[LinuxBIOS] LinuxBIOS 'flashrom' on Geode LX + CS5536

Marc Jones marc.jones at amd.com
Wed Dec 12 23:28:10 CET 2007



ron minnich wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2007 2:42 PM, Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk at iki.fi> wrote:

>>> In regards to the DIVIL_BALL settings.  FlashROM checks to see what device was
>>> booted from (i.e. LPC, flash controller) before the flash device is identified. If the
>>> boot device is the flash controller, FlashROM has to flip the IDE/flash switch before
>>> any accesses to the flash device since the IDE interface is most likely where
>>> FlashROM and any BIOS images exist.
> 
> I don't get this one either. What does the IDE/FLASH switch have to do
> with BIOS?
> 

If the system uses flash storage instead of IDE it could also use flash 
for the BIOS. The above comments are correct about doing the switch but 
why boot from flash and switch to IDE? If it is an IDE based storage 
system put the BIOS on LPC like normal.

A way to work around the image source problem is to use a USB drive.

Marc

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