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authorStefan Reinauer <stepan@openbios.org>2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000
committerStefan Reinauer <stepan@openbios.org>2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000
commit70597f96c45e225a42f395cdf16b4ad62459dc3b (patch)
treef24612f8a535d590a94f8ea9afa4bf620c0b35cc /util/flashrom
parent45065d90d974108c963ce63af4d5bd267aa7273a (diff)
mention build dependencies in Makefile.
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diff --git a/util/flashrom/README b/util/flashrom/README
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@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
This is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.
+build requirements
+------------------
+
+To build the flashrom utility you need to have the following packages
+installed on your linux system:
+
+* pciutils
+* pciutils-devel
+
+
+usage
+-----
+
usage: ./flashrom [-rwvE] [-V] [-c chipname]
[-s exclude_start] [-e exclude_end] [file]