[LinuxBIOS] tyan s2881

[ron minnich]

On 12/12/05, Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Yhlu sent me an image to test, but I can't burn that as it is being seen
> as
> not the correct size by flashrom.
>
> Real size: 524288 bytes
>
> flashrom:
> root at chimera:~/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom# ./flashrom -v -w
> ../../../s2881_linuxbios.rom
> Calibrating delay loop... ok
> No LinuxBIOS table found.
> Enabling flash write on AMD8111...OK
> Pm49FL004 found at physical address: 0xfff80000
> Flash part is Pm49FL004
> LinuxBIOS image size=262144
> MANUFACTURER: Tyan
> MAINBOARD ID: s2881
> ERROR: This firmware image does not fit to this machine
> Override with -m ifyou know exactly what you are doing.



so your linuxbios image size is 256KB, and your flash part is 512KB?

so ...

cat linuxbios.rom linuxbios.rom > 512k.rom
flash_rom -v -w 512k.rom

try that. It's a hack but if the linuxbios image is good it will work.

ron
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