Re: [flashrom] Can flashrom be used safely with external USB WCH CH341A & laptop?

[Boyce Humphries]

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> On Tue, 4/11/17, Stefan Tauner  wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [flashrom] Can flashrom be used safely with external USB WCH CH341A & laptop?
> To: [e-mail]
> Cc: "Boyce Humphries" 
> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 1:40 PM
>
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:22:10
> +0000 (UTC)
> Boyce Humphries via flashrom 
> wrote:
> > hello
>
> @flashrom
> > Is
>
> there a way to make flashrom  NOT LOOK INTERNALLY  but
> look at the external usb ports for the WCH CH341A
> programmer?
> > I only have a
>
> laptop.
>
> Hi,
>
> flashrom can safely be used
> while the laptop is turned off. For a
> meaningful way of recovery you will need a
> *second* computer to run
> flashrom anyway.
> There are also some pitfalls:
> https://www.flashrom.org/ISP
> -- 
> Kind regards/Mit
> freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

hello again @flashrom

Could a flashrom option be added to allow only USB ports to be probed, programmed, etc.
External programmers are cheap and there many laptops out here.

thanks again
Boyce

Can flashrom be used safely with external USB WCH CH341A & laptop?

[Nico Huber]

Hello Boyce,

On 12.04.2017 18:23, Boyce Humphries via flashrom wrote:
> hello again @flashrom
>
> Could a flashrom option be added to allow only USB ports to be probed, programmed, etc.
> External programmers are cheap and there many laptops out here.

in current flashrom (0.9.9), the default is to do nothing already. You
have to specify `-p internal` explicitly for internal flashing. If you
don't, your internal flash is safe.

Nico