On 2026-09-03 6:25 a.m., Theo Buehler wrote:
On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 01:17:36AM -0400, Brad Smith wrote:
Here is an update to flashrom 1.8.0.
Fixes building on big endian archs.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flashrom/flashrom/refs/heads/main/doc/release_notes/v_1_8.rst
Brad's update does build on sparc64. Whether it works is another
question. Some tests pass, others SIGBUS and some fail in a different
way.
https://github.com/flashrom/flashrom/commit/929de39f0e41eaacc4b7a923fa5f5c81a61e597f
From the commit, there was big endian support but someone came along
and introduced a commit
that broke building on big endian archs.
Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/sysutils/flashrom/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.28 Makefile
--- Makefile 4 Mar 2026 09:19:43 -0000 1.28
+++ Makefile 1 Sep 2026 05:14:27 -0000
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ COMMENT= flash ROM programmer for BIOS e
SHARED_LIBS += flashrom 0.0 # 0.0
-V= 1.7.0
-REVISION= 0
+V= 1.8.0
DISTNAME= flashrom-v${V}
PKGNAME= flashrom-${V}
EXTRACT_SUFX= .tar.xz
Index: distinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/sysutils/flashrom/distinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.8 distinfo
--- distinfo 2 Mar 2026 18:39:45 -0000 1.8
+++ distinfo 1 Sep 2026 05:14:27 -0000
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (flashrom-v1.7.0.tar.xz) = Qyis6YM/fv58M0vdc0gs3oKGgZgmzAAUnoP7qWvzq08=
-SIZE (flashrom-v1.7.0.tar.xz) = 5298400
+SHA256 (flashrom-v1.8.0.tar.xz) = ZUycYXRcJQzTtczQ5W/EPudpgPkqXgeEIEIGOdZpdaI=
+SIZE (flashrom-v1.8.0.tar.xz) = 5299524
Index: patches/patch-meson_build
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RCS file: /cvs/ports/sysutils/flashrom/patches/patch-meson_build,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.2 patch-meson_build
--- patches/patch-meson_build 2 Mar 2026 18:39:45 -0000 1.2
+++ patches/patch-meson_build 1 Sep 2026 05:14:27 -0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Index: meson.build
--- meson.build.orig
+++ meson.build
-@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ libpci = dependency('libpci', required : group_pci
+@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ libpci = dependency('libpci', required : group_pci
libusb1 = dependency('libusb-1.0', required : group_usb)
libftdi1 = dependency('libftdi1', required : group_ftdi)
libjaylink = dependency('libjaylink', required : group_jlink, version :
'>=0.3.0')
