Author: hailfinger
Date: 2009-06-19 13:23:57 +0200 (Fri, 19 Jun 2009)
New Revision: 608

Modified:
   trunk/flashrom.8
   trunk/flashrom.c
   trunk/pm49fl00x.c
Log:
Kill obsolete exclude range feature. It is ignored by almost every chip
and does not work for external flashers. Plus, it gives the user a false
sense of security in some corner cases.

Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <[email protected]>


Modified: trunk/flashrom.8
===================================================================
--- trunk/flashrom.8    2009-06-19 10:42:43 UTC (rev 607)
+++ trunk/flashrom.8    2009-06-19 11:23:57 UTC (rev 608)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 flashrom \- detect, read, write, verify and erase flash chips
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B flashrom \fR[\fB\-VfLzhR\fR] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR file|\fB\-w\fR 
file|\fB\-v\fR file]
-         [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR addr] [\fB\-e\fR addr] [\fB\-m\fR 
[vendor:]part]
+         [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-m\fR [vendor:]part]
          [\fB\-l\fR file] [\fB\-i\fR image] [\fB\-p\fR programmer] [file]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B flashrom
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 .TP
 .B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname>
 Probe only for specified flash ROM chip.
-.TP
-.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
-Exclude start position (obsolete).
 .sp
 flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of
 the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
@@ -81,9 +78,6 @@
 flexible and they should lead to a ROM update file format with the
 ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?).
 .TP
-.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr> 
-Exclude end postion (obsolete).
-.TP
 .B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <[vendor:]part>
 Override mainboard settings.
 .sp

Modified: trunk/flashrom.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/flashrom.c    2009-06-19 10:42:43 UTC (rev 607)
+++ trunk/flashrom.c    2009-06-19 11:23:57 UTC (rev 608)
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "flashchips.h"
 
 char *chip_to_probe = NULL;
-int exclude_start_page, exclude_end_page;
 int verbose = 0;
 int programmer = PROGRAMMER_INTERNAL;
 
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@
        return 0;
 }
 
-int read_flash(struct flashchip *flash, char *filename, unsigned int 
exclude_start_position, unsigned int exclude_end_position)
+int read_flash(struct flashchip *flash, char *filename)
 {
        unsigned long numbytes;
        FILE *image;
@@ -433,10 +432,6 @@
        } else
                flash->read(flash, buf, 0, size);
 
-       if (exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position > 0)
-               memset(buf + exclude_start_position, 0,
-                      exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position);
-
        numbytes = fwrite(buf, 1, size, image);
        fclose(image);
        free(buf);
@@ -482,8 +477,8 @@
 
 void usage(const char *name)
 {
-       printf("usage: %s [-VfLzhR] [-E|-r file|-w file|-v file] [-c chipname] 
[-s addr]\n"
-              "       [-e addr] [-m [vendor:]part] [-l file] [-i image] [-p 
programmer] [file]\n\n", name);
+       printf("usage: %s [-VfLzhR] [-E|-r file|-w file|-v file] [-c 
chipname]\n"
+              "       [-m [vendor:]part] [-l file] [-i image] [-p programmer] 
[file]\n\n", name);
 
        printf("Please note that the command line interface for flashrom will "
                "change before\nflashrom 1.0. Do not use flashrom in scripts "
@@ -497,8 +492,6 @@
             "   -E | --erase:                     erase flash device\n"
             "   -V | --verbose:                   more verbose output\n"
             "   -c | --chip <chipname>:           probe only for specified 
flash chip\n"
-            "   -s | --estart <addr>:             exclude start position\n"
-            "   -e | --eend <addr>:               exclude end postion\n"
             "   -m | --mainboard <[vendor:]part>: override mainboard 
settings\n"
             "   -f | --force:                     force write without checking 
image\n"
             "   -l | --layout <file.layout>:      read ROM layout from file\n"
@@ -542,8 +535,6 @@
                {"erase", 0, 0, 'E'},
                {"verify", 0, 0, 'v'},
                {"chip", 1, 0, 'c'},
-               {"estart", 1, 0, 's'},
-               {"eend", 1, 0, 'e'},
                {"mainboard", 1, 0, 'm'},
                {"verbose", 0, 0, 'V'},
                {"force", 0, 0, 'f'},
@@ -559,7 +550,6 @@
 
        char *filename = NULL;
 
