Hi All,
We are trying to implement the flashrom tool utility on the x86 Elkhart 
Lake(LEC-EL) platform. In this case, we are facing an issue when trying to 
erase the BIOS device MTD0. There are 4096 erase blocks available in the mtd0 
device, but only 1791 erase blocks we can erase; the remaining blocks are 
throwing errors, and it shows MEMERASE64 IOCTL FAILED. Please see the below 
error message and MTD0 device info for your reference.
NOTE: Sometimes it works; we can erase the MTD0 device without any error, and 
we can upgrade/downgrade the BIOS.
ERROR MESSAGAE:
#sudo flash_erase /dev/mtd0 0 0
Erasing 16384 Kibyte @ 0 --  0 % complete libmtd: error!: MEMERASE64 ioctl 
failed for eraseblock 0 (mtd0)
        error 524 (Unknown error 524)
flash_erase: error!: Entering into mtd_erase_multi
flash_erase: error!: /dev/mtd0: MTD Erase entire chip failureTrying one by one 
each sector.
             error 524 (Unknown error 524)
Erasing 4 Kibyte @ 700000 -- 43 % complete libmtd: error!: MEMERASE64 ioctl 
failed for eraseblock 1792 (mtd0)
        error 5 (Input/output error)
flash_erase: error!: /dev/mtd0: MTD Erase failure
             error 5 (Input/output error)
Erasing 4 Kibyte @ 700000 -- 43 % complete cnt 4096

MTD0 INFO:(sudo mtdinfo /dev/mtd0)
Name:                                                             
BIOS
Туре:                                                               
nor
Eraseblock size:                                            
4096 bytes, 4.0 KiB
Amount of eraseblocks:                            
4096 (16777216 bytes, 16.0 MB)
Minimum input/output unit size:           
1 byte
Sub-page size:                                              
1 byte
Character device major/minor:              
90:0
Bad blocks are allowed:                          
false
Device is writable:                                       
true
Please share your inputs on this.
Thanks & Regards,
Arvind G P.

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