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| author | Stefan Reinauer <stepan@openbios.org> | 2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Stefan Reinauer <stepan@openbios.org> | 2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000 |
| commit | e534daa05ae7057ad615e15fa3021b19f4850fd0 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d4e9e043386163491eab22f5310ec09cd6c206e /util/flashrom | |
| parent | 59fc4db642bcf9c0a80785524e0740b03bfcacfe (diff) | |
add flashrom manpage from Uwe Hermann
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diff --git a/util/flashrom/flashrom.1 b/util/flashrom/flashrom.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..97369f8c97 --- /dev/null +++ b/util/flashrom/flashrom.1 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.TH FLASHROM 1 "July 26, 2006" +.SH NAME +flashrom \- the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVflih\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] + [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end] + [\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [file] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B flashrom +is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility. +.SH OPTIONS +If no file is specified, then all that happens +is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable. + +.B "\-r, \-\-read" +Read flash and save contents into file. +.PP +.B "\-w, \-\-write" +Write file into flash (default when file is specified). +.PP +.B "\-v, \-\-verify" +Verify flash against file. +.PP +.B "\-E, \-\-erase" +Erase flash device. +.PP +.B "\-V, \-\-verbose" +More verbose output. +.PP +.B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname> +Probe only for specified flash chip. +.PP +.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr> +Exclude start position. +.PP +.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr> +Exclude end postion. +.PP +.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part> +Override mainboard settings. +.PP +.B "\-f, \-\-force" +Force write without checking image. +.PP +.B "\-l, \-\-layout" +Read ROM layout from file. +.PP +.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name> +Only flash image name from flash layout. +.PP +.B "\-h, \-\-help" +Show a help text and exit. +.\".PP +.\".B "\-\-version" +.\"Show version information and exit. +.SH BUGS +Please report any bugs at http://bugzilla.openbios.org/ +.SH LICENCE +.B flashrom +is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR romcc (1). +.SH COPYRIGHT +2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation +.br +2004 Tyan Corp +.br +2005-2006 coresystems GmbH +.br +2003 Niki W. Waibel +.SH AUTHORS +Yhlu <yinghai.lu@amd.com> +.br +Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de> +.br +Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net> +.PP +This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>, +for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |