[LinuxBIOS] problem on geode

Uwe Hermann uwe at hermann-uwe.de
Mon Oct 8 01:25:22 CEST 2007


On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:49:42AM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> with the older version of linuxbios on the msm800sev, I could reflash.
> I can ID but no longer reflash with the buildrom version of linuxbios.

Is this still the case? If so, can you test older versions to find the
last commit which still worked?


> here is the 0x1808 MSR.
> 
> pbx ~ # /rdmsr 0x1808
> MSR register 0x1808 => 25:ff:fc:02:13:f7:df:00
> pbx ~ # /wrmsr 0x1808 22:ff:fc:02:10:f3:bf:00
> MSR register 0x1808 => 22:ff:fc:02:10:f3:bf:00
> pbx ~ # /rdmsr 0x1808
> MSR register 0x1808 => 22:ff:fc:02:10:f3:bf:00
> 
> this was sufficient before. Marc, what should I look at? flashrom does this:
> pbx ~ # ./flashrom
> Calibrating delay loop... ok
> Found LinuxBIOS table at: 00000530
> vendor id: digitallogic part id: msm800sev
> WARNING: No chipset found. Flash detection will most likely fail.
> M50FW080 found at physical address: 0xfff00000
> Flash part is M50FW080 (1024 KB)
> OK, only ENABLING flash write, but NOT FLASHING.
> pbx ~ # ./flashrom -w d.rom
> Calibrating delay loop... ok
> Found LinuxBIOS table at: 00000530
> vendor id: digitallogic part id: msm800sev
> WARNING: No chipset found. Flash detection will most likely fail.
> M50FW080 found at physical address: 0xfff00000
> Flash part is M50FW080 (1024 KB)
> ERASE FAILED
> 
> Is there some other setting I need to go after?


Uwe.
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