flashrom_building.md

Flashrom building

Intro

• Instruction based on Linux Voyage
• Checked for ALIX.1E platform
• Root user is recommended

Instructions is based on the informations from official flashrom website. For more details visit https://www.flashrom.org/Downloads.

Building process

1. Install all required packages.

   apt-get update
   

   Then:

   apt-get install	git -y \
   	build-essential -y \
   	libpci-dev -y \
   	libusb-dev -y \
   	libusb-1.0-0-dev -y \
   	libftdi-dev -y
   

2. Clone flashrom repository.

   git clone https://review.coreboot.org/flashrom.git
   

   If an error similar to the showed below occurs:

   error: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) while accessing https://review.coreboot.org/flashrom.git/info/refs
   fatal: HTTP request failed
   

   Install ca-certificates package:

   apt-get install ca-certificates -y
   

3. Enter to the downloaded directory and build flashrom.

   cd flashrom
   make
   

   You can install it in OS by typing:

   make install
   

   Flashing firmware with flashrom usage

   flashrom -w <ROM directory> -p internal
   

   E.g.:

   flashrom -w coreboot.rom -p internal