[flashrom] Flashing MX 25L12873F on MSI board via Raspberry Pi SPI

[Fabian Köster]

Hi Ivan,
Hi Nico,

thank you very much for your help!

> Using the raspberry for BIOS flashing is an overkill IMHO.
> You could use a much simpler USB programmer CH341A,
> which is supported by flashrom and costs peanuts ( $2-$3 )

I ordered that device and will give it a try as soon as it arrives.

> if I understand the datasheet of that chip correctly, flashrom should at
> least detect a related chip (that might even be compatible for your pur-
> pose).

Do you have a link to that datasheet? I could not find it on their homepage.

> Please send a verbose log of your flashrom run (preferably taken with
> `-o logfile.txt` appended to your flashrom command). If you use a Rasp-
> berry Pi, most common problem is an unknown clock. The linux_spi pro-
> grammer has a `spispeed` setting that you should set to a reasonable
> value (it's in kHz, so try values between 100 and 10,000).

Thanks for the hint, I will try that as well soon.

Fabian

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