I suppose I could try flashing a card to generic firmware. I did not proceed with attempting that as that wasn't my goal, Dell firmware was. When I look at one set of instructions to flash the generic firmware, it instructs to craft a `nvmupdate.cfg` file such as this:
Code:
CURRENT FAMILY: 1.0.0
CONFIG VERSION: 1.14.0
BEGIN DEVICE
DEVICENAME: X710-DA2
VENDOR: 8086
DEVICE: 1572
NVM IMAGE: X710DA2_9p40_CFGID7p2_OEMGEN_K97470.bin
OROM IMAGE: BootIMG.FLB
EEPID: 8000ECB7
REPLACES: 8000EE1C
RESET TYPE: POWER
END DEVICE
However, the `nvmupdate.cfg` from Dell has `BootIMG.FLB` specified for both `NVM` and `OROM` images. It fails to flash with an image error. The Dell `nvmupdate.cfg` file has another `NVM IMAGE` file line that has been commented out. The file in that line I have not been able to find. I have 3 different Dell firmware update packages, none of which have the commented file.
I didn't compare the `nvmupdate` executable using md5, but on the surface they behave identically. It does not seem to matter which binary I use, whether the one from the Intel generic package, the Lenovo package or the Dell package.