[flashrom] MSI GF615M-P33: flashrom -V

[Stefan Tauner]

On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:10:06 +0100
Kim Johansson <kbkj at telia.com> wrote:

> flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1516 on Linux 2.6.35 (i686), built with libpci 2.2.10, GCC 4.2.4, little endian
> flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org
> 
> Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1276M loops per second, delay more than 10% too short (got 85% of expected delay), recalculating... 1271M loops per second, delay more than 10% too short (got 85% of expected delay), recalculating... 1279M loops per second, delay more than 10% too short (got 85% of expected delay), recalculating... 1296M loops per second, delay more than 10% too short (got 86% of expected delay), recalculating... 1280M loops per second, 10 myus = 8 us, 100 myus = 85 us, 1000 myus = 929 us, 10000 myus = 16865 us, 4 myus = 4 us, OK.
> Initializing internal programmer
> No coreboot table found.
> DMI string system-manufacturer: "MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD"
> DMI string system-product-name: "MS-7597"
> DMI string system-version: "1.0"
> DMI string baseboard-manufacturer: "MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD"
> DMI string baseboard-product-name: "GF615M-P33  (MS-7597)"
> DMI string baseboard-version: "1.0"
> DMI string chassis-type: "Desktop"
> Found chipset "NVIDIA MCP61" with PCI ID 10de:03e0. Enabling flash write... This chipset is not really supported yet. Guesswork...
> ISA/LPC bridge reg 0x8a contents: 0x40, bit 6 is 1, bit 5 is 0
> Flash bus type is SPI
> SPI on this chipset is WIP. Please report any success or failure by mailing us the verbose output to flashrom at flashrom.org, thanks!
> Found SMBus device 10de:03eb at 00:01:1
> MCP SPI BAR is at 0xfec80000
> SPI control is 0x0012, req=0, gnt=0
> Please send the output of "flashrom -V" to flashrom at flashrom.org with
> your board name: flashrom -V as the subject to help us finish support for your
> chipset. Thanks.
> OK.
> The following protocols are supported: SPI.
> […]
> No EEPROM/flash device found.
> Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically.

hello kim and thanks for your report!

your log looks suspicious, maybe you have found a bug in our MCP61 code
or the flash is not attached to the southbridge, but the fintek chip.
could you please send us the output of "superiotool -dV", thanks.
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Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner