[coreboot] flashrom on Eee PC

[Peter Stuge]

Hi Nathan,

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 09:56:21PM -0600, Nathan Coulson wrote:
> I just wanted to report my tests with flashrom.

Thank you for the report!

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> Running on a EeePC 701 4G.
> 
> Calibrating delay loop... OK.
> No coreboot table found.
> Found chipset "Intel ICH6-M", enabling flash write... OK.
> No EEPROM/flash device found.
> 
> (Not my site, but it has the specs on the EeePC)
> http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/Eee_PC_Research
> 
> ICH6-M southbridge, and one user reported having a WinBond W25x40

That wiki page mentions it has a Intel 915 chipset, I would have
guessed that it's an ICH-8M rather than 6, but never mind. It's an
SPI flash chip and flashrom does not have completely generic SPI
support yet, so I am not surprised that flashrom does not work on
the machine yet.

Sorry about these bad news. :\


//Peter