On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 00:32 -0600, Richard Smith wrote: > > by that BIOS programming isn't supported isn't that the MB isn't > > capable, but that MSI doesn't provide the specs for the flash > > programming interface, > > The interface will be in the data sheet for the flash part. The only > thing that may be MB specific is how to assert the write enable line > on the flash. It may be hooked up to a GPIO or perhaps some sort of > latch.
I see. Even so, though, what kind of bus is the flash chip interface normally hooked up through? [...] > Also Disable the shadow of the BIOS range and do a write to > that range and see what the write line on the flash does. It might > just be hooked up without anything fancy. How would that be done? Would that be a parameter in the COTS BIOS? > > and that the BIOS programmer that comes with > > LinuxBIOS doesn't support my flash chip. > > That should be pretty easily to fix. Most flash chips are very > similar in the programming sequence. Get the data sheet for your part > and fixup the flash code. Then I'll just have to find what chip is the flash chip, but I guess that ought to be quite trivial. I'll work on it. Thanks for the information! Fredrik Tolf -- LinuxBIOS mailing list LinuxBIOS@openbios.org http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
