From 01f3ef4fd1b46cac6b2601c7ae3f4fa1fc1df462 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:50:40 +0000 Subject: Autodetect ITE IT87* LPC->SPI translation on all boards without the need for a board enable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Move boards which had an IT87* SPI board enable from the board enable list to the OK list. Mark the Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H as OK. Change the it87spi forced port parameter to it87spiport=... Fix incorrect indentation in the man page. Tested by Ward Vandewege on both variants of the Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2010-March/002712.html Tested by 李彥學 (Ian-Xue Li) on the Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H http://www.flashrom.org/pipermail/flashrom/2010-March/002723.html Corresponding to flashrom svn r983. Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Acked-by: Ward Vandewege --- flashrom.8 | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'flashrom.8') diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8 index d3cf4d86..6306b954 100644 --- a/flashrom.8 +++ b/flashrom.8 @@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ has been written because it is known that writing/erasing without the board enable is going to fail. In any case (success or failure), please report to the flashrom mailing list, see below. .sp +If your mainboard uses an ITE IT87 series Super I/O for LPC<->SPI flash bus +translation, flashrom should autodetect that configuration. You can use +.B "flashrom -p internal:it87spiport=portnum" +syntax as explained in the +.B it87spi +programmer section to use a non-default port for controlling the IT87 series +Super I/O. In the unlikely case flashrom doesn't detect an active IT87 LPC<->SPI +bridge, you can try to force recognition by using the it87spi programmer. +.TP .BR "dummy " programmer An optional parameter specifies the bus types it should support. For that you have to use the @@ -233,7 +242,7 @@ in any order. Example: .B "flashrom -p dummy:lpc,fwh" .TP -.BR "nic3com" , " gfxnvidia" , " satasii" and " atahpt " programmers +.BR "nic3com" , " gfxnvidia" , " satasii " and " atahpt " programmers These programmers have an option to specify the PCI address of the card your want to use, which must be specified if more than one card supported by the selected programmer is installed in your system. The syntax is @@ -255,7 +264,7 @@ Example: An optional parameter sets the I/O base port of the IT87* SPI controller interface to the port specified in the parameter instead of using the port address set by the BIOS. For that you have to use the -.B "flashrom -p it87spi:port=portnum" +.B "flashrom -p it87spi:it87spiport=portnum" syntax where .B portnum is an I/O port number which must be a multiple of 8. -- cgit v1.2.3