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Document and enable the linux_spi driver

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The linux_spi driver is now enabled by default on Linux.
A man page entry and a line in --list-supported output have been added.

Corresponding to flashrom svn r1498.

Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006@gmx.net>
Acked-by: Stefan Tauner <stefan.tauner@alumni.tuwien.ac.at>
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2012-02-16 21:00:27 +00:00
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@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ or Xilinx DLC5 compatible cable)
.sp
.BR "* ogp_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs on Open Graphics Project graphics card)"
.sp
.BR "* linux_spi" " (for SPI flash ROMs accessible via /dev/spidevX.Y on Linux)"
.sp
Some programmers have optional or mandatory parameters which are described
in detail in the
.B PROGRAMMER SPECIFIC INFO
@ -639,6 +641,17 @@ section above.
.sp
More information about the hardware is available at
.BR http://wiki.opengraphics.org .
.SS
.BR "linux_spi " programmer
You have to specify the SPI controller to use with the
.sp
.B " flashrom \-p linux_spi:dev=/dev/spidevX.Y"
.sp
syntax where
.B /dev/spidevX.Y
is the Linux device node for your SPI controller.
.sp
Please note that the linux_spi driver only works on Linux.
.SH EXIT STATUS
flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem
(/dev/xsvc on Solaris) can not be opened and with 3 if a call to mmap() fails.