[coreboot] assistance with updating my bios

z4ziggy at gmail.com z4ziggy at gmail.com
Sat Nov 1 09:54:47 CET 2008


Since i have no idea what are you two talking about, im attaching the link  
to the current BIOS datasheet (which shows the current BIOS has a 2MB flash  
size, if i understand this correctly) :  
http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet/stmicroelectronics/8499.pdf

On Nov 1, 2008 1:53am, Corey Osgood <corey.osgood at gmail.com> wrote:
> > cpu: Socket370 Intel Pentium III Celeron
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> > northbridge: Intel 82810E
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> > southbridge: Intel 8281AA
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> > mainboard: 810 R 4.1 with lan
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> > super i/o: Winbond W8362F-AW
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> > bios device: ST M50FW002
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>
> Are you sure it's SPI?
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>
>
> -Corey
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> On 10/31/08, Elia Yehuda wrote:
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> > many thanks. i will try the patch tomorrow night when i'm back at home  
and
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> > report back.
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> >
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> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Peter Stuge wrote:
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> >
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> >> Hi,
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> >>
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> >> z4ziggy at gmail.com wrote:
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> >> > No EEPROM/flash device found.
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> >> > If you know which flash chip you have, and if this version of  
flashrom
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> >> > supports a similar flash chip, you can try to force read your chip.  
Run:
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> >> > flashrom -f -r -c similar_supported_flash_chip filename
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> >> >
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> >> > Note: flashrom can never write when the flash chip isn't found
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> >> > automatically.
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> >>
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> >> The above note is sadly not a joke.
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> Corey Osgood wrote:
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> >> > AFAIK, flashrom is broken for most ICHx.
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> >>
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> >> Not so, it works very well on a whole bunch of them.
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
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> >> > On 30.10.2008 16:57, z4ziggy at gmail.com wrote:
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> >> > > any plans on fixing the issue or using alternative? is there a
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> >> > > way i can assist?
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> >> >
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> >> > Your flash chip is not supported. I'll add code for it.
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> >>
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> >> Some info Carl-Daniel didn't post, maybe it is informative;
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> >>
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> >> It seems that the system has a Winbond W25B40 or W25B40A flash chip.
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> >> This is an SPI flash chip, but it seems to behave just like a FWH
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> >> type chip.
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> >>
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> >> While waiting for Carl-Daniel you can try the attached patch. I doubt
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> >> it will work but you never know.
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> >>
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> >>
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> >> //Peter
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> >>
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> >> --
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> >>
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> >
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