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Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]1.\" Copyright (C) 2006 Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.
2.\" This manpage is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]3.TH FLASHROM 1 "July 26, 2006"
4.SH NAME
5flashrom \- the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility
6.SH SYNOPSIS
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]7.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfh\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end]
8 [\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]9.SH DESCRIPTION
10.B flashrom
11is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.
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.
15
16.B "\-r, \-\-read"
17Read flash and save contents into file.
18.PP
19.B "\-w, \-\-write"
20Write file into flash (default when file is specified).
21.PP
22.B "\-v, \-\-verify"
23Verify flash against file.
24.PP
25.B "\-E, \-\-erase"
26Erase flash device.
27.PP
28.B "\-V, \-\-verbose"
29More verbose output.
30.PP
31.B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname>
32Probe only for specified flash chip.
33.PP
34.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]35Exclude start position. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]36.PP
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]37.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr>
38Exclude end postion. (obsolete)
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]39.PP
40.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
41Override mainboard settings.
42.PP
43.B "\-f, \-\-force"
44Force write without checking image.
45.PP
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.
48.PP
49.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name>
50Only flash image name from flash layout.
51.PP
52.B "\-h, \-\-help"
53Show a help text and exit.
54.\".PP
55.\".B "\-\-version"
56.\"Show version information and exit.
57.SH BUGS
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]58Please report any bugs at http://bugzilla.openbios.org/.
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]59.SH LICENCE
60.B flashrom
61is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
62.SH SEE ALSO
63.BR romcc (1).
64.SH COPYRIGHT
652000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
66.br
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]672003 Niki W. Waibel
68.br
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]692004 Tyan Corp
70.br
712005-2006 coresystems GmbH
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]72.SH AUTHORS
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]73Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]74.br
75Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
76.br
77Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net>
Stefan Reinauerf8337dd2006-08-03 10:49:09 +0000[diff] [blame^]78.br
79some others
Stefan Reinauer261144c2006-07-27 23:29:02 +0000[diff] [blame]80.PP
81This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>,
82for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).