[flashrom] USB 3 PCI Card support (request to add device)

[Philipp Post]

Stefan,

thanks a lot for letting me know.

In fact there is even source code in c available for uPD720201 / uPD720202
which comes with the firmware files from Renesas.

As Renesas said, these both are not compatible with mine and furthermore it
seems that the access problems on my device come from the PCI to PCI-Express
bride (said a technician from a seller of these cards in the US) I have put
this case aside.

For the time being I will stick to USB 2 until the manufacturers solved the
problems and most likely I will not be keen to buy hardware with Renesas
chips again.

brgds
Philipp

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Von: Stefan Tauner [mailto:stefan.tauner at student.tuwien.ac.at] 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2013 10:57
An: Philipp Post
Cc: flashrom at flashrom.org
Betreff: Re: [flashrom] USB 3 PCI Card support (request to add device)

On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 21:02:06 +0100
Philipp Post <post.philipp at googlemail.com> wrote:

>  
> Stefan,
> 
> >> it would be nice if you could mail renesas and ask them for 
> >> differences
> in the firmware/flash access procedures between the uPD720200A and the 
> uPD720201/uPD720202. if they are equal we might come up with 
> something...<<
> 
> Renesas replied the following: 
> "Renesas cannot assist or support such an effort. In addition, the 
> programming interface for the uPD720200 and uPD720200A is different 
> from the uPD720202, needs different programming tools, and relies on 
> proprietary chip features that cannot be disclosed outside of Renesas."

i was notified that someone else implemented a DOS flasher for the
uPD720201/uPD720202 in assembler. i don't have time to look into it in
detail, but maybe the existing code (and precompiled binary) is of use to
you.
http://komposter.com.ua/content/kak-vosstanovit-proshivku-renesas-upd72020x-
2013-06-03
(google translate somewhat works :)

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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner