Glenn in Wellington, New Zealand I know little about ChromeOS, but am moderately comfortable with Linux. Got this machine two months ago (because I lost all my gear in a big fire 11 weeks ago) and having learned ChromeOS, I'm now ready to return to the comfort of a linux environment.
Verbose output :
# flashrom --wp-disable -V flashrom 68022911 on Linux 4.14.313-20323-gc32c2d54e434 (x86_64) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns). flashrom was built with LLVM Clang 16.0.0 (/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/llvm-16.0_pre484197_p20230405-r7/work/llvm-16.0_pre484197_p20230405/clang 2916b99182752b1aece8cc4479d8d6a20b5e02da), little endian Command line (2 args): flashrom --wp-disable -V Using default programmer "internal" with arguments "". Acquiring lock (timeout=180 sec)... Opened file lock "/run/lock/firmware_utility_lock" Lock acquired. Initializing internal programmer /sys/class/mtd/mtd0 does not exist Found candidate at: 00000500-00000528 Found coreboot table at 0x00000500. Found candidate at: 00000000-000005cc Found coreboot table at 0x00000000. coreboot table found at 0x79b2a000. coreboot header(24) checksum: a42a table(1460) checksum: c446 entries: 45 Vendor ID: Google, part ID: Meep Using Internal DMI decoder. DMI string chassis-type: "Laptop" Laptop detected via DMI. DMI string system-manufacturer: "HP" DMI string system-product-name: "Meep" DMI string system-version: "rev7" DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "HP" DMI string baseboard-product-name: "Meep" DMI string baseboard-version: "rev7" Found chipset "Intel Gemini Lake" with PCI ID 8086:3197. This chipset is marked as untested. If you are using an up-to-date version of flashrom *and* were (not) able to successfully update your firmware with it, then please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org including a verbose (-V) log. Thank you! Enabling flash write... BIOS_SPI_BC = 0x9: BIOS Interface Lock-Down: disabled, Boot BIOS Straps: 0x0 (SPI) Top Swap: not enabled SPI Read Configuration: prefetching enabled, caching enabled, BIOS_CNTL = 0x09: BIOS Lock Enable: disabled, BIOS Write Enable: enabled SPIBAR = 0x00007bd11ce10000 (phys = 0xc1121000) 0x04: 0x6000 (HSFS) HSFS: FDONE=0, FCERR=0, AEL=0, BERASE=0, SCIP=0, FDOPSS=1, FDV=1, FLOCKDN=0 Programming OPCODES... done 0x06: 0x020c (HSFC) HSFC: FGO=0, FCYCLE=2, FDBC=2, SME=0 0x0c: 0x00000000 (DLOCK) DLOCK: BMWAG_LOCKDN=0, BMRAG_LOCKDN=0, SBMWAG_LOCKDN=0, SBMRAG_LOCKDN=0, PR0_LOCKDN=0, PR1_LOCKDN=0, PR2_LOCKDN=0, PR3_LOCKDN=0, PR4_LOCKDN=0, SSEQ_LOCKDN=0 0x50: 0x000042c3 (FRAP) BMWAG 0x00, BMRAG 0x00, BRWA 0x42, BRRA 0xc3 0x54: 0x00000000 FREG0: Flash Descriptor region (0x00000000-0x00000fff) is read-only. 0x58: 0x0f7e0001 FREG1: BIOS region (0x00001000-0x00f7efff) is read-write. 0x68: 0x0fff0f7f FREG5: Device Expansion region (0x00f7f000-0x00ffffff) is locked. 0x7C: 0x7fff7fff FREG10: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0x80: 0x7fff7fff FREG11: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xE0: 0x7fff7fff FREG12: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xE4: 0x7fff7fff FREG13: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xE8: 0x7fff7fff FREG14: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xEC: 0x7fff7fff FREG15: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. Not all flash regions are freely accessible by flashrom. This is most likely due to an active ME. Please see https://flashrom.org/ME for details. At least some flash regions are read protected. You have to use a flash layout and include only accessible regions. For write operations, you'll additionally need the --noverify-all switch. See manpage for more details. 0xa0: 0xc0 (SSFS) SSFS: SCIP=0, FDONE=0, FCERR=0, AEL=0 0xa1: 0xfe0000 (SSFC) SSFC: SCGO=0, ACS=0, SPOP=0, COP=0, DBC=0, SME=0, SCF=6 0xa4: 0x5006 (PREOP) 0xa6: 0x463b (OPTYPE) 0xa8: 0x05200302 (OPMENU) 0xac: 0xc79f0190 (OPMENU+4) 0xc4: 0xb1d82024 (LVSCC) LVSCC: BES=0x0, WG=1, WSR=0, WEWS=0, EO=0x20, VCL=1 0xc8: 0x00002000 (UVSCC) UVSCC: BES=0x0, WG=0, WSR=0, WEWS=0, EO=0x20 Enabling hardware sequencing by default for Apollo/Gemini/Jasper/Elkhart/Meteor Lake. OK. The following protocols are supported: Programmer-specific. Probing for Programmer Opaque flash chip, 0 kB: Hardware sequencing reports 1 attached SPI flash chip with a density of 16384 kB. HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=2, FDBC=2, SME=0 Chip identified: GD25LQ128C/GD25LQ128D/GD25LQ128E Added layout entry 00000000 - 00ffffff named complete flash Found GigaDevice flash chip "GD25LQ128C/GD25LQ128D/GD25LQ128E" (16384 kB, Programmer-specific) on internal. Found GigaDevice flash chip "GD25LQ128C/GD25LQ128D/GD25LQ128E" (16384 kB, Programmer-specific). This chip may contain one-time programmable memory. flashrom cannot read and may never be able to write it, hence it may not be able to completely clone the contents of this chip (see man page for details). Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Writing status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=3, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 write_wp_bits: wp_verify failed: reg:1 actual:0xb4 expected:0x34 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Failed to apply new WP settings: unexpected WP configuration read back from chip Note: hardware status register protection is enabled. The chip's WP# pin must be set to an inactive voltage level to be able to change the WP settings. Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce10084 Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100ac Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100a8 Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100a6 Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100a4
Note: hardware status register protection is enabled. The chip's WP# pin
must be set to an inactive voltage level to be able to change the WP settings.
You need to disable hardware write protect: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/write_protection....
On Tue, Aug 8, 2023 at 1:02 PM E239 76BF e23976bf@gmail.com wrote:
Glenn in Wellington, New Zealand I know little about ChromeOS, but am moderately comfortable with Linux. Got this machine two months ago (because I lost all my gear in a big fire 11 weeks ago) and having learned ChromeOS, I'm now ready to return to the comfort of a linux environment.
Verbose output :
# flashrom --wp-disable -V flashrom 68022911 on Linux 4.14.313-20323-gc32c2d54e434 (x86_64) flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns). flashrom was built with LLVM Clang 16.0.0 (/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/llvm-16.0_pre484197_p20230405-r7/work/llvm-16.0_pre484197_p20230405/clang 2916b99182752b1aece8cc4479d8d6a20b5e02da), little endian Command line (2 args): flashrom --wp-disable -V Using default programmer "internal" with arguments "". Acquiring lock (timeout=180 sec)... Opened file lock "/run/lock/firmware_utility_lock" Lock acquired. Initializing internal programmer /sys/class/mtd/mtd0 does not exist Found candidate at: 00000500-00000528 Found coreboot table at 0x00000500. Found candidate at: 00000000-000005cc Found coreboot table at 0x00000000. coreboot table found at 0x79b2a000. coreboot header(24) checksum: a42a table(1460) checksum: c446 entries: 45 Vendor ID: Google, part ID: Meep Using Internal DMI decoder. DMI string chassis-type: "Laptop" Laptop detected via DMI. DMI string system-manufacturer: "HP" DMI string system-product-name: "Meep" DMI string system-version: "rev7" DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "HP" DMI string baseboard-product-name: "Meep" DMI string baseboard-version: "rev7" Found chipset "Intel Gemini Lake" with PCI ID 8086:3197. This chipset is marked as untested. If you are using an up-to-date version of flashrom *and* were (not) able to successfully update your firmware with it, then please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org including a verbose (-V) log. Thank you! Enabling flash write... BIOS_SPI_BC = 0x9: BIOS Interface Lock-Down: disabled, Boot BIOS Straps: 0x0 (SPI) Top Swap: not enabled SPI Read Configuration: prefetching enabled, caching enabled, BIOS_CNTL = 0x09: BIOS Lock Enable: disabled, BIOS Write Enable: enabled SPIBAR = 0x00007bd11ce10000 (phys = 0xc1121000) 0x04: 0x6000 (HSFS) HSFS: FDONE=0, FCERR=0, AEL=0, BERASE=0, SCIP=0, FDOPSS=1, FDV=1, FLOCKDN=0 Programming OPCODES... done 0x06: 0x020c (HSFC) HSFC: FGO=0, FCYCLE=2, FDBC=2, SME=0 0x0c: 0x00000000 (DLOCK) DLOCK: BMWAG_LOCKDN=0, BMRAG_LOCKDN=0, SBMWAG_LOCKDN=0, SBMRAG_LOCKDN=0, PR0_LOCKDN=0, PR1_LOCKDN=0, PR2_LOCKDN=0, PR3_LOCKDN=0, PR4_LOCKDN=0, SSEQ_LOCKDN=0 0x50: 0x000042c3 (FRAP) BMWAG 0x00, BMRAG 0x00, BRWA 0x42, BRRA 0xc3 0x54: 0x00000000 FREG0: Flash Descriptor region (0x00000000-0x00000fff) is read-only. 0x58: 0x0f7e0001 FREG1: BIOS region (0x00001000-0x00f7efff) is read-write. 0x68: 0x0fff0f7f FREG5: Device Expansion region (0x00f7f000-0x00ffffff) is locked. 0x7C: 0x7fff7fff FREG10: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0x80: 0x7fff7fff FREG11: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xE0: 0x7fff7fff FREG12: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xE4: 0x7fff7fff FREG13: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xE8: 0x7fff7fff FREG14: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. 0xEC: 0x7fff7fff FREG15: unknown region (0x07fff000-0x07ffffff) has unknown permissions. Not all flash regions are freely accessible by flashrom. This is most likely due to an active ME. Please see https://flashrom.org/ME for details. At least some flash regions are read protected. You have to use a flash layout and include only accessible regions. For write operations, you'll additionally need the --noverify-all switch. See manpage for more details. 0xa0: 0xc0 (SSFS) SSFS: SCIP=0, FDONE=0, FCERR=0, AEL=0 0xa1: 0xfe0000 (SSFC) SSFC: SCGO=0, ACS=0, SPOP=0, COP=0, DBC=0, SME=0, SCF=6 0xa4: 0x5006 (PREOP) 0xa6: 0x463b (OPTYPE) 0xa8: 0x05200302 (OPMENU) 0xac: 0xc79f0190 (OPMENU+4) 0xc4: 0xb1d82024 (LVSCC) LVSCC: BES=0x0, WG=1, WSR=0, WEWS=0, EO=0x20, VCL=1 0xc8: 0x00002000 (UVSCC) UVSCC: BES=0x0, WG=0, WSR=0, WEWS=0, EO=0x20 Enabling hardware sequencing by default for Apollo/Gemini/Jasper/Elkhart/Meteor Lake. OK. The following protocols are supported: Programmer-specific. Probing for Programmer Opaque flash chip, 0 kB: Hardware sequencing reports 1 attached SPI flash chip with a density of 16384 kB. HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=2, FDBC=2, SME=0 Chip identified: GD25LQ128C/GD25LQ128D/GD25LQ128E Added layout entry 00000000 - 00ffffff named complete flash Found GigaDevice flash chip "GD25LQ128C/GD25LQ128D/GD25LQ128E" (16384 kB, Programmer-specific) on internal. Found GigaDevice flash chip "GD25LQ128C/GD25LQ128D/GD25LQ128E" (16384 kB, Programmer-specific). This chip may contain one-time programmable memory. flashrom cannot read and may never be able to write it, hence it may not be able to completely clone the contents of this chip (see man page for details). Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 Writing status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=3, FDBC=0, SME=0 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Reading Status register HSFC: FGO=1, FCYCLE=0, FDBC=0, SME=0 write_wp_bits: wp_verify failed: reg:1 actual:0xb4 expected:0x34 ich_hwseq_read_status: only supports STATUS1 wp_read_register: read from register 2 not is supported by programmer, writeprotect operations will assume it contains 0x00. Failed to apply new WP settings: unexpected WP configuration read back from chip Note: hardware status register protection is enabled. The chip's WP# pin must be set to an inactive voltage level to be able to change the WP settings. Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce10084 Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100ac Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100a8 Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100a6 Restoring MMIO space at 0x7bd11ce100a4 _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list -- flashrom@flashrom.org To unsubscribe send an email to flashrom-leave@flashrom.org