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2Flashrom README
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Ronald G. Minnich1e5003f2002-04-10 18:02:07 +0000[diff] [blame]4
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]5This is the universal (LinuxBIOS) flash utility.
6
7Build Requirements
Stefan Reinauer06b2c4d2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000[diff] [blame]8------------------
9
10To build the flashrom utility you need to have the following packages
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]11installed on your Linux system:
Stefan Reinauer06b2c4d2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000[diff] [blame]12
13* pciutils
Uwe Hermann83f0db22006-12-20 14:53:22 +0000[diff] [blame]14* pciutils-devel / pciutils-dev
15* zlib-devel / zlib1g-dev
Stefan Reinauer06b2c4d2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000[diff] [blame]16
17
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]18Usage
Stefan Reinauer06b2c4d2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000[diff] [blame]19-----
20
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]21usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]
22 [-e exclude_end] [-m vendor:part] [-l file.layout] [-i imagename] [file]
23 -r | --read: read flash and save into file
24 -w | --write: write file into flash (default when
25 file is specified)
26 -v | --verify: verify flash against file
27 -E | --erase: erase flash device
28 -V | --verbose: more verbose output
29 -c | --chip <chipname>: probe only for specified flash chip
30 -s | --estart <addr>: exclude start position
31 -e | --eend <addr>: exclude end postion
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]32 -m | --mainboard <vendor:part>: override mainboard settings
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]33 -f | --force: force write without checking image
34 -l | --layout <file.layout>: read rom layout from file
35 -i | --image <name>: only flash image name from flash layout
Ronald G. Minnich5e5f75e2002-01-29 18:21:41 +0000[diff] [blame]36
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]37 If no file is specified, then all that happens
38 is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
Ronald G. Minnich5e5f75e2002-01-29 18:21:41 +0000[diff] [blame]39
Ronald G. Minnich5e5f75e2002-01-29 18:21:41 +0000[diff] [blame]40
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]41LinuxBIOS Table and Mainboard Identification
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]42--------------------------------------------
Ronald G. Minnich5e5f75e2002-01-29 18:21:41 +0000[diff] [blame]43
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]44Flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard.
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]45(Parse DMI as well in future?) If no LinuxBIOS table could be read
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]46or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.:
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]47
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]48 flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]49
Mondrian Nuessleaef1c7c2007-05-03 10:09:23 +0000[diff] [blame]50The following boards require the specification of the board name, if
51no LinuxBIOS table is found:
52
53* IWILL DK8-HTX: use -m iwill:dk8_htx
54* agami Aruma: use -m AGAMI:ARUMA
55
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]56
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]57ROM Layout Support
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59
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]60Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of
61the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]62
63 00000000:00008fff gfxrom
64 00009000:0003ffff normal
65 00040000:0007ffff fallback
66
67 i.e.:
68 startaddr:endaddr name
69
70 all addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses!
71
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]72If you only want to update the normal image in a ROM you can say:
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]73
74 flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal island_aruma.rom
75
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]76To update normal and fallback but leave the VGA BIOS alone, say:
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]77
78 flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal -i fallback island_aruma.rom
79
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]80Currently overlapping sections are not supported.
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]81
Uwe Hermann2dc5f422006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000[diff] [blame]82ROM layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more
83flexible and they should lead to a ROM update file format with the
84ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?)
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]85
86
87DOC support
88-----------
89
90DISK on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable.
Stefan Reinauercbc55d02006-08-25 19:21:42 +0000[diff] [blame]91Change CFLAGS in the Makefile to enable it: Remove -DDISABLE_DOC from CFLAGS.
Ollie Lho184a4042005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000[diff] [blame]92
93
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]94Supported Flash Chips
95---------------------
96
97AMD AM-29F040B
98AMD AM-29F016D
Uwe Hermannc22f5422006-12-04 08:20:40 +0000[diff] [blame]99ASD AE49F2008
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]100Atmel AT-29C040A
Uwe Hermannd7f48062007-04-28 02:22:59 +0000[diff] [blame]101Atmel AT-29C020
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]102EMST F49B002UA
103Intel 82802AB (Firmware Hub)
104Intel 82802AC (Firmware Hub)
105M-Systems MD-2802 (unsupported, disabled by default)
106MX MX-29F002
107PMC PMC-49FL002
108PMC PMC-49FL004
109Sharp LHF-00L04
110SST SST-29EE020A
111SST SST-28SF040A
112SST SST-39SF010A
113SST SST-39SF020A
114SST SST-39SF040
115SST SST-39VF020
116SST SST-49LF040B
117SST SST-49LF040
118SST SST-49LF020A
119SST SST-49LF080A
Alan Carvalho de Assis474230a2007-01-27 13:39:06 +0000[diff] [blame]120SST SST-49LF160C
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]121SST SST-49LF002A/B
122SST SST-49LF003A/B
123SST SST-49LF004A/B
124SST SST-49LF008A
Yinghai Luca782972007-01-22 20:21:17 +0000[diff] [blame]125SST SST-49LF004C
126SST SST-49LF008C
127SST SST-49LF016C
Uwe Hermannd7f48062007-04-28 02:22:59 +0000[diff] [blame]128ST ST-M29F002B
129ST ST-M29F002T
130ST ST-M29F002NT
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]131ST ST-M29F400BT
132ST ST-M29F040B
Uwe Hermannc22f5422006-12-04 08:20:40 +0000[diff] [blame]133SyncMOS S29C51001T/B
134SyncMOS S29C51002T/B
135SyncMOS S29C51004T/B
136SyncMOS S29C31004T
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]137Winbond W29C011
138Winbond W29C020C
139Winbond W49F002U
140Winbond W49V002A
141Winbond W49V002FA
142Winbond W39V040A
143Winbond W39V040B
David Hendricks71437d02007-03-02 02:25:36 +0000[diff] [blame]144Winbond W39V080A
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]145
146
147Supported Southbridges
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149
150AMD CS5530
151AMD Geode SC1100
152AMD AMD-8111
153ATI SB400
154Intel ICH0-ICH8 (all variations)
155Intel PIIX4/PIIX4E/PIIX4M
156NVIDIA CK804
157NVIDIA MCP51
Yinghai Luca782972007-01-22 20:21:17 +0000[diff] [blame]158NVIDIA MCP55
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]159SiS 630
160SiS 5595
Uwe Hermanna4c63c22007-04-09 22:59:22 +0000[diff] [blame]161VIA CX700
Uwe Hermannb6d28322006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000[diff] [blame]162VIA VT8231
163VIA VT8235
164VIA VT8237
165VIA VT82C686
166