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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]