Blame - flashrom.1 - flashprog

blob: 438231df43179007e6a4291ab14fef3d3d9f2e7d [file] [log] [blame]

Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	1	.TH FLASHROM 1 "September 19, 2006"
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	2	.SH NAME
				3	flashrom \- the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility
				4	.SH SYNOPSIS
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 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 Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
				8	.B flashrom
				9	is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.
				10	.SH OPTIONS
				11	If no file is specified, then all that happens
				12	is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	13	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	14	.B "\-r, \-\-read"
				15	Read flash and save contents into file.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	16	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	17	.B "\-w, \-\-write"
				18	Write file into flash (default when file is specified).
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	19	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	20	.B "\-v, \-\-verify"
				21	Verify flash against file.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	22	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	23	.B "\-E, \-\-erase"
				24	Erase flash device.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	25	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	26	.B "\-V, \-\-verbose"
				27	More verbose output.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	28	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	29	.B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname>
				30	Probe only for specified flash chip.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	31	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	32	.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	33	Exclude start position. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	34	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	35	.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr>
				36	Exclude end postion. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	37	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	38	.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
				39	Override mainboard settings.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	40	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	41	.B "\-f, \-\-force"
				42	Force write without checking image.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	43	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	44	.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file>
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	45	Read ROM layout from file.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	46	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	47	.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name>
				48	Only flash image name from flash layout.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	49	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	50	.B "\-h, \-\-help"
				51	Show a help text and exit.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	52	.\".TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	53	.\".B "\-\-version"
				54	.\"Show version information and exit.
				55	.SH BUGS
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	56	Please report any bugs at http://bugzilla.openbios.org/.
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	57	.SH LICENCE
				58	.B flashrom
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	59	is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later.
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	60	.SH SEE ALSO
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	61	.BR romcc (1),
				62	.BR abuild (1).
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	63	.SH COPYRIGHT
				64	2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
				65	.br
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	66	2003 Niki W. Waibel
				67	.br
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	68	2004 Tyan Corp
				69	.br
				70	2005-2006 coresystems GmbH
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	71	.SH AUTHORS
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	72	Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	73	.br
				74	Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
				75	.br
				76	Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net>
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	77	.br
				78	some others
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	79	.PP
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	80	This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.
				81	It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (v2 or later).