[flashrom] Avoton patches for flashrom

[TR Reardon]

cool, just tried and was enable to read the descriptor (64K) and then
the actual BIOS (6MB).  I had to edit out the write-only check in
cli_classic.c, assumed that was relatively safe.

The --verify function doesn't work per se, but the files I was able to
extract using --read matched.

The BIOS files mostly seem to match what is posted by ASUS online.
That is, other than configuration areas which I don't understand.  I
assume that when a tool like BUPDATER from Asus reads a BIOS update
file, it doesn't simply overwrite the entire BIOS area?  I mean, there
are quite a few 64KB configuration areas containing things like the
motherboard name.  Or is this relatively safe to overwrite?

+Reardon


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Stefan Tauner
<stefan.tauner at alumni.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Aug 2014 15:59:40 -0400
> TR Reardon <reardonia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm wondering if your patches from last fall for layout support for
>> read have been updated?  I'd like to try with your Avoton patches but the
>> merge is non-trivial
>
> I have rebased my local branch to current HEAD for you. It compiles but
> I have not checked anything else -> no promises whatsoever. You can find
> it on my github: https://github.com/stefanct/flashrom/tree/layout
> They should not conflict with the Intel patches. Hope that helps.
>
> --
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner