[ltp] Upgrading BIOS in Linux?

[Evgeni Golov]

Hi guys,

this question is mainly to our hardware-hackers HMH and Shem, but I
think it could interest everyone.

Today I read on planet.debian that it is possible to flash bios from
Linux, and not only these nice LinuxBIOS ones, but also proprietary:
http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/flashing-a-bios-the-linux-way-tm-using-flashrom
It is as easy as:
1. check if flashrom supports your chip
2. get bios from vendor, extract bin
3. backup old bios
4. flash new one
5. verify new one

Unfortunately this does NOT work on my Thinkpads (Z61m and X31), so I
would like to know, if someone is able to use flashrom in his TP, and
if nobody, would it be possible to hack flashrom to support TPs.

Regards
Evgeni