[coreboot] Patch for flashrom r3254 / Autoskip feature for 82802ab-type chips

[Stefan Reinauer]

Claus Gindhart wrote:
> Flash pages, which where excluded from updating using the exclude or the
> layout option, as well as areas, whose flash contents already contain the
> desired data, will be skipped.
> These ensures absolute data security of critical areas (BIOS boot block), 
> e.g. against a sudden power off or a CPU hangup during flashing. As a
> nice side effect, it speeds up the flash process, if the BIOS to be flashed
> is very similar to the version in flash. 
>
> Signed-off-by: Claus Gindhart <claus.gindhart at kontron.com>
>   

Thanks! Committed in r3260

Stefan

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