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diff --git a/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6725b373ce --- /dev/null +++ b/util/flashrom/flashrom.8 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.TH FLASHROM 8 "December 20, 2006" +.SH NAME +flashrom \- a universal flash programming utility +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfh\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 flash chips +(e.g. in DIP or PLCC packaging). It can be used to flash BIOS images, +for example. +.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. +.TP +.B "\-r, \-\-read" +Read flash and save contents into file. +.TP +.B "\-w, \-\-write" +Write file into flash (default when file is specified). +.TP +.B "\-v, \-\-verify" +Verify flash against file. +.TP +.B "\-E, \-\-erase" +Erase flash device. +.TP +.B "\-V, \-\-verbose" +More verbose output. +.TP +.B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname> +Probe only for specified flash chip. +.TP +.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr> +Exclude start position. (obsolete) +.TP +.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr> +Exclude end postion. (obsolete) +.TP +.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part> +Override mainboard settings. +.TP +.B "\-f, \-\-force" +Force write without checking image. +.TP +.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file> +Read ROM layout from file. +.TP +.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name> +Only flash image name from flash layout. +.TP +.B "\-h, \-\-help" +Show a help text and exit. +.\".TP +.\".B "\-\-version" +.\"Show version information and exit. +.SH BUGS +Please report any bugs at http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/. +.SH LICENCE +.B flashrom +is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR romcc (1), +.BR abuild (1). +.SH COPYRIGHT +2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation +.br +2003 Niki W. Waibel +.br +2004 Tyan Corp +.br +2005-2007 coresystems GmbH +.SH AUTHORS +Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com> +.br +Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de> +.br +Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net> +.br +some others +.PP +This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>. +It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (v2 or later). |