Author: stuge Date: 2009-04-20 14:34:30 +0200 (Mon, 20 Apr 2009) New Revision: 4141
Modified: trunk/util/flashrom/README Log: flashrom: Trivial README change Flashrom->flashrom
Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se Acked-by: Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se
Modified: trunk/util/flashrom/README =================================================================== --- trunk/util/flashrom/README 2009-04-20 12:02:25 UTC (rev 4140) +++ trunk/util/flashrom/README 2009-04-20 12:34:30 UTC (rev 4141) @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Flashrom README +flashrom README -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, and erasing flash ROM chips. +flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, 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 @@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ Exit status -----------
-Flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem +flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem (/dev/xsvc on Solaris) can not be opened and with 3 if a call to mmap() fails.
coreboot Table and Mainboard Identification --------------------------------------------
-Flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard. If no +flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard. If no coreboot table could be read or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ROM Layout Support ------------------
-Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of +flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
00000000:00008fff gfxrom