Okay, but the package still needs an update, is someone up to this? The patch we apply needs to be adjusted.
Kei Kebreau <k...@openmailbox.org> writes: > [ Unknown signature status ] > ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> writes: > >> Kei Kebreau <k...@openmailbox.org> writes: >> >>> [ Unknown signature status ] >>> >>> ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> writes: >>> >>>> ng0 <n...@we.make.ritual.n0.is> writes: >>>> >>>>> Someone should update flashrom to 0.9.9. >>>>> (https://www.flashrom.org/Flashrom/0.9.9) >>>>> I tried and do not understand enough of flashrom to update the patch we >>>>> need. >>>> >>>> Additionally we need to check what's different about GuixSD that this >>>> happens: >>>> >>>> root@shadowwalker /home/ng0# flashrom -p internal -w >>>> libreboot_latest_stable.rom >>>> flashrom v0.9.7-r1711 on Linux 4.7.0-gnu (x86_64) >>>> flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org >>>> >>>> Calibrating delay loop... OK. >>>> Error accessing high tables, 0x100000 bytes at 0x000000007dad6000 >>>> /dev/mem mmap failed: Operation not permitted >>>> Failed getting access to coreboot high tables. >>>> ======================================================================== >>>> WARNING! You seem to be running flashrom on an unsupported laptop. >>>> Laptops, notebooks and netbooks are difficult to support and we >>>> recommend to use the vendor flashing utility. The embedded controller >>>> (EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing. >>>> See the manpage and http://www.flashrom.org/Laptops for details. >>>> >>>> If flash is shared with the EC, erase is guaranteed to brick your laptop >>>> and write may brick your laptop. >>>> Read and probe may irritate your EC and cause fan failure, backlight >>>> failure and sudden poweroff. >>>> You have been warned. >>>> ======================================================================== >>>> Aborting. >>>> Error: Programmer initialization failed. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I value that GuixSD seems to be more protective than any other system in >>>> that regard where I could just become root and run flashrom, but maybe >>>> we need to make an exception for flashrom and similar software. >>>> Booting into ubuntu-live and running a statically linked binary of >>>> flashrom just made me flash libreboot stable. I want to do this from >>>> within GuixSD. >>> >>> This is mentioned in Libreboot's documentation (top of the page here: >>> https://libreboot.org/docs/install/index.html). The GuixSD Linux-libre >>> kernel is configured with CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM enabled, which I presume >>> Libreboot uses for software-based flashing. >>> >>> If you add linux to the list "use-package-modules" in your system >>> configuration and add (kernel-arguments '("iomem=relaxed")) to your >>> "operating-system" configuration, the flashing utility will work correctly. >> >> Oh, interesting. Thanks for the explanation. Do you think we should add >> a pointer to this somewhere in the documentation, or add a link pointing >> to this email thread? >> I feel like this needs to be explained or be visible somewhere at our >> side. >> > I agree. It should probably be mentioned in the "System Configuration" > section of the manual. I would take me some time to write it up, as my > schedule is just starting to calm itself and I have no experience with > texinfo, so if someone else picked it up before me, I wouldn't complain. > >> I think I want to keep this feature, and reconfigure the system only for >> updating libre/coreboot. >> > I agree here, too. > >> Thanks > You're welcome! :-) -- ng0 For non-prism friendly talk find me on http://www.psyced.org
