Ritul, Avinash,

Hope things are going well for you! Just wanted to check, are you
still planning to send a patch?
Thank you!

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 4:41 PM Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Ritul, Avinash,
>
> Thank you so much for your work! I am looking forward to reviewing your 
> patches.
>
> When you will be preparing the patch and sending for review, here are
> our dev guidelines which are useful:
> https://flashrom.org/dev_guide/development_guide.html
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 10:47 PM Guru, Ritul <ritul.g...@amd.com> wrote:
> >
> > [AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only]
> >
> > Hi Anastasia,
> > We have enabled support for GD25LR512ME and can flash AMD BIOS.
> > @Munduru, Avinash will share the changes for review. Please review those - 
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ritul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Guru, Ritul
> > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2024 5:04 PM
> > To: Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org>
> > Cc: Munduru, Avinash <avinash.mund...@amd.com>; Kumar, Chaudhary amit 
> > <chaudharyamit.ku...@amd.com>; Vlim <v...@gigadevice.com>; 
> > flashrom@flashrom.org
> > Subject: RE: [flashrom] Re: Support for GD25LR512ME flash chip.
> >
> > Sure, we are looking to fix this issue, we will discuss on approach we are 
> > using and may need few inputs from you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ritul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2024 5:44 PM
> > To: Guru, Ritul <ritul.g...@amd.com>
> > Cc: Munduru, Avinash <avinash.mund...@amd.com>; Kumar, Chaudhary amit 
> > <chaudharyamit.ku...@amd.com>; Vlim <v...@gigadevice.com>; 
> > flashrom@flashrom.org
> > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: Support for GD25LR512ME flash chip.
> >
> > Caution: This message originated from an External Source. Use proper 
> > caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding.
> >
> >
> > Hi Ritul,
> >
> > Nice to meet you! It's really good to have you on this thread.
> >
> > My plan for the issue is to find someone from AMD who can fix the issue. I 
> > mentioned this earlier in this thread :) It would be really great if you 
> > could help?
> >
> > I think someone from AMD would be in the best position to fix the issue, 
> > you have all the datasheets available and all the hardware.
> > It seems from the thread you are hitting the issue during a development 
> > process, so perhaps this can be a justification for why this is needed for 
> > business, and why to allocate resources to fix it.
> >
> > Some time ago I wrote this doc, maybe it can be useful 
> > https://flashrom.org/how_to_support_flashrom.html#special-appeal-for-companies
> > Count this as an official invitation to contribute!
> >
> > Thank you for your help
> >
> > About possible workarounds, I think writing only one layout region has some 
> > chances to work.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 4:27 AM Guru, Ritul <ritul.g...@amd.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > [AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only]
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Avinash,
> > >
> > > How did you try to pad the the 16MB file?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Anastasia,
> > >
> > > Is there any plan to support 64MB flashing enabled in flashrom for this 
> > > SPIROM with internal programming?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Ritul
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Munduru, Avinash <avinash.mund...@amd.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 11:45 PM
> > > To: Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org>
> > > Cc: Vlim <v...@gigadevice.com>; flashrom@flashrom.org; Guru, Ritul
> > > <ritul.g...@amd.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: Support for GD25LR512ME flash chip.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > +Ritul
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  Regards,
> > >
> > > Avinash.
> > >
> > > Get Outlook for iOS
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: Munduru, Avinash <avinash.mund...@amd.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2024 2:14 AM
> > > To: Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org>
> > > Cc: Vlim <v...@gigadevice.com>; flashrom@flashrom.org
> > > <flashrom@flashrom.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: Support for GD25LR512ME flash chip.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Anastasia,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for your input I will try looking into this possible solution.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I already tried the padding solution but it did not work.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Once again, thank you for mainlining the patch.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Avinash.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Get Outlook for iOS
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2024 8:11:00 PM
> > > To: Munduru, Avinash <avinash.mund...@amd.com>
> > > Cc: Vlim <v...@gigadevice.com>; flashrom@flashrom.org
> > > <flashrom@flashrom.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [flashrom] Re: Support for GD25LR512ME flash chip.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Caution: This message originated from an External Source. Use proper 
> > > caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding.
> > >
> > >
> > > As a quick addition to my previous message:
> > >
> > > What you also can try, is to create a layout file with the region of
> > > size 16MB, and then set the option to only write this region. The area
> > > outside the region will not be modified.
> > > If you decide to go this way, please read manpage, especially -l and
> > > -i options https://flashrom.org/classic_cli_manpage.html
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 12:22 PM Anastasia Klimchuk <a...@chromium.org> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello Avinash,
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for some delay in response. I was also thinking, what's useful
> > > > that I could tell you.
> > > >
> > > > I understand your idea to shrink the image to 16MB, so that work
> > > > around the bug which affects images >16MB. However, flashrom checks
> > > > whether the size of the image is the same as the size of the chip
> > > > (should throw an error if not). So to write 16MB onto GD25LR512ME
> > > > which is 64MB, you would need to pad the file, with zeros usually,
> > > > to make the file 64MB.
> > > > I don't know whether it would work. Is it possible that you would
> > > > try (if you have tools to recover your device from failure of
> > > > course)? Or perhaps you have tried already?
> > > >
> > > > On the other hand, some good news: support for chips GD25LR256E,
> > > > GD251R512ME has been submitted meanwhile. So no need for patching
> > > > anymore, the patch linked earlier in the thread is merged into main.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Anastasia.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Anastasia.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anastasia.
>
>
>
> --
> Anastasia.



-- 
Anastasia.
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