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Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	1	.TH FLASHROM 8 "October 18, 2007"
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	2	.SH NAME
Uwe Hermann	424b7cf	2006-12-20 14:59:56 +0000	[diff] [blame]	3	flashrom \- a universal flash programming utility
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	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
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	9	is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI flash ROM
				10	chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/LinuxBIOS/firmware images, for example.
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	11	.SH OPTIONS
				12	If no file is specified, then all that happens
				13	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]	14	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	15	.B "\-r, \-\-read"
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	16	Read flash ROM contents an save them into the given file.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	17	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	18	.B "\-w, \-\-write"
				19	Write file into flash (default when file is specified).
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	20	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	21	.B "\-v, \-\-verify"
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	22	Verify the flash ROM contents against the given file.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	23	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	24	.B "\-E, \-\-erase"
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	25	Erase the flash device.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	26	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	27	.B "\-V, \-\-verbose"
				28	More verbose output.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	29	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	30	.B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname>
				31	Probe only for specified flash chip.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	32	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	33	.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	34	Exclude start position. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	35	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	36	.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr>
				37	Exclude end postion. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	38	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	39	.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	40	Override mainboard settings. This option is needed for some mainboards,
				41	see the
				42	.B flashrom
				43	README for a list.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	44	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	45	.B "\-f, \-\-force"
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	46	Force write without checking whether the ROM image file is really meant
				47	to be used on this board.
				48	.sp
				49	Note: This check only works while LinuxBIOS is running, and only for those
				50	boards where the LinuxBIOS code supports it.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	51	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	52	.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file>
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	53	Read ROM layout from file.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	54	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	55	.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name>
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	56	Only flash image
				57	.B <name>
				58	from flash layout.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	59	.TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	60	.B "\-h, \-\-help"
				61	Show a help text and exit.
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	62	.\".TP
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	63	.\".B "\-\-version"
				64	.\"Show version information and exit.
				65	.SH BUGS
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	66	Please report any bugs at http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/,
				67	or on the LinuxBIOS mailing list (http://linuxbios.org/Mailinglist).
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	68	.SH LICENCE
				69	.B flashrom
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	70	is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later.
Uwe Hermann	67808fe	2007-10-18 00:29:05 +0000	[diff] [blame]	71	.\" .SH SEE ALSO
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	72	.SH COPYRIGHT
				73	2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
				74	.br
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	75	2003 Niki W. Waibel
				76	.br
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	77	2004 Tyan Corp
				78	.br
Stefan Reinauer	5380d51	2007-05-24 09:08:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	79	2005-2007 coresystems GmbH
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	80	.SH AUTHORS
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	81	Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	82	.br
				83	Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
				84	.br
				85	Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net>
Stefan Reinauer	f8337dd	2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	86	.br
				87	some others
Stefan Reinauer	261144c	2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	88	.PP
Stefan Reinauer	de063bf	2006-09-21 13:09:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	89	This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.
				90	It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (v2 or later).