[flashrom] ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA (Nvidia MCP61): `flashrom -Vw` (r1483)

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Flashrom folks,


Am Sonntag, den 08.01.2012, 17:03 +0100 schrieb Paul Menzel:

> I tested the ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA with an Nvidia MCP61 chipset. The
> output says, that the chipset is not fully supported so please tell me
> what I have to consider when testing writing.

I found a Wiki page »MCP SPI support« [3] in the Wiki but the patch [4]
is already committed so that tested writing and erasing and it worked
without problems.

[…]

> Reading seems to work. The difference between the read image to the
> downloaded file (1.20) from the ASRock [2] is minimal according to
> `bsdiff`.
> 
>         00000000   42 53 44 49  46 46 34 30  42 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  2D 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 08 00  BSDIFF40B.......-...........
>         0000001C   00 00 00 00  42 5A 68 39  31 41 59 26  53 59 59 02  DA 4C 00 00  0E EC 41 71  38 00 20 01  ....BZh91AY&SYY..L....Aq8. .
>         00000038   00 40 00 40  20 01 00 20  00 31 00 D0  00 C5 32 19  36 A2 B1 39  12 48 15 EA  BC D8 B4 74  . at .@ .. .1....2.6..9.H.....t
>         00000054   E8 C2 6F E2  EE 48 A7 0A  12 0B 20 5B  49 80 42 5A  68 39 31 41  59 26 53 59  35 50 66 AE  ..o..H.... [I.BZh91AY&SY5Pf.
>         00000070   00 04 04 40  00 C4 00 00  08 20 00 30  CC 05 29 A6  10 0D 88 80  78 BB 92 29  C2 84 81 AA  ... at ..... .0..).....x..)....
>         0000008C   83 35 70 42  5A 68 39 17  72 45 38 50  90 00 00 00  00                                     .5pBZh9.rE8P.....
> 
> Please find all log files attached.

Please find the outputs asked for on the Wiki page [3] attached.

The BIOS was upgraded to version 2.30 [2] and the board rebooted fine.
As expected the defaults had to be loaded due to the CMOS error.


Thanks,

Paul


> [1] http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?Model=AM2NF6G-VSTA
> [2] http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=AM2NF6G-VSTA&o=BIOS
[3] http://flashrom.org/Random_notes/MCP_SPI_support
[4] http://patchwork.coreboot.org/project/flashrom/list/?state=*&q=mcp
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