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@@ -315,6 +315,19 @@ do not match, it will refuse to write the image unless you specify .TP .B ITE IT87 Super I/O .sp +If your mainboard is manufactured by GIGABYTE and supports DualBIOS it is very likely that it uses an +ITE IT87 series Super I/O to switch between the two flash chips. Only one of them can be accessed at a time +and you can manually select which one to use with the +.sp +.B " flashrom \-p internal:dualbiosindex=chip" +.sp +syntax where +.B chip +is the index of the chip to use (0 = main, 1 = backup). You can check which one is currently selected by +leaving out the +.B chip +parameter. +.sp If your mainboard uses an ITE IT87 series Super I/O for LPC<->SPI flash bus translation, flashrom should autodetect that configuration. If you want to set the I/O base port of the IT87 series SPI controller manually instead of |
