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	* https://github.com/SourceArcade/flashprog.git		* [https://github.com/SourceArcade/flashprog/releases/tag/v1.0 https://github.com/SourceArcade/flashprog.git]
	* ~~<nowiki>~~https://review.sourcearcade.org/flashprog.git~~</nowiki>~~		* [https://review.sourcearcade.org/plugins/gitiles/flashprog/+/refs/tags/v1.0 https://review.sourcearcade.org/flashprog.git]

	A tarball is available for download at		A tarball is available for download at

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	Please see the [[Flashprog/1.0/Supported_Hardware\|archived status page]] for		Please see the [[Flashprog/v1.0/Supported_Hardware\|archived status page]] for
	the hardware supported by this release.		the hardware supported by this release.

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Created page with "{{DISPLAYTITLE:flashprog/v1.0}} Here we go! The first release of ''flashprog'' as an independent project. This is a direct descendant of ''flashrom-stable v1.1''. Due to the circumstances of the fork, not much happened since then. However(!) to my knowledge this is overall the first release that includes code from last years very successful GSoC project: a new core algorithm for the erase-function selection. So once more Kudos to Aarya who worked hard on this project...."

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:flashprog/v1.0}}

Here we go! The first release of ''flashprog'' as an independent
project. This is a direct descendant of ''flashrom-stable v1.1''.
Due to the circumstances of the fork, not much happened since then.
However(!) to my knowledge this is overall the first release that
includes code from last years very successful GSoC project: a new
core algorithm for the erase-function selection. So once more Kudos
to Aarya who worked hard on this project.

= Changes =

== New erase-function selection ==
We used to employ only the first available erase function, with the
smallest erase-block size, by default. This had the advantage that we
erased as little as possible to write a given image. However, erasing
smaller, individual blocks often takes longer than erasing a whole
bunch of them at once with another erase function. The new algorithm
takes this into account and tries to use bigger erase-blocks if more
than half of the individual blocks would get erased anyway. In write
scenarios where many blocks need to be erased, this can result in a
nice speedup of about 30%.

== Other changes ==
* We disabled ''linux_mtd'' as part of the internal programmer on x86. This was necessary as the Intel driver in Linux is shipped by more distributions again but still doesn't work out-of-the-box in many cases. It's still possible to use MTD via <code>-p linux_mtd</code> if needed.
* Some minor build issues were addressed.

= Download =

''flashprog v1.0'' can be downloaded in various ways:

Anonymous checkout of the tag ''v1.0'' from git repositories at
* https://github.com/SourceArcade/flashprog.git
* <nowiki>https://review.sourcearcade.org/flashprog.git</nowiki>

A tarball is available for download at

https://flashprog.org/releases/flashprog-v1.0.tar.bz2
[http://flashprog.org/releases/flashprog-v1.0.tar.bz2.asc (GPG signature)]
(see [[GPG_Signatures]])

= Supported hardware =

Please see the [[Flashprog/1.0/Supported_Hardware|archived status page]] for
the hardware supported by this release.

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