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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0">Hello Experts,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0">I have compiled the latest flashrom 0-9.5 source and tried to update the bios in the flash on our board, but I see the board gets hanged after executing the
flashrom commands. But I don’t see these errors in the reference board.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0">Please see below logs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:red">root@amc:~#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:red">root@amc:~# flashrom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:red">flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.6.1, little endian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:red">flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:red"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:red">Calibrating delay loop... OK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:red"><< hangs here.. need to reboot the board >><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">root@amc:~#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">root@amc:~# flashrom -R<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.6.1, little endian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">root@amc:~#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">root@amc:~# flashrom -V -r bios_revb.bin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.6.1, little endian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D">Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1100M loops per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 1003 us, 10000 myus = 10005
uó<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D"><< hangs here.. need to reboot the board >><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228">root@amc:/home/emerson#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228">root@amc:/home/emerson# flashrom -V -w amc_pxe_lap_working2.bin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228">flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1515 on Linux 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.6.1, little endian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228">flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228">Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1100M loops per second, 10 myus = 11 us, 100 myus = 100 us, 1000 myus = 1003 us, 10000 myus = 10006
uó<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#4F6228"><< hangs here.. need to reboot the board >><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0">In the internal.c file I have negated the force_laptop variable in the if() condition,also commented the dmi_init(), compiled and used the command flashrom
to program the bios.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0">Can you please let me know if this is a hardware issue or the flashrom utility issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0">Thanks for the help,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#7030A0">Raghu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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