> > Does anyone know if there is a kernel or user space facility
> > that allows one to flash the BIOS under linux? If such a thing
> > exists where would I get it?
>
> To the best of my knowledge this doesn't exist.
Yes it does. It's not standard, but someone produced a patch maybe 9
months ago which provided a /dev/flash which could be dd'ed to and from
to flash new BIOS images.
> And as some BIOS manufacturers are very prohibitive about their
> technology, it's unlikely that a generic tool will ever happen.
> You /may/ convince some vendors to port to Linux, but I can't see
> that happening.
Indeed. I believe that the aforementioned patch only supported relatively
traditional Intel chipset boards...
Matthew.
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