[flashrom] Intel QS77 / Eon EN25QH64 - read failed

[Stefan Tauner]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:14:17 +0100
Artur Szymanski <arthur at ii.pw.edu.pl> wrote:

> 0x54: 0x00000000 FREG0: Warning: Flash Descriptor region (0x00000000-0x00000fff) is read-only.
> 0x58: 0x07ff01c0 FREG1: BIOS region (0x001c0000-0x007fffff) is read-write.
> 0x5C: 0x01bf0003 FREG2: Warning: Management Engine region (0x00003000-0x001bffff) is locked.
> 0x60: 0x00020001 FREG3: Gigabit Ethernet region (0x00001000-0x00002fff) is read-write.
> 0x64: 0x00001fff FREG4: Platform Data region is unused.
> Not all flash regions are freely accessible by flashrom. This is most likely
> due to an active ME. Please see https://flashrom.org/ME for details.
> 0x74: 0x00000000 (PR0 is unused)
> 0x78: 0x00000000 (PR1 is unused)
> 0x7C: 0x00000000 (PR2 is unused)
> 0x80: 0x00000000 (PR3 is unused)
> 0x84: 0x00000000 (PR4 is unused)
> Writes have been disabled for safety reasons. You can enforce write
> support with the ich_spi_force programmer option, but you will most likely
> harm your hardware! If you force flashrom you will get no support if
> something breaks. On a few mainboards it is possible to enable write
> access by setting a jumper (see its documentation or the board itself).

Hello Artur,

thanks for your report!

The main problem is the locked ME region as seen in the log.
For more details please see http://flashrom.org/ME

-- 
Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner