Author: uwe Date: 2006-11-20 21:32:35 +0100 (Mon, 20 Nov 2006) New Revision: 2500
Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README Log: Cosmetic fixes and typos (trivial).
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann uwe@hermann-uwe.de Acked-by: Uwe Hermann uwe@hermann-uwe.de
Modified: trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README =================================================================== --- trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README 2006-11-20 20:03:07 UTC (rev 2499) +++ trunk/LinuxBIOSv2/util/flashrom/README 2006-11-20 20:32:35 UTC (rev 2500) @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ -This is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Flashrom README +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-build requirements +This is the universal (LinuxBIOS) flash utility. + +Build Requirements ------------------
To build the flashrom utility you need to have the following packages -installed on your linux system: +installed on your Linux system:
* pciutils * pciutils-devel
-usage +Usage -----
usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start] @@ -33,21 +37,21 @@ is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
-LinuxBIOS table and Mainboard identification +LinuxBIOS Table and Mainboard Identification --------------------------------------------
-flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard. +Flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard. (Parse DMI as well in future?) If no LinuxBIOS table could be read -or if you want to override these values, you can to specify -m ie.: +or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.:
- flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom + flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom
-rom layout support +ROM Layout Support ------------------
-flashrom supports rom layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of -the flash chip only. A rom layout file looks like follows: +Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of +the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows:
00000000:00008fff gfxrom 00009000:0003ffff normal @@ -58,19 +62,19 @@
all addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses!
-If you only want to update the normal image in a rom you can say: +If you only want to update the normal image in a ROM you can say:
flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal island_aruma.rom
-To update normal and fallback but leave the vga bios alone, say: +To update normal and fallback but leave the VGA BIOS alone, say:
flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal -i fallback island_aruma.rom
-Currently overlapping sections are not spported. +Currently overlapping sections are not supported.
-rom layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more -flexible and they should lead to a rom update file format with the -rom layout and the rom image in one file (cpio, zip or something?) +ROM layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more +flexible and they should lead to a ROM update file format with the +ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?)
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