[flashrom] Asus EEE PC 1201N netbook: `flashrom -V` with flashrom v0.9.2-r1141

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Filatov,


thank you very much for your report.


Am Sonntag, den 24.07.2011, 16:31 +0400 schrieb Filatov Sergey Dmitrievich:
> flashrom v0.9.2-r1141 on Linux 2.6.38-10-generic (x86_64), built with
> libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.5.1, little endian
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at
> http://www.flashrom.org

the flashrom version you used is quite old. 0.9.3 is the current release
[1]. You could even build the current version from Subversion [2]. It
would be great if you could send us the logs from the latest flashrom
version.

> Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 388M loops
> per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 97 us, 1000 myus = 994 us,
> 10000 myus = 10144 us, 4 myus = 6 us, OK.
> Initializing internal programmer
> No coreboot table found.
> DMI string system-manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC."
> DMI string system-product-name: "1201N"
> DMI string system-version: "x.x"
> DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC."
> DMI string baseboard-product-name: "1201N"
> DMI string baseboard-version: "x.xx"
> DMI string chassis-type: "<OUT OF SPEC>"
> Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP79", enabling flash write... chipset PCI ID
> is 10de:0aae, This chipset is not really supported yet. Guesswork...
> ISA/LPC bridge reg 0x8a contents: 0x00, bit 6 is 0, bit 5 is 0
> Flash bus type is LPC
> Found SMBus device 10de:0aa2 at 00:03:2
> MCP SPI BAR is at 0xf9f80000
> Strange. MCP SPI BAR is valid, but chipset apparently doesn't have SPI
> enabled.
> Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to flashrom at flashrom.org to
> help us finish support for your chipset. Thanks.
> OK.
> This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC.

[…]

> No EEPROM/flash device found.
> Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found
> automatically.

Since this is a netbook you should be careful when trying to use
flashrom to upgrade your BIOS. It is recommended that you use the vendor
tool for upgrading unless you are able to recover from a failed flash
attempt or if somebody else has already confirmed that it works.


Thanks,

Paul


[1] http://flashrom.org/Flashrom
[2] http://flashrom.org/Downloads
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