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	[https://codeberg.org/Riku_V/pico-serprog/commit/6301fbf3ed553e61e626af2785f9e80fa6ca5524 Riku Viitanen's pico-serprog fork].		[https://codeberg.org/Riku_V/pico-serprog/commit/6301fbf3ed553e61e626af2785f9e80fa6ca5524 Riku Viitanen's pico-serprog fork].

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	* Some [[Flashprog/v1.0.2\|regressions]] around big flash chips and old ''dediprog'' programmers were fixed.		* Some [[Flashprog/v1.0.2\|regressions]] around big flash chips and old ''dediprog'' programmers were fixed.
	* We have a new ''linux_gpio2_spi'' driver that supports the new ''libgpiod'' API. The old driver is kept for systems that still have an older ''libgpiod''.		* We have a new ''linux_gpio2_spi'' driver that supports the new ''libgpiod'' API. The old driver is kept for systems that still have an older ''libgpiod''.

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	In the CLI, there's a new command line flag ''--progress'' which does		In the CLI, there's a new command line flag ''--progress'' which does
	what one might expect, it shows progress bars for read, erase+write,		what one might expect, it shows progress bars for read, erase, write,
	and verify operations. The ''libflashprog'' API offers to specify a		and verify operations. The ''libflashprog'' API offers to specify a
	callback function for the same purpose.		callback function for the same purpose.

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:flashprog/v1.1}}

Here's our second feature release, ''flashprog v1.1''. Beside a lot of
smaller changes and additions, I'm glad to announce an often asked for
feature: We finally have a progress bar :D The current implementation
is based on a
[https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/flashrom@flashrom.org/thread/5SACI7CSDTTIJ3JTUZUNWT3SN5MZL344/ mailing list discussion]
that dates back almost 7 years.

= What's new? =

== Progress Feedback ==

In the CLI, there's a new command line flag ''--progress'' which does
what one might expect, it shows progress bars for read, erase+write,
and verify operations. The ''libflashprog'' API offers to specify a
callback function for the same purpose.

== Dediprog SF700 / SF600Plus-G2 ==

The ''dediprog'' driver has been updated to detect SF700 and SF600Plus-G2
programmers. It has been fully tested with an SF600Plus-G2 which is
actually a successor to the short-lived SF700. So chances are very good
that the SF700 works out of the box, too.

== Switching CS Lines with Serprog ==

The ''serprog'' protocol now supports multiple CS lines. Which line will
be used can be selected from the command line if the programmer's firmware
supports it, e.g.
[https://codeberg.org/Riku_V/pico-serprog/commit/6301fbf3ed553e61e626af2785f9e80fa6ca5524 Riku Viitanen's pico-serprog fork].

== Other Changes ==
* Some [[Flashprog/v1.0.2|regressions]] around big flash chips and old ''dediprog'' programmers were fixed.
* We have a new ''linux_gpio2_spi'' driver that supports the new ''libgpiod'' API. The old driver is kept for systems that still have an older ''libgpiod''.
* The ''serprog'' driver now synchronizes more reliably after an aborted run. At the same time, we were able to get rid of the initial 1s delay.
* The ''linux_mtd'' driver now provides a no-op delay implementation, as all the timing is handled by the kernel drivers.
* We only use our internal delay loop for delays < 100ms now, to allow ''flashprog'' to yield execution more often.
* Some preparation and finalization steps were moved into the individual flash chip drivers. The most visible effect is that we got rid of spurious attempts to memory map SPI flash chips by default. The issue was mostly visible with the ''internal'' programmer on AMD machines and ''serprog'', combined with big flash chips that just couldn't be mapped.
* Two additional commands were added to the serprog protocol: ''SPI Mode'' and ''CS Mode''. These won't be used in ''flashprog'' but allows to use [https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/pull/1801 serprog programmers with ''avrdude''].

= Download =

''flashprog v1.1'' can be downloaded in various ways:

Anonymous checkout of the tag ''v1.1'' from git repositories at
* [https://github.com/SourceArcade/flashprog/releases/tag/v1.1 https://github.com/SourceArcade/flashprog.git]
* [https://review.sourcearcade.org/plugins/gitiles/flashprog/+/refs/tags/v1.1 https://review.sourcearcade.org/flashprog.git]

A tarball is available for download at

https://flashprog.org/releases/flashprog-v1.1.tar.bz2
[http://flashprog.org/releases/flashprog-v1.1.tar.bz2.asc (GPG signature)]
(see [[GPG_Signatures]])

= Supported hardware =

Please see the [[Flashprog/v1.1/Supported_Hardware|archived status page]] for
the hardware supported by this release.

Flashprog/v1.1 - Revision history

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