What is stored in Inte's spi flash? Is it a BOIS?
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We have Intel's board (i7) with Linux, and we need to save some data between power off/on.
I thought of using the spi flash for this (there is also eeprom, but for some reason it is read-only!).
But I am not sure what is stored in spi flash.
Is it that the BIOS is saved in eeprom, and the spi flash can be used by application for any general purpose ? How can I know where is the bios saved ?
On using flashrom it seems that I can write to the flashrom, yet I am afraid that something important is already stored in the flash.
Does anyone knows what is stored in spi flash ?
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We have Intel's board (i7) with Linux, and we need to save some data between power off/on.
I thought of using the spi flash for this (there is also eeprom, but for some reason it is read-only!).
But I am not sure what is stored in spi flash.
Is it that the BIOS is saved in eeprom, and the spi flash can be used by application for any general purpose ? How can I know where is the bios saved ?
On using flashrom it seems that I can write to the flashrom, yet I am afraid that something important is already stored in the flash.
Does anyone knows what is stored in spi flash ?
memory x86 eeprom
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quora.com/What-is-SPI-flash-memory is a start. A number of Google links searching on "spi flash".
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Nov 19 at 1:58
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We have Intel's board (i7) with Linux, and we need to save some data between power off/on.
I thought of using the spi flash for this (there is also eeprom, but for some reason it is read-only!).
But I am not sure what is stored in spi flash.
Is it that the BIOS is saved in eeprom, and the spi flash can be used by application for any general purpose ? How can I know where is the bios saved ?
On using flashrom it seems that I can write to the flashrom, yet I am afraid that something important is already stored in the flash.
Does anyone knows what is stored in spi flash ?
memory x86 eeprom
asked Nov 18 at 21:31
ransh
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We have Intel's board (i7) with Linux, and we need to save some data between power off/on.
I thought of using the spi flash for this (there is also eeprom, but for some reason it is read-only!).
But I am not sure what is stored in spi flash.
Is it that the BIOS is saved in eeprom, and the spi flash can be used by application for any general purpose ? How can I know where is the bios saved ?
On using flashrom it seems that I can write to the flashrom, yet I am afraid that something important is already stored in the flash.
Does anyone knows what is stored in spi flash ?
memory x86 eeprom
memory x86 eeprom
asked Nov 18 at 21:31
ransh
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asked Nov 18 at 21:31
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asked Nov 18 at 21:31
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quora.com/What-is-SPI-flash-memory is a start. A number of Google links searching on "spi flash".
– fixer1234
Nov 19 at 1:58
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quora.com/What-is-SPI-flash-memory is a start. A number of Google links searching on "spi flash".
– fixer1234
Nov 19 at 1:58
quora.com/What-is-SPI-flash-memory is a start. A number of Google links searching on "spi flash".
– fixer1234
Nov 19 at 1:58
quora.com/What-is-SPI-flash-memory is a start. A number of Google links searching on "spi flash".
– fixer1234
Nov 19 at 1:58
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quora.com/What-is-SPI-flash-memory is a start. A number of Google links searching on "spi flash".
– fixer1234
Nov 19 at 1:58