-       unsigned int exclude_start_position = 0, exclude_end_position = 0;      
// [x,y)
        char *tempstr = NULL, *tempstr2 = NULL;
 
        print_version();
@@ -573,7 +563,7 @@
        }
 
        setbuf(stdout, NULL);
-       while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "rRwvVEfc:s:e:m:l:i:p:Lzh",
+       while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "rRwvVEfc:m:l:i:p:Lzh",
                                  long_options, &option_index)) != EOF) {
                switch (opt) {
                case 'r':
@@ -614,14 +604,6 @@
                        }
                        erase_it = 1;
                        break;
-               case 's':
-                       tempstr = strdup(optarg);
-                       sscanf(tempstr, "%x", &exclude_start_position);
-                       break;
-               case 'e':
-                       tempstr = strdup(optarg);
-                       sscanf(tempstr, "%x", &exclude_end_position);
-                       break;
                case 'm':
                        tempstr = strdup(optarg);
                        strtok(tempstr, ":");
@@ -753,7 +735,7 @@
                                printf("Run flashrom -L to view the hardware 
supported in this flashrom version.\n");
                                exit(1);
                        }
-                       return read_flash(flashes[0], filename, 
exclude_start_position, exclude_end_position);
+                       return read_flash(flashes[0], filename);
                }
                // FIXME: flash writes stay enabled!
                exit(1);
@@ -817,7 +799,7 @@
                if (erase_flash(flash))
                        return 1;
        } else if (read_it) {
-               if (read_flash(flash, filename, exclude_start_position, 
exclude_end_position))
+               if (read_flash(flash, filename))
                        return 1;
        } else {
                struct stat image_stat;
@@ -844,27 +826,6 @@
                }
        }
 
-       /* exclude range stuff. Nice idea, but at the moment it is only
-        * supported in hardware by the pm49fl004 chips. 
-        * Instead of implementing this for all chips I suggest advancing
-        * it to the rom layout feature below and drop exclude range
-        * completely once all flash chips can do rom layouts. stepan
-        */
-
-       /* FIXME: This code is totally broken. It treats exclude ranges as 
include ranges. */
-       // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-       if (exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position > 0)
-               chip_readn(buf + exclude_start_position,
-                          flash->virtual_memory + exclude_start_position,
-                          exclude_end_position - exclude_start_position);
-
-       exclude_start_page = exclude_start_position / flash->page_size;
-       if ((exclude_start_position % flash->page_size) != 0) {
-               exclude_start_page++;
-       }
-       exclude_end_page = exclude_end_position / flash->page_size;
-       // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
        // This should be moved into each flash part's code to do it 
        // cleanly. This does the job.
        /* FIXME: Adapt to the external flasher infrastructure. */

Modified: trunk/pm49fl00x.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/pm49fl00x.c   2009-06-19 10:42:43 UTC (rev 607)
+++ trunk/pm49fl00x.c   2009-06-19 11:23:57 UTC (rev 608)
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "flash.h"
 
-extern int exclude_start_page, exclude_end_page;
-
 void write_lockbits_49fl00x(chipaddr bios, int size,
                            unsigned char bits, int block_size)
 {
@@ -64,9 +62,6 @@
         */
        printf("Erasing page: ");
        for (i = 0; i < total_size / page_size; i++) {
-               if ((i >= exclude_start_page) && (i < exclude_end_page))
-                       continue;
-
                /* erase the page */
                if (erase_block_jedec(flash, i * page_size, page_size)) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "ERASE FAILED!\n");
@@ -98,9 +93,6 @@
 
        printf("Programming page: ");
        for (i = 0; i < total_size / page_size; i++) {
-               if ((i >= exclude_start_page) && (i < exclude_end_page))
-                       continue;
-
                /* erase the page before programming */
                if (erase_block_jedec(flash, i * page_size, page_size)) {
                        fprintf(stderr, "ERASE FAILED!\n");


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