[flashrom] [PATCH] Neuter probe for ITE SuperIO
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Mon Aug 16 18:15:12 CEST 2010
Hi Ed,
I would like to get this issue fixed before the next flashrom release,
but I didn't see any response from you yet.
On 23.06.2010 10:30, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
> On 23.06.2010 08:49, Ed Swierk wrote:
>
>> If the system has an SMSC LPC47N217N SuperIO, enter_conf_mode_ite()
>> enters configuration mode, and then exit_conf_mode_ite() kills power to
>> the serial UART.
>>
>> I don't know if there is a proper way to detect what kind of SuperIO the
>> system has, but probe_superio_ite() is unsafe in its current form.
>>
> In theory, running superiotool should have the same effect as running
> current flashrom. Can you please check that?
>
If running superiotool has no bad side effects, I plan to just copy that
code over to flashrom and be happy.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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