[flashrom] Need help with failed flash. part 2.1

[Stefan Tauner]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:33:25 +0100
simon <simon.riget at gmail.com> wrote:

> Den 13-11-2012 14:06, Stefan Tauner skrev:
> > On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:33:32 +0100
> > Simon Riget <simon at paragi.dk> wrote:
> >
> >> Biso was flashed with backup and are hopefully restored.
> >>
> >>
> >> flashrom -p internal -V: http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1442
> >> lspci -nnvvvxxx: http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1443
> >> superiotool -deV : http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1444
> >> flashrom -p internal -r readout.rom:
> >> http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1445
> > as discussed on IRC it is believed that the chip's "boot block lockout"
> > is enabled and not possible to be disabled by software and that it is
> > safe to update the bios by only writing to the unprotected parts.
> >
> > flashrom supports writing arbitrary address ranges out of the box
> > (reading, verifying and erasing support has not been merged though).
> > to do so one has to tell flashrom the flash "partition table" with the
> > help of a layout file. please consult the manpage about the details for
> > example how to select an address range to operate on.
> >
> > your layout file should look like this:
> > 00000000:0003bfff main
> > 0003c000:0003ffff bootblock
> >
> > and you want to flash the main part only. presuming that the layout
> > file is named "layout.txt", you will probably want to execute something
> > like this:
> >
> > flashrom -p internal -V -l layout.txt -i main -w <imagename>
> > it should say verified at the as you have seen already. if it does not
> > for any reason, but tell you the "unknown state" message, please write
> > the backup again. you should always be able to go back to this safe
> > state, as long as you dont reboot.
> >
> > if it says verified then the new contents mixed with the old bootblock
> > are written correctly. as i explained to you we are not 100% sure that
> > his is a legit state, but have little doubt and you can reboot then.
> >
> Result:
> The flashrom program terminated succesfully
> The BIOS settings where wiped. (Reinstated with BIOS setup)
> The mashine can boot
> 
> However the BIOS version are still the same and I have seen no other 
> signs that the BIOS was upgraded.

please upload the following images to http://paste.flashrom.org
 - the original backup you have read out before doing the write (should
   be equal to the one you did at the very beginning i presume)
 - the image you used in the -l ... -w ... call
 - the image flashrom reads after issuing the -l -w call (this should
   be a mixture of the first (the bootblock part) and the second one

also i would like to see the log file generated by
flashrom -p internal -V -l layout.txt -i main -w <imagename> -o flashrom.log
or at least the verbose output.

you said the bios version did not change. how did you determine this
fact exactly?

-- 
Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner