Daniel Campello has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/62794 )
Change subject: flashrom.8.tmpl: clarifying man entries for -r/-w/-x ......................................................................
flashrom.8.tmpl: clarifying man entries for -r/-w/-x
This change adds follow up changes to the man page: - Explain <-> argument for -r/-w operations - Expand on region name handling of -x operation
BUG=b:224364316
Change-Id: I0cba593da3926c8587027789f4e1e89a2329ca7f --- M flashrom.8.tmpl 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/flashrom refs/changes/94/62794/1
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl index fe2d9d6..3274f07 100644 --- a/flashrom.8.tmpl +++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl @@ -77,16 +77,20 @@ .B -p/--programmer option to be used (please see below). .TP -.B "-r, --read <file>" +.B "-r, --read <file|->" Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given .BR <file> . -If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. +If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. If +.BR <-> +is provided instead, contents will be written to the stdout. .TP -.B "-w, --write <file>" +.B "-w, --write <file|->" Write .B <file> -into flash ROM. This will first automatically -.B erase +into flash ROM. If +.B <-> +is provided instead, contents will be read from stdin. This will first automatically + B erase the chip, then write to it. .sp In the process the chip is also read several times. First an in-memory backup @@ -133,7 +137,8 @@ .TP .B "-x, --extract" Extract every region defined on the layout from flash ROM chip to a -file with the same name as the extracted region. +file with the same name as the extracted region (replacing spaces with +underscores). .TP .B "-V, --verbose" More verbose output. This option can be supplied multiple times
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