On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 14:45 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 29.09.2010 14:35, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 00:41 +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > > > >> [adding [email protected] to CC, senders will be whitelisted after a > >> short delay] > >> > >> On 28.09.2010 19:59, Ben Hutchings wrote: > >> > >>> Network and disk controllers normally have at least some firmware in > >>> flash to support their use as boot devices. [...] > >>> > >>> > >> Given that the flashrom utility <http://www.flashrom.org/> (GPLv2) > >> supports flashing many network cards, SATA/PATA controllers, graphics > >> cards, and of course the main system firmware/BIOS/EFI, and it does that > >> from userspace without any kernel support, > >> > > [...] > > > > I'm looking for a clean solution, not a hack. > > > > What would qualify as a clean solution?
One where hardware access is mediated by the kernel, and doesn't involve unloading or potentially conflicting with the driver for that hardware. > And is cross-platform code one of your goals? Not at this level. At the application level, yes, but we already have a working application so I'm not interested in using flashrom for that. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
