On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 21:13:47 -0400 [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to flash libreboot to my x200 using a Shikra. When it gets to > the "Erasing and writing flash chip" part, it seems to hang, but top > shows that flashrom is still using a lot of the CPU. I left it for over > 3 hours and it doesn't get any further than my logfile below. Would > anyone be able to shed some light as to what might be going on here? > Thanks. > > command: > flashrom -p ft2232_spi:type=232H -c "MX25L6405D" -w > x200_8mb_usqwerty_vesafb.rom -V 2>&1 | tee logfile > > output: > flashrom v0.9.8-r1889 on Linux 3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64) > flashrom is free software, get the source code at > http://www.flashrom.org > > flashrom was built with libpci 3.3.0, GCC 4.9.2 20150212 (Red Hat > 4.9.2-6), little endian > Command line (7 args): flashrom -p ft2232_spi:type=232H -c MX25L6405D -w > x200_8mb_usqwerty_vesafb.rom -V > Calibrating delay loop... OS timer resolution is 1 usecs, 1491M loops > per second, 10 myus = 10 us, 100 myus = 119 us, 1000 myus = 1019 us, > 10000 myus = 10100 us, 4 myus = 4 us, OK. > Initializing ft2232_spi programmer > Using device type FTDI FT232H channel A. > Disable divide-by-5 front stage > Set clock divisor > MPSSE clock: 60.000000 MHz, divisor: 2, SPI clock: 30.000000 MHz > No loopback of TDI/DO TDO/DI > Set data bits > The following protocols are supported: SPI. > Probing for Macronix MX25L6405D, 8192 kB: probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 > 0xc2, id2 0x2017 > Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6405D" (8192 kB, SPI) on ft2232_spi. > Chip status register is 0xff. > Chip status register: Status Register Write Disable (SRWD, SRP, ...) is > set > Chip status register: Bit 6 is set > Chip status register: Block Protect 3 (BP3) is set > Chip status register: Block Protect 2 (BP2) is set > Chip status register: Block Protect 1 (BP1) is set > Chip status register: Block Protect 0 (BP0) is set > Chip status register: Write Enable Latch (WEL) is set > Chip status register: Write In Progress (WIP/BUSY) is set > This chip may contain one-time programmable memory. flashrom cannot read > and may never be able to write it, hence it may not be able to > completely > clone the contents of this chip (see man page for details). > Some block protection in effect, disabling... > Need to disable the register lock first... Error: WIP bit after WRSR > never cleared > spi_write_status_register failed. > Reading old flash chip contents... done. > Erasing and writing flash chip... Trying erase function 0... > 0x000000-0x000fff:E
Hi, it seems that the WIP bit is stuck and we dont handle that gracefully everywhere but just poll it forever. If you retry does it get further? -- Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
