On 29.09.2010 15:10, Ben Hutchings wrote: > 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. >
flashrom can ask the kernel driver to "please stop accessing flash". No unloading needed, no conflict in place. >> 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. > I see. Just because I'm interested in how other flashing applications solve this: Does that application work on *BSD as well? And could you tell me the name of the app so I can take a look at it? Thanks. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
