Uwe Hermann | 2dc5f42 | 2006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Peter Stuge | 44dd304 | 2009-04-20 12:34:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | flashrom README |
Uwe Hermann | 2dc5f42 | 2006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Ronald G. Minnich | 1e5003f | 2002-04-10 18:02:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | |
Peter Stuge | 261cafa | 2009-05-01 14:52:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash ROM |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. |
Uwe Hermann | e74b9f8 | 2009-04-10 14:41:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | |
Uwe Hermann | d42009c | 2009-04-11 13:59:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, and |
| 9 | TSOP40 chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, |
| 10 | or SPI. |
Uwe Hermann | 42eb17f | 2008-01-18 17:48:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
| 12 | (see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot) |
| 13 | |
Uwe Hermann | 2dc5f42 | 2006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| 15 | Build Requirements |
Stefan Reinauer | 06b2c4d | 2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | ------------------ |
| 17 | |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | To build flashrom you need to install the following packages or ports: |
Stefan Reinauer | 06b2c4d | 2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | |
Idwer Vollering | 5e410de | 2009-05-03 23:33:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | Linux et al: |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | |
| 22 | * pciutils |
| 23 | * pciutils-devel / pciutils-dev / libpci-dev |
| 24 | * zlib-devel / zlib1g-dev |
Stefan Reinauer | 06b2c4d | 2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | |
Idwer Vollering | 5e410de | 2009-05-03 23:33:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | On FreeBSD, you need the following ports: |
Idwer Vollering | 5e410de | 2009-05-03 23:33:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | * devel/gmake |
| 29 | * devel/libpci |
Idwer Vollering | 5e410de | 2009-05-03 23:33:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | To compile on Linux, use: |
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger | 9abf529 | 2009-05-01 16:34:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | make |
| 34 | |
| 35 | To compile on FreeBSD, use: |
| 36 | |
| 37 | gmake |
| 38 | |
| 39 | To compile on Solaris, use: |
| 40 | |
| 41 | gmake LDFLAGS="-L$pathtolibpci -lpci -lz" CC="gcc -I$pathtopciheaders" \ |
| 42 | CFLAGS=-O2 |
| 43 | |
| 44 | To compile on DragonFly BSD, use: |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ln -s /usr/pkg/include/pciutils pci |
| 47 | gmake CFLAGS=-I. LDFLAGS="-L/usr/pkg/lib -lpci -lz" |
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger | 9abf529 | 2009-05-01 16:34:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | |
| 49 | To compile and run on Darwin/Mac OS X: |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | |
| 51 | Install DirectIO from coresystems GmbH. |
| 52 | DirectIO is available at http://www.coresystems.de/en/directio. |
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger | 9abf529 | 2009-05-01 16:34:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | |
Stefan Reinauer | 06b2c4d | 2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | |
Uwe Hermann | 3d5f96c | 2009-04-23 14:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | Usage / Options |
| 56 | --------------- |
Stefan Reinauer | 06b2c4d | 2005-12-01 10:51:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | |
Uwe Hermann | 3d5f96c | 2009-04-23 14:57:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | Please see the flashrom(8) manpage. |
Ronald G. Minnich | 5e5f75e | 2002-01-29 18:21:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | |
Ronald G. Minnich | 5e5f75e | 2002-01-29 18:21:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | |
Peter Stuge | 42688e5 | 2009-01-26 02:20:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | Exit status |
| 62 | ----------- |
Uwe Hermann | e74b9f8 | 2009-04-10 14:41:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | Please see the flashrom(8) manpage. |
Peter Stuge | 42688e5 | 2009-01-26 02:20:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | |
| 66 | |
Stefan Reinauer | e3f3e2e | 2008-01-18 15:33:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | coreboot Table and Mainboard Identification |
Ollie Lho | 184a404 | 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | -------------------------------------------- |
Ronald G. Minnich | 5e5f75e | 2002-01-29 18:21:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | Please see the flashrom(8) manpage. |
Uwe Hermann | 67808fe | 2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | |
Ollie Lho | 184a404 | 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | |
Uwe Hermann | 2dc5f42 | 2006-11-20 20:32:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | ROM Layout Support |
Ollie Lho | 184a404 | 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | ------------------ |
| 75 | |
Uwe Hermann | 87c0793 | 2009-05-05 16:15:46 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | Please see the flashrom(8) manpage. |
Ollie Lho | 184a404 | 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | |
| 78 | |
Uwe Hermann | f8a49fe | 2008-06-22 18:50:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | Supported Flash Chips / Chipsets / Mainboards |
| 80 | --------------------------------------------- |
Uwe Hermann | b6d2832 | 2006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | |
Uwe Hermann | f8a49fe | 2008-06-22 18:50:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | Please check the output of 'flashrom -L' for the list of supported |
| 83 | flash chips, chipsets/southbridges, and mainboards. |
Uwe Hermann | b6d2832 | 2006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | |
Uwe Hermann | f8a49fe | 2008-06-22 18:50:25 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | See also http://coreboot.org/Flashrom for more details. |
Uwe Hermann | b6d2832 | 2006-12-04 08:15:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | |