Bug 839179

Summary:	flashrom is built without USB programmer support (FT2232, FT4232, etc)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Alex G. <mr.nuke.me>
Component:	flashrom	Assignee:	Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	17	CC:	lemenkov
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Description Alex G. 2012-07-11 07:19:00 UTC

Description of problem:
Flashrom is built without support for USB programmers. When trying to use FT4232H with an SPI ROM, flashrom returns an error.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
NA

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Connect FTDI-based programmer (FT4234H for example)
2. Invoke flashrom to use the FTDI-based programmer
3.
  
Actual results:
$ flashrom -p ft2232_spi:type=4232H,port=A -w coreboot.rom --noverify
[...]
Error: Unknown programmer ft2232_spi:type=4232H,port=A.
Please run "flashrom --help" for usage info.


Expected results:
$ ./flashrom -p ft2232_spi:type=4232H,port=A -w coreboot.rom --noverify
flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1547 on Linux 3.4.4-3.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Found ST flash chip "M25P40" (512 kB, SPI) on ft2232_spi.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Erase/write done.

Additional info:
Clean flashrom build from svn works without a problem, so this looks to me like a Fedora specific problem.

Comment 1 Peter Lemenkov 2012-07-11 07:39:53 UTC

Thanks for the report. I'll fix this asap. Unfortunately I don't have any "external" programmers so I can't really test it - that's why I missed this issue.

Comment 2 Alex G. 2012-07-11 07:46:03 UTC

Thanks for responding on such short notice. Even if you don't have an external programmer, you can tell if flashrom was built with support for it.

I can test the Fedora build once it hits updates-testing.

When no programmer is connected:

$ ./flashrom -p ft2232_spi:type=4232H,port=A -w coreboot.rom --noverify
flashrom v0.9.5.2-r1547 on Linux 3.4.4-3.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Unable to open FTDI device: -3 (device not found)
Error: Programmer initialization failed.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-07-11 09:34:00 UTC

flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc16

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-07-11 09:34:09 UTC

flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc17

Comment 5 Alex G. 2012-07-11 20:51:15 UTC

The new rpm works with USB-based FT4232.
Thanks!

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-07-11 23:50:56 UTC

Package flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10520/flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2012-07-20 01:53:00 UTC

flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-07-20 01:58:00 UTC

flashrom-0.9.5.2-4.svn1547.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.