ECTool @ v0.1.2

This release of ECTool adds support for Framework's new build naming strategy (which separates board names from versions with a - ala tulip-3.0.4) and support for the tulip board (Framework Laptop 16 Ryzen AI 300 series).

• ECTool: add tulip flash layout (96500f1)
• ECTool: support - as a board version delimiter (99c751d)

ECTool @ v0.1.1

This release of ECTool.efi adds support to reflash for the Framework products released after 2023. You could always have reflashed them manually with reflash -f -f, but that would have erased the SPI_FLAGS section.

• Add support for sunflower, marigold and lilac (2e9bd6e)

ECTool @ v0.1.0

This release of ECTool.efi actually does add support for the Framework Laptop (AMD Ryzen), as well as making a number of quality of life improvements.

• reflash now uses the flash map in the incoming firmware image file to determine what kind of board it's for. (e1d5abe)
• reflash also now uses an autodetected flash layout for the Intel 11th, 12th, 13th and AMD Ryzen Framework Laptops to avoid vital product data and configuration data. (eeaf66d)
  • If reflash does not detect your board layout, you can force it to write flash with -f -f.
  • If you really don't care about VPD or configuration data, use --all (a713f19)
• reflash now uses color to indicate success or failure. (90d4612)
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• reflash now waits for erase to be done before proceeding on to the next step (some ECs block any commands while flash is erasing) (c908a04)
• Flash I/O failures will now actually stop the reflashing process (silly, I know; however, verification would have stopped it from proceeding anyway.)
• console now inserts a carriage return before every line feed, because some embedded controller firmwares didn't do that; this led to console output scrolling horizontally across the screen. (5c0c31a)

ECTool @ v0.0.5

This release of ECTool adds support for the Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040 Series). ectool reflash has not been tested on this device.

ECTool @ v0.0.4

This release improves the safety and reliability of ECTool.efi.

• It will no longer allow you to flash a firmware intended for a different "board" (machine), such as installing a firmware intended for the 11th Gen Intel Core Framework Laptop on the 12th Gen.
  • If you are developing a new firmware image that changes the board name and are utterly convicted that this is the right thing to do, you can force the flash to proceed with ectool reflash -f -f fs0:\whatever.bin
• RW will be written and verified before RO; if RW fails verification, RO may still be able to boot the system.
• It has learned --ro, which will update only the RO image and bootloader.
• ectool reflash now emits help text that explains the arguments it supports.

ECTool @ v0.0.3

This release adds a couple of small features to ECTool:

• reflash will no longer fail on mainboards without a battery connected (#3)
• reflash has learned -f, which will override the charger presence and battery capacity requirements
• reflash now supports --rw; when provided, it will only erase and program the RW section of the EC image
• reboot learned at-shutdown, which will cause the EC to only reboot when the AP shuts down rather than immediately

ECTool @ v0.0.2

"Well, it works!"

ECTool is distributed in an archive containing a minimal EFI shell. Extract the entire archive to the root of a FAT32-formatted USB mass storage device, copy your desired firmware image to the root of the same device, turn off Secure Boot, and boot from it.