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Corresponding to flashrom svn r153 and coreboot v2 svn r2875.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>
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.TH FLASHROM 8 "December 20, 2006"
.TH FLASHROM 8 "October 18, 2007"
.SH NAME
flashrom \- a universal flash programming utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
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[\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [\fB-l\fR file.layout] [\fB-i\fR image_name] [file]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B flashrom
is a universal flash programming utility for flash chips
(e.g. in DIP or PLCC packaging). It can be used to flash BIOS images,
for example.
is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI flash ROM
chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/LinuxBIOS/firmware images, for example.
.SH OPTIONS
If no file is specified, then all that happens
is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
.TP
.B "\-r, \-\-read"
Read flash and save contents into file.
Read flash ROM contents an save them into the given file.
.TP
.B "\-w, \-\-write"
Write file into flash (default when file is specified).
.TP
.B "\-v, \-\-verify"
Verify flash against file.
Verify the flash ROM contents against the given file.
.TP
.B "\-E, \-\-erase"
Erase flash device.
Erase the flash device.
.TP
.B "\-V, \-\-verbose"
More verbose output.
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Exclude end postion. (obsolete)
.TP
.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
Override mainboard settings.
Override mainboard settings. This option is needed for some mainboards,
see the
.B flashrom
README for a list.
.TP
.B "\-f, \-\-force"
Force write without checking image.
Force write without checking whether the ROM image file is really meant
to be used on this board.
.sp
Note: This check only works while LinuxBIOS is running, and only for those
boards where the LinuxBIOS code supports it.
.TP
.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file>
Read ROM layout from file.
.TP
.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name>
Only flash image name from flash layout.
Only flash image
.B <name>
from flash layout.
.TP
.B "\-h, \-\-help"
Show a help text and exit.
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.\".B "\-\-version"
.\"Show version information and exit.
.SH BUGS
Please report any bugs at http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/.
Please report any bugs at http://tracker.linuxbios.org/trac/LinuxBIOS/,
or on the LinuxBIOS mailing list (http://linuxbios.org/Mailinglist).
.SH LICENCE
.B flashrom
is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or later.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR romcc (1),
.BR abuild (1).
.\" .SH SEE ALSO
.SH COPYRIGHT
2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
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