[coreboot] flashrom issues??

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Fri Feb 29 20:13:03 CET 2008


On 29.02.2008 20:07, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * joe at smittys.pointclark.net <joe at smittys.pointclark.net> [080229 18:36]:
>   
>>> Yes, it means the actual flash write mechanism is protected, though the
>>> ID command gets through. I had the same thing on another ICH4M board.
>>> Might be SMM protection, some GPIO or some other mapping/locking
>>> mechanism.
>>>       
>> Do you remember what you did to fix this on the ICH4-M?
>>     
>
> The issue remained unfixed, I used a Galep5 to burn the flash chips.
>   

In theory, this should be debuggable with DOS ports of the ICH GPIO 
dumper and superiotool.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel

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