Re: More: cromutil hangs when flashing 3C905C-TXM

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de>]

Greg Beeley wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > >> I have been using cromutil successfully fro quite some time with
> > >> 3C905C-TX NICs.
> > >> Today i tried to program a 3C905C-TXM and cromutil hangs. I am using
> > >> cromutil from etherboot 4.7.22, older versions did not work either.
> 
> It is possible that the Atmel chip was already protected.  I think that
> particular chip has a feature that allows the programmer to optionally
> permanently write-protect the bootblock (can't be undone).  If that's true,
> then it can't be reprogrammed.  Note that I don't think Etherboot makes
> any distinction between the chip's bootblock and the non-bootblock part.
> 
> Greg.
> 

Is this really true? Can anyone confirm/deny this? If it is true, i
would have to look for an alternative to the 3c905.

ARE YOU LISTENING, 3COM?

Heinrich

Heinrich Rebehn
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