[flashrom] Help: trouble when flashing rom

[Idwer Vollering]

Please use "reply to all" in the future. Thanks.

2011/4/19 Cyrille Bartholomée <cyrille at bartholomee.com>:
> Dear Idwer,
>
> Just built checkout from svn. It outputs this result:

Again: DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF YOUR LAPTOP.

>
> flashrom v0.9.3-r1288 on Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (i686), built with libpci
> 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5, little endian
>
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
>
> Calibrating delay loop... delay loop is unreliable, trying to continue OK.
>
> Found chipset "Intel ICH4-M", enabling flash write... OK.
>
> This chipset supports the following protocols: FWH.
>
> Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address 0xfff80000.
>
> Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
>
> Erasing and writing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00016000! Expected=0xff,
> Read=0xae, failed byte count from 0x00016000-0x00016fff: 0xfde
>
> ERASE FAILED!
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> ERASE FAILED at 0x00010000! Expected=0xff, Read=0xca, failed byte count from
> 0x00010000-0x0001ffff: 0xfeb2
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> ERASE FAILED!
>
> Segmentatiefout
>
> Segmentatiefout=segmentation error

flashrom should NOT have segfaulted. Can you show the last lines of
dmesg (dmesg | tail) ?

>
> Maybe this information can help you?
>
> Regards,
>
> Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
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> t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille at bartholomee.com
>
> Op dinsdag 19 april 2011 07:25:59 schreef Cyrille Bartholomée:
>
>> Dear Idwer,
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>> First of all thank you for responding so fast and trying to help me!
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>> 1. Downloaded and built latest flashrom. Problem remains exactly the same
>> as with previous version.
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>> 2. I am using an Asus laptop model M6Ne, the exact type of board I don't
>> know.
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>> 3. I have run the commands you mentioned, the results are attached to this
>> mail.
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>> If there is more information you need, please let me know.
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>
>> Again, thanks for your help.
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>> Kind regards,
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>>
>
>> Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
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>> t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille at bartholomee.com
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>>
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>> Op dinsdag 19 april 2011 00:21:28 schreef u:
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>> > 2011/4/18 Cyrille Bartholomée <cyrille at bartholomee.com>:
>
>> > > Dear,
>
>> > >
>
>> > > I'm facing this problem when flashing my rom:
>
>> > >
>
>> > > flashrom v0.9.2-r1028 on Linux 2.6.35-28-generic (i686), built with
>> > > libpci
>
>> > > 3.0.0, GCC 4.4.4, little endian
>
>> > >
>
>> > > flashrom is free software, get the source code at
>> > > http://www.flashrom.org
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Calibrating delay loop... delay loop is unreliable, trying to continue
>> > > OK.
>
>> > >
>
>> > > No coreboot table found.
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>> > >
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>> > > Found chipset "Intel ICH4-M", enabling flash write... OK.
>
>> > >
>
>> > > This chipset supports the following protocols: Non-SPI.
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Found chip "SST SST49LF004A/B" (512 KB, FWH) at physical address
>> > > 0xfff80000.
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Writing flash chip... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at
>> > > 0x00000008!
>
>> > > Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte count from
>> > > 0x00000000-0x00000fff:
>
>> > > 0xfc5
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>> > >
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>> > > ERASE FAILED!
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>> > >
>
>> > > ERASE FAILED at 0x00000008! Expected=0xff, Read=0x00, failed byte
>> > > count from
>
>> > > 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0xfadb
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>> > >
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>> > > ERASE FAILED!
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>> > >
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>> > > FAILED!
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>> > >
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>> > > ERASE FAILED!
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>> > >
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>> > > FAILED!
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>> > >
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>> > > Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
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>> > >
>
>> > > Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
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>> > >
>
>> > > mail flashrom at flashrom.org!
>
>> >
>
>> > Can you:
>
>> > - try a newer release (or build the latest developemt code yourself
>
>> > http://www.flashrom.org/Downloads#Installation_from_source)
>
>> > - mention the exact name of your board (including revision, if there
>
>> > are multiple revisions)
>
>> > - attach the output of 'flashrom -V', 'lspci -nnvvvxxx', 'superiotool
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>> > -deV' (run all commands as root)
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>> >
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>> >
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>> > Thanks in advance,
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>> > Idwer
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>> >
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>> > >
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>> > >
>> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> > >
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>> > > DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
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>> > >
>
>> > > Regards,
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Cyrille Bartholomée | De Damhouderestraat 20 | 2018 Antwerpen
>
>> > >
>
>> > > t. 0032 3 298 4244 | m. 0032 499 711 018 | e. cyrille at bartholomee.com
>
>> > >
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>> > >
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