[coreboot] Flashrom won't work with DediProg SF100 fw 6.5.03

Steve Goodrich steve.goodrich at se-eng.com
Tue Jun 2 20:38:35 CEST 2015


I got the Chromium version of flashrom to work, but it takes 20 minutes to
flash/verify the 8 MB device.  So, while "working" is far better than "not
working", it is a bit sluggish.  :-)

Any thoughts on speeding it up?

     -- Steve G.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Steve Goodrich <steve.goodrich at se-eng.com>
wrote:

> Thanks, Duncan!  I'll have a look.
>
>      -- Steve G.
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Duncan Laurie <dlaurie at chromium.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Steve Goodrich <steve.goodrich at se-eng.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I have a DediProg SF100 programmer that I want to use with flashrom
>>> under Linux.  Unfortunately, the SF100 has firmware version 6.5.03 and I
>>> can't use flashrom with it.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a solution.  Does anyone have (or know where/how I can
>>> get):
>>> 1) A version of SF100 firmware that will work with flashrom?
>>> 2) A version of flashrom that will work with SF100 6.5.3?
>>> 3) A Linux tool -- other than flashrom -- that will work with the SF100
>>> with its current firmware?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help you can provide!
>>>      -- Steve G.
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> There is a patch in the chromium flashrom tree that add support for
>> firmware 6.0+ (which may or may not include 6.5.3) that does not seem to be
>> in the upstream flashrom:
>>
>> https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/flashrom/+/543101a06832b4e3a0d89ec9bf81ec398ff5808e
>>
>> I suspect the chromium flashrom tree has diverged enough from upstream
>> that it will not apply cleanly there but it is only a 130 line patch so it
>> shouldn't be too bad to integrate if needed.
>>
>> -duncan
>>
>>
>
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