Usage
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Usage scenarios
Flash BIOSes or coreboot
Flash ipxe
Flashrom can be used to flash ipxe on network cards, but also on other kind of cards used as a carrier.
Flash sgabios
Flashrom can be used to flash ipxe on graphic cards, but also on other kind of cards used as a carrier.
Howto
Here's an example on how to flash sgabios on an nvidia video card:
- download flashrom
- apply that patch:
diff --git a/gfxnvidia.c b/gfxnvidia.c
index d0a9feb..35e4687 100644
--- a/gfxnvidia.c
+++ b/gfxnvidia.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int gfxnvidia_init(void)
rpci_write_long(dev, 0x50, reg32);
/* Write/erase doesn't work. */
- programmer_may_write = 0;
+ //programmer_may_write = 0;
register_par_programmer(&par_programmer_gfxnvidia, BUS_PARALLEL);
return 0;
- compile it