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diff --git a/util/flashrom/README b/util/flashrom/README index 8410d3ff5e..a4eee499dd 100644 --- a/util/flashrom/README +++ b/util/flashrom/README @@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ Flashrom README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI -flash ROM chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. +Flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, and erasing flash ROM chips. +It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. + +It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, and TSOP chips, which use +various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI. (see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot) @@ -46,16 +49,17 @@ Usage Exit status ----------- -flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem + +Flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem (/dev/xsvc on Solaris) can not be opened and with 3 if a call to mmap() fails. coreboot Table and Mainboard Identification -------------------------------------------- -Flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard -(parse DMI as well in future?). If no coreboot table could be read -or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.: +Flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard. If no +coreboot table could be read or if you want to override these values, you can +specify -m, e.g.: $ flashrom -w --mainboard AGAMI:ARUMA agami_aruma.rom @@ -94,15 +98,6 @@ 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?). -Disk on Chip support --------------------- - -Disk on Chip support was removed from flashrom in r3382. It had already -been disabled by default in flashrom for several years because the code -was considered unstable and incomplete. The products intended to work -have been End-Of-Lifed by the manufacturer for a long time. - - Supported Flash Chips / Chipsets / Mainboards --------------------------------------------- diff --git a/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 index 4e60f850e7..60dca9838b 100644 --- a/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 +++ b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ .TH FLASHROM 8 "January 5, 2009" .SH NAME -flashrom \- a universal BIOS/ROM/flash programming utility +flashrom \- utility for reading, writing, and erasong BIOS/ROM/flash chips .SH SYNOPSIS .B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfLhR\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end] [\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [\fB-l\fR file.layout] [\fB-i\fR image_name] [file] .SH DESCRIPTION .B flashrom -is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI flash ROM -chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images, for example. -.sp +is a utility for reading, writing, and erasing flash ROM chips. +It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. +.PP +It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, and TSOP chips, which use +various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI. +.PP (see .B http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot) @@ -16,17 +19,21 @@ for details on coreboot) If no file is specified, then all that happens is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable. .TP -.B "\-r, \-\-read" -Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given file. +.B "\-r, \-\-read <file>" +Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given +.BR <file> . .TP -.B "\-w, \-\-write" -Write file into flash ROM (default when file is specified). +.B "\-w, \-\-write <file>" +Write file into flash ROM (default when +.B <file> +is specified). .TP -.B "\-v, \-\-verify" -Verify the flash ROM contents against the given file. +.B "\-v, \-\-verify <file>" +Verify the flash ROM contents against the given +.BR <file> . .TP .B "\-E, \-\-erase" -Erase the flash ROM device. +Erase the flash ROM chip. .TP .B "\-V, \-\-verbose" More verbose output. @@ -53,10 +60,11 @@ to be used on this board. Note: This check only works while coreboot is running, and only for those boards where the coreboot code supports it. .TP -.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file> -Read ROM layout from file. +.B "\-l, \-\-layout <file>" +Read ROM layout from +.BR <file> . .TP -.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name> +.B "\-i, \-\-image <name>" Only flash image .B <name> from flash layout. @@ -71,6 +79,9 @@ special support in flashrom. Some of the known-good/known-bad and tested ones are listed at .BR http://coreboot.org/Flashrom#Supported_mainboards , but the list is not exhaustive, of course. +.sp +Please let us know if you can verify other boards to work or not work out +of the box. .TP .B "\-h, \-\-help" Show a help text and exit. |