[flashrom] [RFC] Can flashrom be configured and built as a programmer only tool

Joseph Smith joe at settoplinux.org
Wed Apr 20 09:53:22 CEST 2011



On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:20:30 +0800, "Bao, Zheng" <Zheng.Bao at amd.com> wrote:
> Since the Dediprog can work now, if I just want to use flashrom as a
> programmer interface, I may erase the host BIOS accidently. I think if
> the flashrom is built without the self-programming feature by some easy
> settings, I don't have to worry about it.
> 
> Is it reasonable?
> 
As long as you add the external programmer flag to your flashrom command
there is no need to worry. If your that worried about it just make a quick
shell script that only calls flashrom with the external programmer
command...

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Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org





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