[coreboot] Yet another idea of an SPI flash chip programmer

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Tue Dec 23 19:27:16 CET 2008


Joseph Smith wrote:
> >> I'm looking forward to hearing more about this. When your
> >> programmer is finished we should look closer at how to make
> >> plugins for flashrom.
> > 
> > Sure. I am looking forward to coding again.
> 
> With that said I think we may want to collaborate on a parallel
> port standard driver that can be used for multiple devices.

Sounds like a good idea.


> This would also probibly help out with duplicated code bloating
> flashrom.

My idea for flashrom is to have plugins be separate programs. That
way there is a very clear driver abstraction, and everyone can do
what they like. Of course, if you make a small libparport then it can
be used by lots of drivers.


//Peter




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