[flashrom] FAILED pl8820

[Stefan Tauner]

On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 02:55:07 +0400
Владимир Пчелинцев <pchelintsev at jet.msk.su> wrote:

> Hi i try to update BIOS on my PL8820 and see this error
> Extracting image
> Running install.sh
> 
> BIOS upgrade from B272 to B282.
> 
> *** IMPORTANT ***
> 
> The upgrade will try and power cycle the system the next time a reboot is
> scheduled. It's highly recommended to reboot the system after the upgrade
> is done.
> 
> Type 'yes' to proceed with BIOS upgrade, or 'no' to abort: yes
> flashrom v0.9.6.1-r1627 on Linux 3.4.18-pl-xeon-plos_64 (x86_64)
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
> 
> Calibrating delay loop... OK.
> Found chipset "Intel ICH10R". Enabling flash write... OK.
> Found SST flash chip "SST25VF016B" (2048 kB, SPI) at physical address 
> 0xffe00000 .
> Reading old flash chip contents... done.
> Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done.
> Verifying flash... FAILED at 0x00040030! Expected=0xc3, Found=0xcb, 
> failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x001fffff: 0x1a3
> Your flash chip is in an unknown state.
> Get help on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
> mail flashrom at flashrom.org with the subject "FAILED: <your board name>"!
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!
> install_firmware: Installation aborted
> Firmware upgrade failed
> How to fix it.
> And more sadly we are power cycle this machine, how to make his alive again.
> Thanks
> 

Hello Владимир,

is that a Procera platform and does Procera ship flashrom to its customers?
I presume you have found an alternative solution already, but in general - 
if the device does no longer boot after such a failed attempt - you need to
use an external programmer to write a working firmware to the chip again.

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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner