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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Today I tested flashrom on a Supermicro X8DTG-D motherboard. Below are the commands I ran, a link to their output, and any of my notes on that step.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Test environment: 64 bit CentOS 6 image booted via PXE, linux kernel 2.6.32-358.6.1, Supermicro X8DTG-D with BIOS Rev. 2.1a<br><br>`flashrom –p internal -V` http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1702<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>`lspci -nnvvxxx` http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1703<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>`superiotool -deV` http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1704<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>`flashrom –V –r x8dtg-bak.bin –p internal` http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1707<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>`flashrom –V –w X8DTG.21A` http://paste.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1708<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Note: The BIOS binary released by Supermicro, Rev. 2.1a.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At this point, I rebooted the system to verify the write was successful and see if any settings were changed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>`flashrom –V –v X8DTG.21A –p internal` http://pase.flashrom.org/view.php?id=1705<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Note: The return code was 255<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is it normal behavior to have the verify operation succeed after a write, but fail after a reboot?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Daniel Mueller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Systems Engineering co-op<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>