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Hello,
i have some questions about flash ROM that is placed on TF534.
How can i program and use it?
Is new firmware is needed to activate it?
Can i program it separately before soldering on the board?

Have asked about on last live stream, but got no answer, unfortunately...
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Use flashrom to read and write it. There is a github fork with it on. It’s not very useful
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Oh...
was under impression i can use it to write Kickstart into it, so users doesn't need to install 3.1 KS to be able to use TF534's IDE....
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At present yes. I never implemented this feature because the CPLD didnt have enough space.
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terriblefire wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 6:38 pm At present yes. I never implemented this feature because the CPLD didnt have enough space.
Hmm.. haven't found nothing flashrom+Amiga related, hence was my questions here..
So i can solder this flash chip on an adapter, flash KS 3.1 in it, and it will be detected on boot (original KS rom will be ignored)?
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No its mapped only via the SPI interface. Not as a ROM. I'm probably never going to do get it working as a ROM.
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The software to read and write the rom is here.

https://github.com/terriblefire/flashrom

Needs built with amiga-gcc
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