On 20.11.2008 21:48, Joseph Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:04:18 +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 20.11.2008 18:43, Joseph Smith wrote: >> >>> The windows software C source for the original program is >>> available for a reference point and it is very simple. We just need to >>> convert it to linux/flashrom language. >>> >> What's the license of that software? >> >> > Not sure there is no license in any of the headers, and we can't get a > response from the author... >
We could give that person time to respond. He/she may be on vacation or have other reasons to delay an answer. >>> I plan on adding a L option to >>> flashrom for this. Probibly something like "-l /dev/lp0" >>> >>> >> Can we use long options until we have decided on the final one-letter >> options? My suggestion for these external flashers would be to specify >> the name of the host/programmer like "--host=lpcflasher" and possibly >> "--interface=/dev/lp0". That way, we can restrict the probe sequences to >> those which are supported by a given programmer. >> >> > Hmm, that is a possibility, that also opens the door for other programmers > to use flashrom :-) > That was my intention. We could use "--host=rayerspiflasher" for that homebrew SPI flasher. It would certainly help if flashrom became the default Linux tool for homebrew flashers. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
