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authorUwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000
committerUwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000
commit69a392b5c644518ace86d43d6dd76d52f0c634af (patch)
tree07b6e0cb36c8227c9807cb28386b92b5760bcfd6 /util/flashrom/README
parent79aa01a6c35bfa03ae8010b7044e878d38589e89 (diff)
Documentation fixes and updates (trivial).
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@2875 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
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diff --git a/util/flashrom/README b/util/flashrom/README
index 59a4299c58..7be37c74c7 100644
--- a/util/flashrom/README
+++ b/util/flashrom/README
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ installed on your Linux system:
Usage
-----
-usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]
- [-e exclude_end] [-m vendor:part] [-l file.layout] [-i imagename] [file]
+ $ flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start] [-e exclude_end]
+ [-m vendor:part] [-l file.layout] [-i imagename] [file]
-r | --read: read flash and save into file
-w | --write: write file into flash (default when
file is specified)
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]
LinuxBIOS Table and Mainboard Identification
--------------------------------------------
-Flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard.
-(Parse DMI as well in future?) If no LinuxBIOS table could be read
+Flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard
+(parse DMI as well in future?). If no LinuxBIOS table could be read
or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.:
- flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom
+ flashrom -w --mainboard AGAMI:ARUMA agami_aruma.rom
The following boards require the specification of the board name, if
no LinuxBIOS table is found:
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ no LinuxBIOS table is found:
* ASUS P5A: use -m asus:p5a
* IBM x3455: use -m ibm:x3455
* EPoX EP-BX3: use -m epox:ep-bx3
-* GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI v2.0: use -m gigabyte:m57sli
-* GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3: use -m gigabyte:m61ps3
+* GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 v2.0: use -m gigabyte:m57sli
+* GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3: use -m gigabyte:m61p
+* MSI K8N Neo3: use -m msi:k8n-neo3
+
ROM Layout Support
------------------
@@ -71,27 +73,27 @@ the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
i.e.:
startaddr:endaddr name
- all addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses!
+ All addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses!
If you only want to update the normal image in a ROM you can say:
- flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal island_aruma.rom
+ flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal agami_aruma.rom
To update normal and fallback but leave the VGA BIOS alone, say:
- flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal -i fallback island_aruma.rom
+ flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal -i fallback agami_aruma.rom
Currently overlapping sections are not supported.
ROM layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more
flexible and they should lead to a ROM update file format with the
-ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?)
+ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?).
-DOC support
------------
+Disk on Chip support
+--------------------
-DISK on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable.
+Disk on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable.
Change CFLAGS in the Makefile to enable it: Remove -DDISABLE_DOC from CFLAGS.