flashprog flashprog_mw https://flashprog.org/wiki/Flashprog MediaWiki 1.43.3 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Flashprog Flashprog talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Flashprog 0 5 367 359 2026-02-13T20:14:08Z Icon 3 Add v1.5 news 367 wikitext text/x-wiki {{DISPLAYTITLE:flashprog}}<!-- it is called flashprog after all. --> <table width="100%" valign="top"><tr valign="top"><td width="80%"> <div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#eeeeee; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"> '''flashprog''' is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips. It is designed to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware/optionROM images on mainboards, network/graphics/storage controller cards, and various other programmer devices. <small> * Supports more than 570 flash chips, 410 chipsets, 520 tested mainboards, 79 PCI devices, 30 USB devices and various parallel/serial port-based programmers. * Supports [[Technology#Communication_bus_protocol|parallel, LPC, FWH and SPI]] flash interfaces and various chip packages ([[Technology#DIP32:_Dual_In-line_Package.2C_32_pins|DIP32]], [[Technology#PLCC32:_Plastic_Leaded_Chip_Carrier.2C_32_pins|PLCC32]], [[Technology#DIP8:_Dual_In-line_Package.2C_8_pins|DIP8]], [[Technology#SO8.2FSOIC8:_Small-Outline_Integrated_Circuit.2C_8_pins|SO8/SOIC8]], [[Technology#TSOP:_Thin_Small-Outline_Package.2C_32.2C_40.2C_or_48_pins|TSOP32, TSOP40, TSOP48]], [[Technology#BGA:_Ball_Grid_Array|BGA]] and more) * No physical access needed, root access is sufficient (not needed for some programmers). * No bootable floppy disk, bootable CD-ROM or other media needed. * No keyboard or monitor needed. Simply reflash remotely via SSH. * No instant reboot needed. Reflash your chip in a running system, verify it, be happy. The new firmware will be present next time you boot. * Crossflashing and hotflashing is possible as long as the flash chips are electrically and logically compatible (same protocol). Great for recovery. * '''Scriptability'''. Reflash a whole pool of identical machines at the same time from the command line. It is recommended to check flashprog output and error codes. * '''Speed'''. flashprog is often much faster than most vendor flash tools. * '''Portability'''. Supports DOS, Linux, FreeBSD (including Debian/kFreeBSD), NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, anything Solaris-like, Mac OS X, and other Unix-like OSes as well as GNU Hurd. Partial Windows support is available (no internal programmer support at the moment, hence no "BIOS flashing"). </small> </div> <div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#ff6666; align:right; border:1px solid #000000;"> === Emergency help === '''IMPORTANT:''' If something went wrong during flashing, do '''NOT''' turn off/reboot your computer. Instead, let us help you recover. We can be contacted via [[Contact#IRC|IRC]] ('''#flashprog''' on [irc://irc.libera.chat/#flashprog libera.chat], [https://web.libera.chat/#flashprog webchat]) or [[Contact#Mailing_List|email]]. Please allow for a few hours until someone responds on IRC, we're all volunteers. </div> <div style="margin-top:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; background-color:#eeeeee; align:right; border:1px solid #aabbcc;"> ''Attention external SPI programmers:'' '''1.8V''' SPI chips are becoming more and more common. Please make sure to always use a compatible programmer or voltage adapter. We list the supported voltage range of each chip to the best of our knowledge in the [[Supported_Hardware|list of supported hardware]]. </div> {| cellspacing=5 cellpadding=15 border=0 valign="top" width=100% | width=50% style="vertical-align:top"| {| |style="vertical-align:top"| X |style="vertical-align:top"| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">About</span>'''<br /><small>Find out more about flashprog.</small><small><hr />[[News]] | [[History]] | [[Friendliness]]</small> |} |style="vertical-align:top"| {| |style="vertical-align:top"| X |style="vertical-align:top"| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Developers</span>'''<br /><small>Get involved! Help us make flashprog better.</small><small><hr />[[Development Guidelines]] | [https://review.sourcearcade.org/plugins/gitiles/flashprog/+/refs/heads/main Browse Source] | [https://review.sourcearcade.org/#/q/project:flashprog+status:open Pending patches] | [[Technology]] | [[Project Ideas]] | [[Board Testing HOWTO]] | [[libflashprog]]</small> |} |- | width=50% style="vertical-align:top"| {| |style="vertical-align:top"| X |style="vertical-align:top"| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Getting Started</span>'''<br /><small>Download flashprog and get started.</small><small><hr />[[Latest release]] | [[Supported Hardware]] | [[Downloads]] | [[Documentation]]</small> |} |style="vertical-align:top"| {| |style="vertical-align:top"| X |style="vertical-align:top"| '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:150%">Support</span>'''<br /><small>Learn how to contact us and find help and support.</small><small><hr />[[FAQ]] | [[Contact]] | [https://fosstodon.org/@flashprog Mastodon] | [[Donations]] </small> |} |} </td><td width="20%"> '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:120%">[[News]]</span>'''<hr /> <small> * '''2026-02-13:''' [[flashprog/v1.5|flashprog ''v1.5'']] released! * '''2025-03-09:''' [[flashprog/v1.4|flashprog ''v1.4'']] released! * '''2024-11-21:''' [[flashprog/v1.3|flashprog ''v1.3'']] released! * '''2024-08-20:''' [[flashprog/v1.2|flashprog ''v1.2'']] is ready! * '''2024-08-17:''' flashprog ''v1.2&#x2011;rc1'' tagged! * '''2024-05-03:''' [[flashprog/v1.1|flashprog ''v1.1'']] is ready! * '''2024-04-27:''' [[flashprog/v1.0.2|flashprog ''v1.0.2'']] ready for download! * '''2024-04-26:''' flashprog ''v1.1&#x2011;rc1'' tagged! * '''2024-04-06:''' flashprog 1.1.x is branched! * '''2024-04-06:''' flashprog ''v1.0.2&#x2011;rc2'' tagged! * '''2024-03-10:''' flashprog ''v1.0.2&#x2011;rc1'' tagged! * '''2024-01-21:''' [[flashprog/v1.0.1|flashprog ''v1.0.1'']] ready for download! * '''2024-01-17:''' flashprog ''v1.0.1&#x2011;rc1'' tagged! * '''2023-12-16:''' [[flashprog/v1.0|flashprog ''v1.0'']] is ready and tagged! * '''2023-12-08:''' flashprog ''v1.0&#x2011;rc1'' tagged! * '''2023-12-03:''' Importing contents from old flashrom wiki * '''2023-10-03:''' flashprog wiki taking shape </small> <!-- '''<span style="font-variant:small-caps; font-size:120%">[[Current events|Upcoming Events]]</span>'''<hr /> --> <!-- List of upcoming events (remove events after they have taken place). --> <small> <!-- * '''2009/mon/day:''' coreboot event at [[Link]] in somecity --> <!-- * '''2009/12/27:''' coreboot presentation at [http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/ 26C3] in Berlin --> </small> </td></tr></table> {{Template:CC-BY-4.0}} __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ krsqjfd08qt1f6hszylckhp93zczg17