Hi Christopher, This means that Macronix reuses chip IDs for multiple chips with different capabilities (hence why there are multiple chip entries). It's very frustrating. I recommend avoiding Macronix and using a different flash chip vendor if you can.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 9:45 PM OMGdaDPS <[email protected]> wrote: > I wouldalso like to report that i have found a few flash chips, that when > read or attempted do perform any action on, it tells me that there are > multiple chips found: > > `dps@vulcan:~$ sudo flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r backup.bin > flashrom on Linux 5.0.0-36-generic (x86_64) > flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org > > Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 1, resolution: 1ns). > Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6405" (8192 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi. > Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6405D" (8192 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi. > Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L6406E/MX25L6408E" (8192 kB, SPI) on > ch341a_spi. > Found Macronix flash chip > "MX25L6436E/MX25L6445E/MX25L6465E/MX25L6473E/MX25L6473F" (8192 kB, SPI) on > ch341a_spi. > Multiple flash chip definitions match the detected chip(s): "MX25L6405", > "MX25L6405D", "MX25L6406E/MX25L6408E", > "MX25L6436E/MX25L6445E/MX25L6465E/MX25L6473E/MX25L6473F" > Please specify which chip definition to use with the -c <chipname> option` > > > what does this mean? > [image: Sent from Mailspring] > _______________________________________________ > flashrom mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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