[cut] > and thanks for your mail. read tests are only useful in some cases (e.g. > untested chips), for testing full board support we need a erase/write > cycle. that does not mean that you should now erase your chip > immediately, but the log as such does not help. if you ever try to > update the firmware on that board on the other hand please send us a > note. > Yes, I know. The reason I run -V to collect data and to order EEPROM chips for testing. As soon I get the chips, I will test all modes and report back. I just wanted to notify everyone that work on this devices started.
[cut] >> I suspect this is about the UEFI secure boot option where the keys >> are( or would) be stored. Is this correct? > > we can neither confirm nor deny this presumption. seriously... no that > has nothing to do with secure boot afaik. these chips are used in many > other devices not just PCs. the OTP area is usually just a few dozen > bytes large, which might be enough for a few key hashes or so, but i > doubt anyone would use them for this. it is just a feature to store a > few bytes forever* and is probably only used in a few embedded devices. I see, thank you for the explanation. > -- > Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
