On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Patrick Georgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 25.05.2011 09:57, schrieb Thomas Gstädtner: >> Just a little FYI for those interested in this board: >> As of AMDs announcement to support coreboot even more, they listed the >> H8SCM-F-O (commonly sold as H8SCM-F which appears to be the same in >> any case) as socket C32 reference board for coreboot. On pictures it >> often shows a SO16 flash socket - unfortunately I have not been able >> to acquire one that really has the socket. One retailer was even nice >> enough to check his stock for me, every single board has the flash >> soldered on. > Some boards have an SPI flash header where you can attach an external > flash programmer (one low cost option would be the bus pirate at ~$30). > > Without a header it might still be possible to apply a programmer to the > chip directly using clips, but that's less convenient (and has the risk > of failing if the board circuitry messes up the signal too much) > > I generally find external flashers more convenient than having to take > care that I flash the right flash with the right image at all times and > then hot swapping chips. >
I think that the board was developed with an external programmer and testclip method of flashing. Marc -- http://se-eng.com -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
