Author: stuge Date: 2009-05-01 16:52:50 +0200 (Fri, 01 May 2009) New Revision: 451
Modified: trunk/README trunk/flashrom.8 Log: Mention that flashrom can also verify flash contents.
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se Acked-by: Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se
Modified: trunk/README =================================================================== --- trunk/README 2009-05-01 14:49:49 UTC (rev 450) +++ trunk/README 2009-05-01 14:52:50 UTC (rev 451) @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ flashrom README -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, and erasing flash ROM chips. -It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. +flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash ROM +chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images.
It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, and TSOP40 chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash,
Modified: trunk/flashrom.8 =================================================================== --- trunk/flashrom.8 2009-05-01 14:49:49 UTC (rev 450) +++ trunk/flashrom.8 2009-05-01 14:52:50 UTC (rev 451) @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ .TH FLASHROM 8 "April 11, 2009" .SH NAME -flashrom - read, write, and erase BIOS/ROM/flash chips +flashrom - read, write, verify and erase BIOS/ROM/flash chips .SH SYNOPSIS .B flashrom \fR[\fB-rwvEVfLhR\fR] [\fB-c\fR chipname] [\fB-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB-e\fR exclude_end] [\fB-m\fR [vendor:]part] [\fB-l\fR file.layout] [\fB-i\fR image_name] [file] .SH DESCRIPTION .B flashrom -is a utility for reading, writing, and erasing flash ROM chips. +is a utility for reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash ROM chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. .PP It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, and