[flashrom] Can flashrom be used safely with external USB WCH CH341A & laptop?

[Boyce Humphries]

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>On Tue, 4/11/17, Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner at gmx.at> wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [flashrom] Can flashrom be used safely with external USB WCH CH341A & laptop?
> To: flashrom at flashrom.org
> Cc: "Boyce Humphries" <boycehumphries at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2017, 1:40 PM
> 
> On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:22:10
> +0000 (UTC)
> Boyce Humphries via flashrom <flashrom at flashrom.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > hello
> @flashrom
> > 
> > Is
> there a way to make flashrom  NOT LOOK INTERNALLY  but
> look at the external usb ports for the WCH CH341A
> programmer?
> > I only have a
> laptop.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> flashrom can safely be used
> while the laptop is turned off. For a
> meaningful way of recovery you will need a
> *second* computer to run
> flashrom anyway.
> There are also some pitfalls:
> https://www.flashrom.org/ISP
> -- 
> Kind regards/Mit
> freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner

hello again @flashrom

Could a flashrom option be added to allow only USB ports to be probed, programmed, etc.
External programmers are cheap and there many laptops out here.

thanks again
Boyce