump of the BIOS is identical to the new dup of the BIOS) and I'm very sure your machine is OK and can be rebooted anytime.
On 29.09.2009 23:31, Allan Bjorklund wrote:
A Sony Vaio (PCV-RX650(UC)), with an ASUSTeK mother board (P4B266LM Rev: 1.xx), running Linux kernel 2.6.28.
Flashrom interacts non-trivially with the embedded controllers in laptops, so we recommend not to use flashrom on any laptop.
flashrom v0.9.1-runknown No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel ICH2", enabling flash write... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF002A/B" (256 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffc0000.
Apparently your laptop is among those which have the flash chip attached directly to the southbridge, which is a good thing (makes using flashrom possible).
I saved a copy of my existing BIOS image with: flashrom -r
Good decision.
flashrom -w original_bios.bin, and here is the output:
flashrom v0.9.1-runknown Found chipset "Intel ICH2", enabling flash write... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF002A/B" (256 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffc0000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x25, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00003fff: 0x3fa4 ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED! ERASE FAILED! FAILED!
Since erase failed at 0x00000000 (first address), this is a good indicator the erase had no effect at all.
If I do a flashrom -v original_bios.bin, I get:
flashrom v0.9.1-runknown No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel ICH2", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI. Calibrating delay loop... OK. Found chip "SST SST49LF002A/B" (256 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfffc0000. Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks. Verifying flash... VERIFIED.
And reading a second copy and doing a binary diff shows no differences, so my BIOS checks out as not being damaged.
Absolutely correct.
So, any advice on what to look for/change to make this work?
Let me give you two advices, and select the one which fits you best: - Don't use flashrom on any laptop. The interactions with the embedded controller can lead to poweroff, stopped battery charging and laptop overheating. It is technically impossible to probe for most of these problematic embedded controllers, so there is nothing flashrom can do to tell the user about this. - Ask libv in #flashrom on freenode to develop a board enable routine for your board. This is quite some work (not less than half an hour of experienced developer time) and on laptops this may have the side effects mentioned above. Luc (libv) needs the following data from you: "lspci -nnvvvxxx", "superiotool -dV" (both run as root, output attached to a reply mail in this thread), and a link to the BIOS file download (please don't post the BIOS file itself to this list). Refer him to the mail which started this thread (which has flashrom output and the board name) and to the mail with the data I requested from you. That should give him the info you need.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
On Tuesday 29 September 2009, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, wrote:
Hi Allan,
important things first: I looked at the messages you got and also at the great debugging you did
Thank you. I used to do front line IT support, and currently do third level support. Thusly I know how frustrating it can be to get an incomplete report of a problem.
(old dump of the BIOS is identical to the new dup of the BIOS) and I'm very sure your machine is OK and can be rebooted anytime.
On 29.09.2009 23:31, Allan Bjorklund wrote:
A Sony Vaio (PCV-RX650(UC)), with an ASUSTeK mother board (P4B266LM Rev: 1.xx), running Linux kernel 2.6.28.
Flashrom interacts non-trivially with the embedded controllers in laptops, so we recommend not to use flashrom on any laptop.
Actually, this is a VAIO Desktop. My bad, that I didn't mention that.
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- Ask libv in #flashrom on freenode to develop a board enable routine
for your board. This is quite some work (not less than half an hour of experienced developer time) and on laptops this may have the side effects mentioned above. Luc (libv) needs the following data from you: "lspci -nnvvvxxx", "superiotool -dV" (both run as root, output attached to a reply mail in this thread), and a link to the BIOS file download (please don't post the BIOS file itself to this list). Refer him to the mail which started this thread (which has flashrom output and the board name) and to the mail with the data I requested from you. That should give him the info you need.
