On 18.10.2007 22:58, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > On 18.10.2007 17:13, Harald Gutmann wrote: > >> Am Donnerstag, 18. Oktober 2007 17:05:30 schrieb Ward Vandewege: >> >> >>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 04:59:36PM +0200, Harald Gutmann wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Am Donnerstag, 18. Oktober 2007 01:10:03 schrieb Peter Stuge: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:47:41PM +0100, Chris Lingard wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> I'll get in touch with the distributors here. Will get back when >>>>>>> I know more. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> I have been trying to get my M57SLI Rev2.0 SPI running LinuxBios >>>>>> for a while, but could not get the chip >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Sorry, no news from me yet, I hardly have time to check my email this >>>>> week. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I have been offered a batch of SST25LF040A brand new unprogrammed >>>>>> for US $3 each. If this a good price and a way to go? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Fairly good price, depending on how many a batch is? 30-or so pieces >>>>> could go for $3, but you probably want to look for 25LF080A instead >>>>> then to get more room. Maybe there's a 16Mbit version too. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> the chips go up to 32mbit with 50mhz to 75/85mhz and 8 pins, but i wasn't >>>> able to find them in europe until now. 64mbit are only available with 16 >>>> pins. >>>> >>>> farnell has an sst chip with right pin position, speed (50mhz) and 16mb >>>> in its store. which cost's about 3€. >>>> >>>> >> 16Mbit Chip: >> SST25VF016B-50-4I-S2AF >> >> > > Do not order a lot of SST chips, they are much more difficult to support > with the current flashrom architecture. You could order one and check if > they support the RDID instruction (data sheet is silent about RDID), but > I have no idea if they do. >
I now found a SST data sheet (not easily found on the official web site) that talks about RDID, so adding support for it should be possible. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios