Re: [coreboot] Is it possible to flash coreboot with proprietary vendor tools?

2015-11-04 Thread Peter Stuge
Iru Cai wrote: > Can I use proprietary vendor tools like winflash or a vendor BIOS > update disk to flash coreboot? In general no. > I don't think it possible but I can't find a reason to explain, Vendor tools try to ensure that you will only flash an image which is known by the vendor to be

[coreboot] Is it possible to flash coreboot with proprietary vendor tools?

2015-11-03 Thread Iru Cai
Hi, Can I use proprietary vendor tools like winflash or a vendor BIOS update disk to flash coreboot? I don't think it possible but I can't find a reason to explain, or it may be possible if I modify the ROM format to fit those tools. Iru Cai signature.asc Description: PGP signature --

Re: [coreboot] Is it possible to flash coreboot with proprietary vendor tools?

2015-11-03 Thread David Hendricks
coreboot does not depend on the tool used to flash it. Proprietary vendor tools should work, but they might perform some additional step beyond flashing that will not work with coreboot, for example, checking validity of a proprietary signature. On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Iru Cai