Regards, Carl-Daniel
Thanks for the advice. The requested data is below. Now I just have to see if I still have an IRC client around. It's been a few years ... :-)
--Allan
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Output of lspci -nnvvvxxx:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge [8086:1a30] (rev 04) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8025] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [e4] Vendor Specific Information <?> Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW+ AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=x4 Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel Kernel modules: intel-agp 00: 86 80 30 1a 06 00 90 20 04 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 10: 08 00 00 f8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 43 10 25 80 30: 00 00 00 00 e4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 35 00 00 60: 04 08 0c 10 10 10 10 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 33 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 24 71 01 00 20 80: d1 00 82 15 00 00 00 00 00 90 01 00 00 00 00 00 90: 10 11 01 00 00 11 11 00 41 19 00 00 00 0a 38 00 a0: 02 00 20 00 17 02 00 1f 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 00 00 7a 1f 00 00 00 00 c0: 44 40 50 11 00 20 05 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 02 28 00 0e 0b 00 00 33 af 01 31 b5 00 00 0a 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 09 a0 04 91 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 74 f8 20 98 38 0f 00 00 04 00 00 00
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:1a31] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: f4000000-f5efffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f5f00000-f7ffffff Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Kernel modules: shpchp 00: 86 80 31 1a 07 00 a0 00 04 00 04 06 00 40 01 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 f0 00 a0 22 20: 00 f4 e0 f5 f0 f5 f0 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32 I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f3ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR- BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Kernel modules: shpchp 00: 86 80 4e 24 07 01 80 00 05 00 04 06 00 00 01 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 02 20 c0 d0 80 22 20: 00 f2 f0 f3 f0 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 40: 00 28 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 10 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 01 00 02 00 03 00 c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2440] (rev 05) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt 00: 86 80 40 24 0f 01 80 02 05 00 01 06 00 00 80 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40: 01 e4 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 ec 00 00 10 00 00 00 60: 0b 0a 03 09 d0 00 00 00 80 09 80 09 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 75 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 22 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 80 21 00 00 02 0f 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 f0 00 00 0d 14 33 22 00 00 00 00 67 45 f0: 0f 00 40 01 00 00 00 00 47 0f 00 00 00 02 00 02
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:244b] (rev 05) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:80f0] Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Region 0: [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] Region 1: [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] Region 2: [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8] Region 3: [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1] Region 4: I/O ports at b800 [size=16] Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE Kernel modules: ata_piix 00: 86 80 4b 24 05 00 80 02 05 80 01 01 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 01 b8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 10 f0 80 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40: 77 e3 33 e3 bb 00 00 00 07 00 11 02 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 33 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2442] (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:80f0] Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 9 Region 4: I/O ports at b400 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 00: 86 80 42 24 05 00 80 02 05 00 03 0c 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 01 b4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 10 f0 80 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 04 00 00 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller [8086:2443] (rev 05) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:80f0] Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10 Region 4: I/O ports at e800 [size=16] Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus Kernel modules: i2c-i801 00: 86 80 43 24 01 00 80 02 05 00 05 0c 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 01 e8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 10 f0 80 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 40: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:1f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2444] (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:80f0] Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 9 Region 4: I/O ports at b000 [size=32] Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd Kernel modules: uhci-hcd 00: 86 80 44 24 05 00 80 02 05 00 03 0c 00 00 00 00 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 01 b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 10 f0 80 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 03 00 00 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:2445] (rev 05) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:80e4] Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: I/O ports at e000 [size=256] Region 1: I/O ports at e100 [size=64] Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0 00: 86 80 45 24 05 00 80 02 05 00 01 04 00 00 00 00 10: 01 e0 00 00 01 e1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 10 e4 80 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 02 00 00 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] [10de:002d] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:4003] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 64 (1250ns min, 250ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Expansion ROM at f5ff0000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [44] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> Kernel driver in use: rivafb Kernel modules: rivafb, nvidiafb 00: de 10 2d 00 07 00 b0 02 15 00 00 03 00 40 00 00 10: 00 00 00 f4 08 00 00 f6 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 43 10 03 40 30: 00 00 ff f5 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 05 01 40: 43 10 03 40 02 00 20 00 07 00 00 1f 00 00 00 00 50: 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ce d6 23 00 0f 00 00 00 60: 01 44 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
02:0b.0 Communication controller [0780]: Agere Systems LT WinModem [11c1:044e] (rev 02) Subsystem: GVC Corporation Device [13e0:0401] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 (63000ns min, 3500ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 Region 0: Memory at f3800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Region 1: I/O ports at d800 [size=8] Region 2: I/O ports at d400 [size=256] Capabilities: [f8] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=160mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00: c1 11 4e 04 07 00 90 02 02 00 80 07 00 20 00 00 10: 00 00 80 f3 01 d8 00 00 01 d4 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 e0 13 01 04 30: 00 00 00 00 f8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 01 fc 0e 40: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff f0: ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 01 00 e2 e6 00 00 00 00
