Dear Flashrom Team, I wanted to share my experience and findings while working with flashrom to flash an Eon EN25Q32(A/B) SPI flash chip using a CH341A programmer with a SOIC clip. My goal was to flash SeaBIOS onto the chip as part of an experiment for a Lenovo ThinkPad T430u.
Summary of My Process: 1. Successfully dumped and verified the original firmware using `flashrom -r`. 2. Encountered inconsistencies in chip detection, where it was sometimes identified as EN25Q64 (8MB) instead of EN25Q32 (4MB). 3. Managed to successfully erase and flash the chip by forcing the write process despite WP (Write Protection) warnings. 4. Verified the flashed BIOS integrity through multiple MD5 checksum comparisons. 5. Confirmed that the flashing was successful but experienced occasional inconsistencies with readback verification. Key Observations & Questions: - The CH341A programme sometimes fails to detect the chip or identifies it incorrectly. Could this be due to power delivery issues or specific quirks of the CH341A? - Write Protection messages were displayed, but forcing the flash succeeded. Does flashrom support unlocking this chip, or is WP handling dependent on external hardware? - Are there any recommended workarounds to improve stability and ensure more consistent reads/writes on this chip? - I would be happy to contribute testing logs if that would be useful for adding better support for this flash chip in future versions of flashrom. Thank you for your work on flashrom! Please let me know if any additional details would be helpful. Best regards, Jonathan Kendall
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