[flashrom] Flashrom failure

Leslie Rhorer lrhorer at mygrande.net
Wed Jan 9 02:26:36 CET 2013


I don't think I am in any jeopardy, but I need to make sure, because an
attempted flashrom write failed.  In addition, I would like to get it to
work, because it as been recommended I upgrade the BIOS due to issues in
lm-sensors.  When I attempted to upgrade the BIOS, I got this error:

RAID-Server:/RAID/Server-Main/Downloads/Asus Motherboards/M5A99X EVO R2.0#
flashrom -w M5A99X-EVO-R20-ASUS-1302.CAP 
flashrom v0.9.4-r1395 on Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), built with libpci
3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5, little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chipset "AMD SB700/SB710/SB750/SB850". Enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC, FWH, SPI.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q64" (8192 kB, SPI) at physical address
0xff800000.
Error: Image size doesn't match

	I then verified the flash image against the backup image and it
apparently passed:

RAID-Server:/RAID/Server-Main/Downloads/Asus Motherboards/M5A99X EVO R2.0#
flashrom -v Safety_BIOS.cap
flashrom v0.9.4-r1395 on Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), built with libpci
3.1.7, GCC 4.4.5, little endian
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found chipset "AMD SB700/SB710/SB750/SB850". Enabling flash write... OK.
This chipset supports the following protocols: LPC, FWH, SPI.
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q64" (8192 kB, SPI) at physical address
0xff800000.
Flash image seems to be a legacy BIOS. Disabling coreboot-related checks.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Verifying flash... VERIFIED.

	Am I in jeopardy, here?  How can I get flashrom to properly write
the new BIOS?
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