if (ha->optrom_state != QLA_SREADING)
                return 0;
-       if (off > ha->optrom_size)
+       if (off > ha->optrom_region_size)
                return 0;
-       if (off + count > ha->optrom_size)
-               count = ha->optrom_size - off;
+       if (off + count > ha->optrom_region_size)
+               count = ha->optrom_region_size - off;
 
        memcpy(buf, &ha->optrom_buffer[off], count);
 
 
        if (ha->optrom_state != QLA_SWRITING)
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (off > ha->optrom_size)
+       if (off > ha->optrom_region_size)
                return -ERANGE;
-       if (off + count > ha->optrom_size)
-               count = ha->optrom_size - off;
+       if (off + count > ha->optrom_region_size)
+               count = ha->optrom_region_size - off;
 
        memcpy(&ha->optrom_buffer[off], buf, count);
 
 {
        struct scsi_qla_host *ha = to_qla_host(dev_to_shost(container_of(kobj,
            struct device, kobj)));
-       int val;
+       uint32_t start = 0;
+       uint32_t size = ha->optrom_size;
+       int val, valid;
 
        if (off)
                return 0;
 
-       if (sscanf(buf, "%d", &val) != 1)
+       if (sscanf(buf, "%d:%x:%x", &val, &start, &size) < 1)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       if (start > ha->optrom_size)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        switch (val) {
                        break;
 
                ha->optrom_state = QLA_SWAITING;
+
+               DEBUG2(qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
+                   "Freeing flash region allocation -- 0x%x bytes.\n",
+                   ha->optrom_region_size));
+
                vfree(ha->optrom_buffer);
                ha->optrom_buffer = NULL;
                break;
                if (ha->optrom_state != QLA_SWAITING)
                        break;
 
+               if (start & 0xfff) {
+                       qla_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha,
+                           "Invalid start region 0x%x/0x%x.\n", start, size);
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
+               ha->optrom_region_start = start;
+               ha->optrom_region_size = start + size > ha->optrom_size ?
+                   ha->optrom_size - start : size;
+
                ha->optrom_state = QLA_SREADING;
-               ha->optrom_buffer = (uint8_t *)vmalloc(ha->optrom_size);
+               ha->optrom_buffer = vmalloc(ha->optrom_region_size);
                if (ha->optrom_buffer == NULL) {
                        qla_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha,
                            "Unable to allocate memory for optrom retrieval "
-                           "(%x).\n", ha->optrom_size);
+                           "(%x).\n", ha->optrom_region_size);
 
                        ha->optrom_state = QLA_SWAITING;
                        return count;
                }
 
-               memset(ha->optrom_buffer, 0, ha->optrom_size);
-               ha->isp_ops->read_optrom(ha, ha->optrom_buffer, 0,
-                   ha->optrom_size);
+               DEBUG2(qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
+                   "Reading flash region -- 0x%x/0x%x.\n",
+                   ha->optrom_region_start, ha->optrom_region_size));
+
+               memset(ha->optrom_buffer, 0, ha->optrom_region_size);
+               ha->isp_ops->read_optrom(ha, ha->optrom_buffer,
+                   ha->optrom_region_start, ha->optrom_region_size);
                break;
        case 2:
                if (ha->optrom_state != QLA_SWAITING)
                        break;
 
+               /*
+                * We need to be more restrictive on which FLASH regions are
+                * allowed to be updated via user-space.  Regions accessible
+                * via this method include:
+                *
+                * ISP21xx/ISP22xx/ISP23xx type boards:
+                *
+                *      0x000000 -> 0x020000 -- Boot code.
+                *
+                * ISP2322/ISP24xx type boards:
+                *
+                *      0x000000 -> 0x07ffff -- Boot code.
+                *      0x080000 -> 0x0fffff -- Firmware.
+                *
+                * ISP25xx type boards:
+                *
+                *      0x000000 -> 0x07ffff -- Boot code.
+                *      0x080000 -> 0x0fffff -- Firmware.
+                *      0x120000 -> 0x12ffff -- VPD and HBA parameters.
+                */
+               valid = 0;
+               if (ha->optrom_size == OPTROM_SIZE_2300 && start == 0)
+                       valid = 1;
+               else if (start == (FA_BOOT_CODE_ADDR*4) ||
+                   start == (FA_RISC_CODE_ADDR*4))
+                       valid = 1;
+               else if (IS_QLA25XX(ha) && start == (FA_VPD_NVRAM_ADDR*4))
+                   valid = 1;
+               if (!valid) {
+                       qla_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha,
+                           "Invalid start region 0x%x/0x%x.\n", start, size);
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
+               ha->optrom_region_start = start;
+               ha->optrom_region_size = start + size > ha->optrom_size ?
+                   ha->optrom_size - start : size;
+
                ha->optrom_state = QLA_SWRITING;
-               ha->optrom_buffer = (uint8_t *)vmalloc(ha->optrom_size);
+               ha->optrom_buffer = vmalloc(ha->optrom_region_size);
                if (ha->optrom_buffer == NULL) {
                        qla_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha,
                            "Unable to allocate memory for optrom update "
-                           "(%x).\n", ha->optrom_size);
+                           "(%x).\n", ha->optrom_region_size);
 
                        ha->optrom_state = QLA_SWAITING;
                        return count;
                }
-               memset(ha->optrom_buffer, 0, ha->optrom_size);
+
+               DEBUG2(qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
+                   "Staging flash region write -- 0x%x/0x%x.\n",
+                   ha->optrom_region_start, ha->optrom_region_size));
+
+               memset(ha->optrom_buffer, 0, ha->optrom_region_size);
                break;
        case 3:
                if (ha->optrom_state != QLA_SWRITING)
                        break;
 
-               ha->isp_ops->write_optrom(ha, ha->optrom_buffer, 0,
-                   ha->optrom_size);
+               DEBUG2(qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha,
+                   "Writing flash region -- 0x%x/0x%x.\n",
+                   ha->optrom_region_start, ha->optrom_region_size));
+
+               ha->isp_ops->write_optrom(ha, ha->optrom_buffer,
+                   ha->optrom_region_start, ha->optrom_region_size);
                break;
+       default:
+               count = -EINVAL;
        }
        return count;
 }