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Previously, in the worst-case scenario of erasing region content then
writing new data, three rounds of verification were performed inside of
the `erase_write` function through calls to:
1. `check_erased_range` when erasing with respect to region boundaries
2. `check_erased_range` for the entire erase block after the loop
containing verification 1 completed
3. `verify_range` when all erases/writes were complete
Verification 2 duplicated verification 1 and was orphaned by commit
fa8808595a, which dropped its paired erasefn call but missed this
related step.
Verification 3 duplicated verification which occurs in
`flashrom_image_write` based on `flashctx flags`.
Now, these 2 redundant verifications are removed to improve the
performance of `erase_write`.
This change was tested using the linux_spi programmer to erase and write
to an MT25QL512 chip.
Change-Id: I638835facd9311979c4991cc4ca41a4b9e174bd5
Signed-off-by: Carly Zlabek <carlyzlabek@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Fazio <vfazio@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/79354
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Anastasia Klimchuk <aklm@chromium.org>
flashrom README
===============
flashrom is a utility for detecting, reading, writing, verifying and erasing
flash chips. It is often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images
in-system using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of network
cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which can
program flash chips.
It supports a wide range of flash chips (most commonly found in SOIC8, DIP8,
SOIC16, WSON8, PLCC32, DIP32, TSOP32, and TSOP40 packages), which use various
protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI.
Do not use flashrom on laptops (yet)! The embedded controller (EC) present in
many laptops might interact badly with any attempts to communicate with the
flash chip and may brick your laptop.
Please make a backup of your flash chip before writing to it.
Please see the flashrom(8) manpage :doc:`classic_cli_manpage`.
Building / installing / packaging
---------------------------------
flashrom supports building with **make** and **meson**.
TLDR, building with meson
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
::
meson setup builddir
meson compile -C builddir
meson test -C builddir
meson install -C builddir
For full detailed instructions, follow the information in
:doc:`dev_guide/building_from_source`
TLDR, building with make
""""""""""""""""""""""""
::
make
make install
For full detailed instructions, follow the information in
:doc:`dev_guide/building_with_make`
Contact
-------
The official flashrom website is:
https://www.flashrom.org/
For available contact methods see :doc:`contact`