[flashrom] flashrom virtual machine policy?

Jonathan A. Kollasch jakllsch at kollasch.net
Mon Jun 27 15:24:41 CEST 2011


On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 03:03:36PM +0200, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> What's the Flashrom project's stance on virtualisation/emulation
> combined with using Flashrom?

Unless it's on a simulator like SimNow! where the flash chip may be
accurately emulated, flashrom will never detect a chip, and thus will be
as useful as it could possibly be in a emulator/virtual machine.
 
> I've only got some experience with VMware Workstation and not much
> else with others, but how should a FlashROM that's being run in an
> emulator react?

Like it already does.

	Jonathan Kollasch




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