[flashrom] Help: trouble when flashing rom

Tue Apr 19 21:15:22 CEST 2011

Sorry for not using "reply to all.
I've attached the output of dmesg to this mail.

Hope you can help me further on this issue.

Kind regards,

Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille at bartholomee.com

Op dinsdag 19 april 2011 12:29:22 schreef Idwer Vollering:
> Please use "reply to all" in the future. Thanks.
> 
> 2011/4/19 Cyrille Bartholomée <cyrille at bartholomee.com>:
> > Dear Idwer,
> >
> > Just built checkout from svn. It outputs this result:
> 
> Again: DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF YOUR LAPTOP.I'
> 
> >
> > flashrom v0.9.3-r1288 on Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (i686), built with libpci
> > 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5, little endian
> >
> > flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
> >
> > Calibrating delay loop... delay loop is unreliable, trying to continue OK.
> >
> > Found chipset "Intel ICH4-M", enabling flash write... OK.
> >
> > This chipset supports the following protocols: FWH.
> >
> > Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
> >
> > Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
> >
> > Erasing and writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00016000! Expected=0xff,
> > Read=0xae, failed byte count from 0x00016000-0x00016fff: 0xfde
> >
> > ERASE FAILED!
> >
> > ERASE FAILED at 0x00010000! Expected=0xff, Read=0xca, failed byte count from
> > 0x00010000-0x0001ffff: 0xfeb2
> >
> > ERASE FAILED!
> >
> > Segmentatiefout
> >
> > Segmentatiefout=segmentation error
> 
> flashrom should NOT have segfaulted. Can you show the last lines of
> dmesg (dmesg | tail) ?
> 
> >
> > Maybe this information can help you?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
> >
> > t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille at bartholomee.com
> >
> > Op dinsdag 19 april 2011 07:25:59 schreef Cyrille Bartholomée:
> >
> >> Dear Idwer,
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >> First of all thank you for responding so fast and trying to help me!
> >
> >>
> >
> >> 1. Downloaded and built latest flashrom. Problem remains exactly the same
> >> as with previous version.
> >
> >> 2. I am using an Asus laptop model M6Ne, the exact type of board I don't
> >> know.
> >
> >> 3. I have run the commands you mentioned, the results are attached to this
> >> mail.
> >
> >>
> >
> >> If there is more information you need, please let me know.
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Again, thanks for your help.
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Kind regards,
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
> >
> >> t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille at bartholomee.com
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Op dinsdag 19 april 2011 00:21:28 schreef u:
> >
> >> > 2011/4/18 Cyrille Bartholomée <cyrille at bartholomee.com>:
> >
> >> > > Dear,
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > I'm facing this problem when flashing my rom:
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (i686), built with
> >> > > libpci
> >
> >> > > 3.0.0, GCC 4.4.4, little endian
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > flashrom is free software, get the source code at
> >> > > http://www.flashrom.org
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Calibrating delay loop... delay loop is unreliable, trying to continue
> >> > > OK.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > No coreboot table found.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Found chipset "Intel ICH4-M", enabling flash write... OK.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address
> >> > > 0xfff80000.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at
> >> > > 0x00000008!
> >
> >> > > Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from
> >> > > 0x00000000-0x00000fff:
> >
> >> > > 0xfc5
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > ERASE FAILED!
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > ERASE FAILED at 0x00000008! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte
> >> > > count from
> >
> >> > > 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xfadb
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > ERASE FAILED!
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > FAILED!
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > ERASE FAILED!
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > FAILED!
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > mail flashrom at flashrom.org!
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > Can you:
> >
> >> > - try a newer release (or build the latest developemt code yourself
> >
> >> > http://www.flashrom.org/Downloads#Installation_from_source)
> >
> >> > - mention the exact name of your board (including revision, if there
> >
> >> > are multiple revisions)
> >
> >> > - attach the output of 'flashrom -V', 'lspci -nnvvvxxx', 'superiotool
> >
> >> > -deV' (run all commands as root)
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> >> > Idwer
> >
> >> >
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > >
> >> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Regards,
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille at bartholomee.com
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> >> > > flashrom mailing list
> >
> >> > > flashrom at flashrom.org
> >
> >> > > http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
> >
> >> > >
> >
> >> >
> >
> >>
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[   28.765512] apm: BIOS not found.
[   28.886336] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[   29.132080] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.14
[   29.132086] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   29.166402] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   29.166408] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   29.213365] Bluetooth: SCO (Voice Link) ver 0.6
[   29.213369] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   29.365960] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   29.365971] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   29.365975] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[   31.068360] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[   31.089808] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   37.355272] EXT4-fs (sda2): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
[   37.365653] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
[   38.640093] Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2
[   38.985687] lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
[   39.704017] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
[   60.530318] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[37093.060013] tg3 0000:02:00.0: vpd r/w failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
[38306.942446] show_signal_msg: 15 callbacks suppressed
[38306.942453] flashrom[11711]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp bfacc5cc error 4 in libpci.so.3.1.7[2b7000+9000]
[83402.485017] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[84746.737582] ttyS1: LSR safety check engaged!
[84999.909589] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions