Felix Singer has submitted this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/67873 )
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 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/67873 Reviewed-by: Felix Singer felixsinger@posteo.net Reviewed-by: Angel Pons th3fanbus@gmail.com --- M flashrom.8.tmpl 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Approvals: build bot (Jenkins): Verified Felix Singer: Looks good to me, approved Angel Pons: Looks good to me, approved
diff --git a/flashrom.8.tmpl b/flashrom.8.tmpl index aa5bcd4..959e5fd 100644 --- a/flashrom.8.tmpl +++ b/flashrom.8.tmpl @@ -250,6 +250,13 @@ .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)