[LinuxBIOS] Error while saveing the original bios "No EEPROM/flash device found."

[Uwe Hermann]

On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 02:36:10PM +0200, Dieter Bloms wrote:
> I want to save my original bios and got the following message:
> 
> --snip--
> video:/usr/src/neues_bios/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom# ./flashrom -r
> originalbios.img
> Calibrating delay loop... ok
> No LinuxBIOS table found.
> Found chipset "ICH4/ICH4-L": Enabling flash write... OK.
> No EEPROM/flash device found.
> --snip--
> 
> awdflash.exe under dos  told me I own a 
> Winbound W39V040FA (4MB) PMC4 chip.
> 
> is this chip not supported ?

Nope, see http://linuxbios.org/Flashrom.


> How can we support it ?

Try attached patch, and please report whether reading/writing works as
expected (make sure you have a backup in case something goes wrong).


HTH, Uwe.
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