02:0d.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ [10ec:8139] (rev 10) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:80ea] Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 (8000ns min, 16000ns max) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 Region 0: I/O ports at d000 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at f3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Kernel driver in use: 8139too Kernel modules: 8139too, 8139cp 00: ec 10 39 81 07 00 90 02 10 00 00 02 00 20 00 00 10: 01 d0 00 00 00 00 00 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 10 ea 80 30: 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 01 20 40 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 01 00 c2 f7 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
02:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link) [104c:8020] (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:80d2] Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 (1000ns min, 1000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 3 Region 0: Memory at f2800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] Region 1: Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Kernel driver in use: ohci1394 Kernel modules: ohci1394 00: 4c 10 20 80 16 00 10 02 00 10 00 0c 08 20 00 00 10: 00 00 80 f2 00 00 00 f2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4d 10 d2 80 30: 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 01 04 04 40: 00 00 00 00 01 00 11 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f0: 10 24 00 00 00 10 00 00 4d 10 d2 80 00 00 01 01
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Output of superiotool -dV:
superiotool r Probing for ALi Super I/O at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xff Probing for ALi Super I/O at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xff Probing for Fintek Super I/O at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: vid=0xc4f8, id=0x8170 Probing for Fintek Super I/O at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: vid=0xffff, id=0xffff Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=standard) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0x0000, rev=0x0 Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=it8761e) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0x0000, rev=0x0 Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=it8228e) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0x0000, rev=0x0 Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0x7081, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=standard) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=it8761e) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=it8228e) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=legacy/it8661f) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for ITE Super I/O (init=legacy/it8671f) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xffff, rev=0xf Probing for NSC Super I/O at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: port=0x00, port+1=0x00 Probing for NSC Super I/O at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: port=0xff, port+1=0xff Probing for NSC Super I/O at 0x15c... Failed. Returned data: port=0xff, port+1=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0x00, rev=0x00 Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id=0x00, rev=0x00 Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x162e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x162e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x164e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x164e... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x20/0x21) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for SMSC Super I/O (idregs=0x0d/0x0e) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id=0xff, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0x00/0x00, rev=0x00 Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0x00/0x00, rev=0x00 Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x2e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0x00/0x00, rev=0x00 Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x2e... Found Winbond W83637HF/HG (id=0x70, rev=0x81) at 0x2e No dump available for this Super I/O Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x4e... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x3f0... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x370... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x88) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x89) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x86,0x86) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x250... Failed. Returned data: id/oldid=0xff/0x0f, rev=0xff
Hi Allan,
On 30.09.2009 02:31, Allan Björklund wrote:
On Tuesday 29 September 2009, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, wrote:
I looked at the messages you got and also at the great debugging you did
Thank you. I used to do front line IT support, and currently do third level support. Thusly I know how frustrating it can be to get an incomplete report of a problem.
Ah. That explains the concise message style with all the info I needed for diagnosis.
On 29.09.2009 23:31, Allan Bjorklund wrote:
A Sony Vaio (PCV-RX650(UC)), with an ASUSTeK mother board (P4B266LM Rev: 1.xx), running Linux kernel 2.6.28.
Flashrom interacts non-trivially with the embedded controllers in laptops, so we recommend not to use flashrom on any laptop.
Actually, this is a VAIO Desktop. My bad, that I didn't mention that.
Ok, then it makes sense (and almost zero risk) to add flashrom support for your machine.
- Ask libv in #flashrom on freenode to develop a board enable routine
for your board. [...]
Thanks for the advice. The requested data is below. Now I just have to see if I still have an IRC client around. It's been a few years ... :-)
I think freenode has a HTML-only webchat at http://webchat.freenode.net/ which should work for you.
Output of lspci -nnvvvxxx: [...]
Thanks.
Output of superiotool -dV:
superiotool r
Can you tell us which superiotool revision this is? Straight from subversion or from some distribution package? In theory, superiotool should have printed a revision number.
Probing for Winbond Super I/O (init=0x87,0x87) at 0x2e... Found Winbond W83637HF/HG (id=0x70, rev=0x81) at 0x2e No dump available for this Super I/O
Hm. Uwe knows these Winbond Super I/O chips very well. Maybe he can add support for your Super I/O. Maybe Luc doesn't need the output. We'll see.
A hint about timing, though: Most people in #flashrom live in Europe (roughly UTC+2), so you might want to time your presence in #flashrom to coincide with the evening hours here. That increases your chance to get a response (it still may take an hour until someone there reacts, we're not that big a group).
Regards, Carl-Daniel
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:31:57PM -0400, Allan Bjorklund wrote:
Hello,
I saved a copy of my existing BIOS image with: flashrom -r original_bios.bin
Can you send me (directly) a copy of this image?
Luc Verhaegen.
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Allan Bjorklund -
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Luc Verhaegen