Nico Huber has submitted this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/57807 )
Change subject: flashrom.8: add missing entry for `--flash-contents` ......................................................................
flashrom.8: add missing entry for `--flash-contents`
Change-Id: I64a8200a86329bd26a2069c5dc39430de9f8ba09 Signed-off-by: Michael Niewöhner foss@mniewoehner.de Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/57807 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) no-reply@coreboot.org Reviewed-by: Nico Huber nico.h@gmx.de --- M flashrom.8.tmpl 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Approvals: build bot (Jenkins): Verified Nico Huber: Looks good to me, approved
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl index c9620fe..788e254 100644 --- a/flashrom.8.tmpl +++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl @@ -290,6 +290,13 @@ .B "--flash-size" Prints out the detected flash chips size. .TP +.B "--flash-contents <ref-file>" +The file contents of +.BR <ref-file> +will be used to decide which parts of the flash need to be written. Providing +this saves an initial read of the full flash chip. Be careful, if the provided +data doesn't actually match the flash contents, results are undefined. +.TP .B "-L, --list-supported" List the flash chips, chipsets, mainboards, and external programmers (including PCI, USB, parallel port, and serial port based devices)