[coreboot] flashrom issues found??
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Wed Mar 12 16:25:38 CET 2008
On 12.03.2008 13:46, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 12.03.2008 04:47, ron minnich wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:03 PM, <joe at smittys.pointclark.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> What does this mean? Also Intel has a development SDK for a
>>> development i830 board very close to this one that has a linux flash
>>> utility (pre-built binary, no source) with it. I am thinking of trying
>>> it with an ?strace? to see what it does? Would that help to find out
>>> what is going on here?
>>>
>>>
>> strace won't show you memory references. That's the only issue.
>>
>
> Dumping the ICH GPIO settings and PCI config space (once) before and
> (repeatedly) during a flash operation with the Intel SDK flash utility
> may help you solve the mystery. If you can't find any differences, you
> may have to resort to renouveau and revenge (reverse engineering tools
> of nouveau and radeon developers, respectively).
>
A PCI config space dump under factory BIOS and coreboot would be
appreciated. As I wrote in another mail, knowing the MTRRs would help as
well.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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