10-08-2019, 04:57 PM
As far as I know, you can flash the SPI while booted on the Pinebook Pro.
The difficulty comes in if you flash the SPI with firmware that the Rockchip recognizes as valid. But, this new SPI firmware does not allow booting. Thus, the term "brick". That's when you need an external programmer, (with other computer to perform the programming). Or modifying the SPI clock pin, (cut or short).
Remember, the SPI firmware is booted before other sources. From the Wiki;
... default hard-coded boot order of the SoC: SPI, eMMC, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, SD card.
Wiki - Pinebook Pro - Bootable Storage
The difficulty comes in if you flash the SPI with firmware that the Rockchip recognizes as valid. But, this new SPI firmware does not allow booting. Thus, the term "brick". That's when you need an external programmer, (with other computer to perform the programming). Or modifying the SPI clock pin, (cut or short).
Remember, the SPI firmware is booted before other sources. From the Wiki;
... default hard-coded boot order of the SoC: SPI, eMMC, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, SD card.
Wiki - Pinebook Pro - Bootable Storage
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Arwen Evenstar
Princess of Rivendale
Arwen Evenstar
Princess of Rivendale