[flashrom] erase algorithm on Macronix MX25L6406E

Stefan Tauner stefan.tauner at alumni.tuwien.ac.at
Sun Aug 21 12:34:37 CEST 2016


On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:15:20 +0200
Arian Sanusi <coreboot at semioptimal.net> wrote:

> > You could also just select the right chip definition :) Your log looks
> > very much as if you got a MX25L64* with 4 kB sectors (e.g. MX25L6406E
> > as you wrote) but the chip set definition you chose (MX25L6405) has
> > 64 kB sectors in the smallest eraser.  
> 
> Ah thank you, I didn't even notice...
> 
> I don't remember how I settled for the *05, however, attempting the 06E results in:
> 
> > root at kiso:~# flashrom -p internal:laptop=force_I_want_a_brick -c MX25L640E  -w coreboot.rom
> > flashrom v0.9.9-r1954 on Linux 4.7.0-rc7-amd64 (x86_64)
> > flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
> > 
> > Error: Unknown chip 'MX25L640E' specified.
> > Run flashrom -L to view the hardware supported in this flashrom version.  
> 
> and the 06E appears in "flashrom -L"'s output...

The *06E is part of a definition comprising multiple chip names. You
need to use the complete string as parameter for -c.
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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner




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