[coreboot] [Coreboot] About (re)flash BIOS utility

[Idwer Vollering]

2014-03-12 11:23 GMT+01:00 yu chyuan fu <fuh0826 at gmail.com>:

> Hi All
>
> I am a novice with coreboot. I successfully build coreboot.rom follow
> www.coreboot.org.
> Now i want to burn it to flash chips. I tried using the vendors provide
> flash utility write to flash chips, it's can write success.
>

The vendor BIOS bootblock was likely left intact/untouched.


> I plug in 0x80 debug card to mainboard then power on, coreboot stop
> working and debug card output code is 0x02.
>

My guess is that the vendor BIOS' bootblock shows that particular code.
The files behind these links do not include POST code 0x02:
http://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=coreboot.git;a=blob;f=documentation/POSTCODES;h=85ad4d76f954eba88d4890432347eb0b1d7b7b51;hb=HEAD
and
http://review.coreboot.org/gitweb?p=coreboot.git;a=blob;f=src/include/console/post_codes.h;h=0310db3958146d2c78893b692799d57f62cf5eb7;hb=HEAD

Did you compile crossgcc right before 'make menuconfig'?


> I suspect vendors provide flash utility maybe not support coreboot when i
> reference FAQ<http://www.coreboot.org/FAQ#How_do_I_.28re-.29flash_the_BIOS.3F> page
> describe how to flash the BIOS.
> The FAQ page suggest use the universal flash utility called flashrom.So,
> if i don't use flashrom utility write to flash chips , even my
> coreboot.rom is good,it always can't work?
>
> Thanks!!
>
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