(I don't see this formatting occurring with a Bios Saver RD-1 chip... so...)
I get the following weirdly formated stdout while using flashrom -w on one of my generic digikey 256k flash chips:
localhost1 ~ # flashrom -w /home/roger/src/coreboot-p2bx/coreboot/build/coreboot.rom flashrom v0.9.3-r1205 on Linux 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 (i686), built with libpci 3.1.4, GCC 4.4.4, little endian flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
Calibrating delay loop... OK. No coreboot table found. Found chipset "Intel PIIX4/4E/4M", enabling flash write... OK. This chipset supports the following protocols: Parallel. Found chip "Atmel AT29C020" (256 KB, Parallel) at physical address 0xfffc0000. === This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: PROBE READ ERASE WRITE The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version, please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org if any of the above operations work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -Vr, -Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested. Please mention your board in the subject line. Thanks for your help! Note: If the following flash access fails, try -m <vendor>:<mainboard>. Writing flash chip... Programming page: 0004 at address: 0x00000400VERIFY FAILED at 0x000004a7! Expected=0x72, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00000400-0x000004ff: 0x59 retrying. 0021 at address: 0x00001500VERIFY FAILED at 0x00001561! Expected=0xdd, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00001500-0x000015ff: 0x98 retrying. 0027 at address: 0x00001b00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00001b80! Expected=0x60, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00001b00-0x00001bff: 0x7c retrying. 0037 at address: 0x00002500VERIFY FAILED at 0x00002540! Expected=0x54, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00002500-0x000025ff: 0xba retrying. 0046 at address: 0x00002e00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00002e5d! Expected=0x02, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00002e00-0x00002eff: 0x91 retrying. 0056 at address: 0x00003800VERIFY FAILED at 0x00003869! Expected=0x4a, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00003800-0x000038ff: 0x96 retrying. 0057 at address: 0x00003900VERIFY FAILED at 0x000039d4! Expected=0xde, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00003900-0x000039ff: 0x2c retrying. 0074 at address: 0x00004a00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00004aef! Expected=0x5c, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00004a00-0x00004aff: 0x11 retrying. 0088 at address: 0x00005800VERIFY FAILED at 0x00005877! Expected=0xda, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00005800-0x000058ff: 0x89 retrying. 0095 at address: 0x00005f00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00005fbb! Expected=0xc4, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00005f00-0x00005fff: 0x45 retrying. 0102 at address: 0x00006600VERIFY FAILED at 0x000066eb! Expected=0xf5, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00006600-0x000066ff: 0x15 retrying. 0113 at address: 0x00007100VERIFY FAILED at 0x0000713b! Expected=0xd7, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00007100-0x000071ff: 0xc4 retrying. 0126 at address: 0x00007e00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00007e3b! Expected=0xc8, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00007e00-0x00007eff: 0xc4 retrying. 0136 at address: 0x00008800VERIFY FAILED at 0x000088dc! Expected=0xd1, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00008800-0x000088ff: 0x24 retrying. VERIFY FAILED at 0x00008820! Expected=0x80, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00008800-0x000088ff: 0x84 retrying. 0141 at address: 0x00008d00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00008d55! Expected=0xa2, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00008d00-0x00008dff: 0xaa retrying. 0180 at address: 0x0000b400VERIFY FAILED at 0x0000b4fb! Expected=0xeb, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0000b400-0x0000b4ff: 0x5 retrying. 0183 at address: 0x0000b700VERIFY FAILED at 0x0000b7dc! Expected=0x21, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0000b700-0x0000b7ff: 0x24 retrying. 0196 at address: 0x0000c400VERIFY FAILED at 0x0000c4ff! Expected=0xa5, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0000c400-0x0000c4ff: 0x1 retrying. 0199 at address: 0x0000c700VERIFY FAILED at 0x0000c7ab! Expected=0x7a, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0000c700-0x0000c7ff: 0x55 retrying. 0253 at address: 0x0000fd00VERIFY FAILED at 0x0000fd83! Expected=0xa5, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0000fd00-0x0000fdff: 0x7d retrying. 0267 at address: 0x00010b00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00010bfb! Expected=0x84, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00010b00-0x00010bff: 0x5 retrying. 0292 at address: 0x00012400VERIFY FAILED at 0x000124eb! Expected=0xc8, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00012400-0x000124ff: 0x15 retrying. 0308 at address: 0x00013400VERIFY FAILED at 0x000134ee! Expected=0xde, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00013400-0x000134ff: 0x12 retrying. 0353 at address: 0x00016100VERIFY FAILED at 0x000161ab! Expected=0x02, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00016100-0x000161ff: 0x55 retrying. 0367 at address: 0x00016f00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00016fdf! Expected=0x47, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00016f00-0x00016fff: 0x20 retrying. 0371 at address: 0x00017300VERIFY FAILED at 0x000173f5! Expected=0xf7, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00017300-0x000173ff: 0xa retrying. 0381 at address: 0x00017d00VERIFY FAILED at 0x00017d25! Expected=0x23, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00017d00-0x00017dff: 0xdb retrying. 0385 at address: 0x00018100VERIFY FAILED at 0x00018117! Expected=0x4c, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00018100-0x000181ff: 0xe9 retrying. 0390 at address: 0x00018600VERIFY FAILED at 0x00018621! Expected=0x88, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00018600-0x000186ff: 0xde retrying. 0407 at address: 0x00019700VERIFY FAILED at 0x000197f5! Expected=0xf9, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00019700-0x000197ff: 0xb retrying. 0422 at address: 0x0001a600VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001a62f! Expected=0x85, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001a600-0x0001a6ff: 0xce retrying. 0432 at address: 0x0001b000VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001b06a! Expected=0x59, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001b000-0x0001b0ff: 0x94 retrying. 0440 at address: 0x0001b800VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001b848! Expected=0x79, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001b800-0x0001b8ff: 0xb7 retrying. 0442 at address: 0x0001ba00VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001baeb! Expected=0x5d, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001ba00-0x0001baff: 0x15 retrying. 0455 at address: 0x0001c700VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001c7f4! Expected=0x2a, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001c700-0x0001c7ff: 0xc retrying. 0464 at address: 0x0001d000VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001d0f3! Expected=0xb4, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001d000-0x0001d0ff: 0xd retrying. 0482 at address: 0x0001e200VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001e25c! Expected=0x56, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001e200-0x0001e2ff: 0xa3 retrying. 0487 at address: 0x0001e700VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001e7e1! Expected=0xd8, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001e700-0x0001e7ff: 0x1f retrying. 0497 at address: 0x0001f100VERIFY FAILED at 0x0001f1ea! Expected=0x41, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x0001f100-0x0001f1ff: 0x16 retrying. 0514 at address: 0x00020200VERIFY FAILED at 0x0002027f! Expected=0x86, Read=0xff, failed byte count from 0x00020200-0x000202ff: 0x80 retrying. DONE!at address: 0x0003ff00 COMPLETE. Verifying flash... VERIFIED. localhost1 ~ #
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Roger