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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have an AMD Persimmon dev board. I built coreboot and flashed it successfully; the board was operational.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have attempted to flash the original rom (obtained before flashing coreboot with flashrom –r).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I attempted to flash the original rom, I get the output below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If possible, could you please refer me to the proper documentation to resolve this issue.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michel Racine.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">root@debian:~# flashrom -w amd.original.rom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">flashrom v0.9.2-r1141 on Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (i686), built with libpci 3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5 20100728 (prerelease), little endian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Calibrating delay loop... OK.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">coreboot table found at 0xc717d000.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Found chipset "AMD SB700/SB710/SB750", enabling flash write... OK.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC,FWH,SPI.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Found chip "SST SST25VF032B" (4096 KB, SPI) at physical address 0xffc00000.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">===<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This flash part has status UNTESTED for operations: ERASE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The test status of this chip may have been updated in the latest development<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">version of flashrom. If you are running the latest development version,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">please email a report to flashrom@flashrom.org if any of the above operations<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">work correctly for you with this flash part. Please include the flashrom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">output with the additional -V option for all operations you tested (-V, -Vr,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Vw, -VE), and mention which mainboard or programmer you tested.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">===<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling checks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Writing flash chip... Erasing flash before programming... Erasing flash chip... ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x7f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00000fff: 0x200<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x7f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x00007fff: 0x1000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x7f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0000ffff: 0x2000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED at 0x00000008! Expected=0xff, Read=0x7f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x003fffff: 0x7ffff<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED at 0x00000000! Expected=0xff, Read=0x7f, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x003fffff: 0x80000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ERASE FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FAILED!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Your flash chip is in an unknown state.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Get help on IRC at irc.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">mail flashrom@flashrom.org!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">DO NOT REBOOT OR POWEROFF!<o:p></o:p></p>
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