[flashrom] Flashrom v0.9.6.1-r1564 BIOS reading fail on HP EliteBook 8560p

[Marc-Alexandre Espiaut]

Hi Stefan,

Thank you for your quick help about this.
That really is too bad for me.

I can't really dismantle the laptop for now since the warranty is
still effective and I need it.
I'm also sure that dumping/flashing the BIOS using an external
programmer requires desoldering skills (which I don't have).

Maybe one day, who knows.

Thanks again.
Marc-Alexandre Espiaut

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Stefan Tauner
<stefan.tauner at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:21:28 +0100
> Marc-Alexandre Espiaut <lunavorax at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's the log you're asking for.
>> I haven't installed dmidecode since it prevents flashrom from running
>> on a laptop for security reasons.
>>
>> Replacing the current BIOS on this laptop would be a blast. HP/Compaq
>> BIOS prevents the user to change the hardware to what they want. For
>> exemple, replacing a Mini PCI-e Wifi card that requires proprietary
>> drivers with one that can use FOSS drivers.
>>
>> Hope that helps, feel free to contact me for further informations
>> about my laptop.
>
> Hello Marc-Alexandre,
>
> thanks for your report, but flashrom won't work on that machine anytime
> soon (or ever).
>
> I have added the board to our list of (un)supported boards (with an
> appropriate note) and will commit that later together with other small
> changes.
>
> You could get/build an external programmer, dismantle the laptop, find
> the flash chip and write it that way.
> see http://flashrom.org/Supported_programmers
> and http://flashrom.org/ISP
>
> That's all we can do for you, sorry.
>
> --
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner