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Uwe Hermann2c5d4c62007-10-16 23:36:34 +0000[diff] [blame]1.TH FLASHROM 8 "December 20, 2006"
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]2.SH NAME
Uwe Hermann424b7cf2006-12-20 14:59:56 +0000[diff] [blame]3flashrom \- a universal flash programming utility
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]4.SH SYNOPSIS
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]5.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfh\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end]
6 [\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [\fB-l\fR file.layout] [\fB-i\fR image_name] [file]
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]7.SH DESCRIPTION
8.B flashrom
Uwe Hermann424b7cf2006-12-20 14:59:56 +0000[diff] [blame]9is a universal flash programming utility for flash chips
10(e.g. in DIP or PLCC packaging). It can be used to flash BIOS images,
11for example.
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]12.SH OPTIONS
13If no file is specified, then all that happens
14is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]15.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]16.B "\-r, \-\-read"
17Read flash and save contents into file.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]18.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]19.B "\-w, \-\-write"
20Write file into flash (default when file is specified).
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]21.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]22.B "\-v, \-\-verify"
23Verify flash against file.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]24.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]25.B "\-E, \-\-erase"
26Erase flash device.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]27.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]28.B "\-V, \-\-verbose"
29More verbose output.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]30.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]31.B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname>
32Probe only for specified flash chip.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]33.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]34.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]35Exclude start position. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]36.TP
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]37.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr>
38Exclude end postion. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]39.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]40.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
41Override mainboard settings.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]42.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]43.B "\-f, \-\-force"
44Force write without checking image.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]45.TP
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]46.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file>
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]47Read ROM layout from file.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]48.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]49.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name>
50Only flash image name from flash layout.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]51.TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]52.B "\-h, \-\-help"
53Show a help text and exit.
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]54.\".TP
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]55.\".B "\-\-version"
56.\"Show version information and exit.
57.SH BUGS
Uwe Hermann2bd07a02006-11-22 15:27:29 +0000[diff] [blame]58Please report any bugs at http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/.
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]59.SH LICENCE
60.B flashrom
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]61is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later.
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]62.SH SEE ALSO
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]63.BR romcc (1),
64.BR abuild (1).
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]65.SH COPYRIGHT
662000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
67.br
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]682003 Niki W. Waibel
69.br
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]702004 Tyan Corp
71.br
Stefan Reinauer5380d512007-05-24 09:08:36 +0000[diff] [blame]722005-2007 coresystems GmbH
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]73.SH AUTHORS
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]74Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]75.br
76Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
77.br
78Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net>
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame]79.br
80some others
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]81.PP
Stefan Reinauerde063bf2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000[diff] [blame]82This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.
83It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (v2 or later).