Can you help me? I'm working on VIA-EPIA

Brian G. Rhodes bgr at gw.linespeed.net
Wed Jul 23 16:38:00 CEST 2003


try using the -w switch with the path to your rom

Brian G Rhodes
bgr at linespeed.net
brhodes at visualcircuits.com
+1 612-741-1191


On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, gimyung han wrote:

> hi everyone !!
>
> I'm trying to burn romimage on the VIA-EPIA (VIA C3-800 Mhz, VT8231)
>
> I just succeeded in making romimage, and I cd into
> /freebios/util/flash_and_burn, and type make to compile.
>
> Finally, I got  excutive file "flash_rom".
>
> To test "flash_rom", I typed flash_rom without any parameter.
> and I saw following message
>
> Calibrating timer since microsleep sucks ... takes a second
> Setting up microsecond timing loop
> 153M loops per second
> OK, calibrated, now do the deed
> Enabling flash write on VT8231...tried to set 0x44 to 0x54 on VT8231 failed
> (WARNING ONLY)
> Trying Am29F040B, 512 KB
> probe_29f040b: id1 0x25, id2 0xa6
> Trying At29C040A, 512 KB
> probe_jedec: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6
> Trying Mx29f002, 256 KB
> probe_29f002: id1 191, id2 182
> Trying SST29EE020A, 256 KB
> probe_jedec: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6
> Trying SST28SF040A, 512 KB
> probe_28sf040: id1 0x25, id2 0xa6
> Trying SST39SF020A, 256 KB
> probe_39sf020: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6
> SST39SF020A found at physical address: 0xfffc0000
> Part is SST39SF020A
> OK, only ENABLING flash write, but NOT FLASHING
>
>
> and then, I type "./flash_rom /root/epia/romimage".
>
>  "/root/epia/romimage" is a full path of romimage I had made.
>
> I saw messges like below
>
> Calibrating timer since microsleep sucks ... takes a second
> Setting up microsecond timing loop
> 152M loops per second
> OK, calibrated, now do the deed
> Enabling flash write on VT8231...OK
> Trying Am29F040B, 512 KB
> probe_29f040b: id1 0x25, id2 0xa6
> Trying At29C040A, 512 KB
> probe_jedec: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6
> Trying Mx29f002, 256 KB
> probe_29f002: id1 191, id2 182
> Trying SST29EE020A, 256 KB
> probe_jedec: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6
> Trying SST28SF040A, 512 KB
> probe_28sf040: id1 0x25, id2 0xa6
> Trying SST39SF020A, 256 KB
> probe_39sf020: id1 0xbf, id2 0xb6
> SST39SF020A found at physical address: 0xfffc0000
> Part is SST39SF020A
>
> I thought, romimage was burnt on my rom.........
> I reboot the system, buf nothing was changed............
>
> What's wrong with my procedure.....................
>
> I did change original rom..............................
>
> is it impossible to burn image on the original rom ?
>
> If so, What should I do?
>
> Please, give me your wise advice.....
>
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