[coreboot] flashrom and quanta mainboard

[Raphaël Maville]

ROM chip / Chipset Mainboard unsupported ?

I tried flashrom on a hp pavilion dv9000 "series" (dv9051ea): does not
run, even in reading ?

What is wrong please ?



Thanks


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My computer has:
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
22 structures occupying 743 bytes.
Table at 0x000DF010.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
        Version: F.08     
        Release Date: 11/06/2006
        Address: 0xE7240
        Runtime Size: 101824 bytes
        ROM Size: 1024 kB
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
        Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
        Product Name: HP Pavilion dv9000 (RP923EA#ABF)  
        Version: Rev 1
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
        Manufacturer: Quanta
        Product Name: 30BD
        Version: 66.21
        Serial Number: None

Handle 0x0003, DMI type 3, 17 bytes
Chassis Information
        Manufacturer: Quanta
        Type: Notebook
        Lock: Not Present
        Version: N/A
        Serial Number: None
        Asset Tag:                     
        Boot-up State: Safe
        Power Supply State: Safe
        Thermal State: Safe
        Security Status: None
        OEM Information: 0x00001234

Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 35 bytes
Processor Information
        Socket Designation: U2E1
        Type: Central Processor
        Family: Other
        Manufacturer: Intel


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Below are the run commands:

$ sudo flashrom -r
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH7M", enabling flash write... OK.
No EEPROM/flash device found.
If you know which flash chip you have, and if this version of flashrom
supports a similar flash chip, you can try to force read your chip. Run:
flashrom -f -r -c similar_supported_flash_chip filename

Note: flashrom can never write when the flash chip isn't found automatically.


$ sudo flashrom -f -r
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH7M", enabling flash write... OK.
No EEPROM/flash device found.
If you know which flash chip you have, and if this version of flashrom
supports a similar flash chip, you can try to force read your chip. Run:
flashrom -f -r -c similar_supported_flash_chip filename

Note: flashrom can never write when the flash chip isn't found automatically.


sudo flashrom -f -r -c "82802AB"
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH7M", enabling flash write... OK.
No EEPROM/flash device found.
Force read (-f -r -c) requested, forcing chip probe success:
Found chip "Intel 82802AB" (512 KB) at physical address 0xfff80000.
Bad address


$ sudo flashrom -f -r -c "82802AC"
Calibrating delay loop... OK.
No coreboot table found.
Found chipset "Intel ICH7M", enabling flash write... OK.
No EEPROM/flash device found.
Force read (-f -r -c) requested, forcing chip probe success:
Found chip "Intel 82802AC" (1024 KB) at physical address 0xfff00000.
Bad address

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