Bug #405
Package request: Flashrom
| Status: | Closed | Start date: | 08/13/2010 | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: |  Natanael Copa |
% Done: | 100% |
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| Category: | Aports | |||
| Target version: | Alpine 2.1.0 |
Description
http://www.flashrom.org/Flashrom
Upgrade Motherboard BIOS via ssh, without needing to boot from a DOS diskette.
Associated revisions
main/flashrom: moved from testing
fixes #405
History
Updated by Nathan Angelacos over 1 year ago
- File 0001-APKBUILD-New-package-for-flashrom.patch added
Attached is a first crack at an APKBUILD script
Updated by Natanael Copa over 1 year ago
this package is in testing but does nto work on grsec kernel due to /dev/mem protection. After talkeing with grsec developer the conclusion was that its probably better to only use this tool with non-paxed kernels.
Do we still want this in? I suppose we do, but it would require an alternative kernel to be useful.
Updated by Nathan Angelacos over 1 year ago
It works well with the current series of vserver kernels because they don't have grsec. Sent a new patch to the ml that issues a warning if flashrom is installed on a grsec kernel. Perhaps that is sufficient.
I've tested (successfully) both dmidecode and flashrom on alpine-vserver-2.0.0 kernel. dmidecode is used by flashrom, so made it a dependency.
Updated by Natanael Copa over 1 year ago
- Status changed from New to Resolved
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Applied in changeset cf242d16f4e8d358c261bd52e301c8284dfa1231.
Updated by Natanael Copa over 1 year ago
- Status changed from Resolved to Closed