Firmware update fails XG-7100-1U

whoami TM

I'm in the process of bringing a neglected XG-7100 back to life with 23.9.1 from 2.4.4

I've run into all kinds of issues but appears the last one I cant figure out is why firmware update fails.

The box is trying to go from 01.00.00.06 to 01.00.00.20. Netgate_Firmware_Upgrade package is 23.05.00

It fails giving error:

flashrom v1.3.0 on FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT (amd64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org

Using clock_gettime for delay loops (clk_id: 4, resolution: 1ns).
Using region: "coreboot".
coreboot table found at 0x7f714000.

No EEPROM/flash device found.
Note: flashrom can never write if the flash chip isn't found automatically.
Updating coreboot region  ...
Reading coreboot region...
Reading coreboot region...flashrom -p internal:boardmismatch=force -l /tmp/bios_layout -i coreboot -r /tmp/flash_backup.bin
system() exit with return_code=256, child exit status=1

smirkis

if im not mistaken that is usually an error it gives when flashing to an emmc chip as a ZFS install. have you tried a fresh install as ufs?

stephenw10

No it's a bug in flashrom in 23.09(.1).
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11970#note-5

Until that is fixed you would need to temporarily install 23.05.1 to update Coreboot.

You probably don't need to update Coreboot though.

Steve