[flashrom] Big problem after flash of SST SST25VF016B on HP Compaq 615

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

Hi Parallix,

I have re-added the flashrom list so others can follow our conversation.
I just wanted to avoid any BIOS images on the list for legal reasons.

On 09.01.2010 22:17, Parallix wrote:
> Am Samstag, 9. Januar 2010 21:55:56 schrieben Sie:
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>> On 09.01.2010 20:33, Parallix wrote:
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>>> COMPLETE.
>>> Verifying flash... VERIFY FAILED at 0x00010058! Expected=0x15, Read=0x05, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x001fffff: 0x12d075
>>>
>>> A verification by reading the BIOS (via flashrom -r <file>) and comparing it with
>>> the original bios (via diff) shows the same difference.
>>>   
>>>       
>> This is very odd. Can you try flashing the backup BIOS with unmodified
>> latest flashrom, then read back the result?
>>     
>
> I used the unpatched flashrom v0.9.1-r845.
>   

Thanks.


>> Please mail me personally at <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net> the
>> following files (preferably bz2 compressed):
>> - original backup
>>     
>
> Is attatched
>
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>> - readback image after flashing with unmodified latest flashrom
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>
> Is attachted, too. It contains a lot of identical bytes and thus results
> in a much smaller bz2 file.
>   

Thanks.