[coreboot] #106: flashrom: Add -T to automatically test all flash chip operations

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Sat Apr 11 16:38:00 CEST 2009


#106: flashrom: Add -T to automatically test all flash chip operations
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    Reporter:  stuge        |         Owner:  somebody         
        Type:  enhancement  |        Status:  reopened         
    Priority:  major        |     Milestone:  flashrom v1.0    
   Component:  flashrom     |       Version:                   
  Resolution:               |      Keywords:  testing          
Dependencies:               |   Patchstatus:  there is no patch
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Changes (by stuge):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * dependencies:  #103 =>
  * resolution:  duplicate =>


Comment:

 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
 > The self-test mode has to execute:
 > 1. read (and store on disk)

 I think the point is that it goes to disk to allow out-of-band restoration
 in case writing back with flashrom fails?

 I would prefer no file. I don't want to have to remove files after
 testing, and not having a file would encourage testing strictly with flash
 chips without valuable contents. I think that is a very good thing™!

 There's always -r to do a manual backup first, but I like the idea of
 making the difficult path more labor intense, to discourage testing with
 critical flash chips.


 > 3. write (old contents)
 I think it has to write all 0 to the chip rather than the original
 contents. If the chip is blank to begin with there would be a false
 positive when erase or write does not work, and flashrom can't tell.

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Ticket URL: <http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/106#comment:5>
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