[flashrom] Fail to flash BIOS under ICH9R with descriptor mode

Luc Verhaegen libv at skynet.be
Mon Dec 21 16:23:09 CET 2009


On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:06:47PM +0800, eugenehsu wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi 
> 
>  I used the flashrom with SB ICH9R and flash chip SST SST25VF016B,
> and  
> 
> the descriptor mode is activated. The software version is
> flashrom-0.9.1 
> 
> and pciutils-3.1.4. I failed to flash the BIOS. Please
> refer to the messages: 
> 
> =========================== 
> 
> DiskStation>
> ./flashrom -E 
> 
> flashrom v0.9.1-r710 
> 
> No coreboot table found. 
> 
> Found
> chipset "Intel ICH9R", enabling flash write... OK. 
> 
> This chipset supports
> the following protocols: LPC,FWH,SPI. 
> 
> Calibrating delay loop... OK.
> 
> 
> Found chip "SST SST25VF016B" (2048 KB, SPI) at physical address
> 0xffe00000. 
> 
> Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000!
> Expected=0xff, Read=0x4c, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x001fffff:
> 0x3000 
> 
> ERASE FAILED! 
> 
> FAILED! 
> 
> ERROR at 0x00000000: Expected=0xff,
> Read=0x00 
> 
> Your flash chip is in an unknown state. 
> 
> Get help on IRC at
> irc.freenode.net channel #flashrom or 
> 
> mail flashrom at flashrom.org
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------ 
> 
> DO NOT
> REBOOT OR POWEROFF!  
> 
> =========================== 
> 
> BTW, please find the
> "flashrom -E -V" messages in the attachment. 
> 
> Do you know how to solve
> this problem ? Thanks for your help. 
> 
> Eugene 

We need at least:
- exact board make and model.
- lspci -vvnnxxx
before we can even try to investigate this.

Luc Verhaegen.




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