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flashrom README
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flashrom is a utility for detecting, reading, writing, verifying and erasing
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flash chips. It is often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images
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in-system using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of network
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cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which can
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program flash chips.
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It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, and TSOP40
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chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI.
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Please see the flashrom(8) manpage.
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Packaging
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To package flashrom and remove dependencies on subversion, either use
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make export
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or
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make tarball
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make export will export all flashrom files from the subversion repository at
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revision BASE into a directory named $EXPORTDIR/flashrom-$VERSION-r$SVNREVISION
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and will additionally modify the Makefile in that directory to contain the svn
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revision of the exported tree.
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make tarball will simply tar up the result of make export and gzip compress it.
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The snapshot tarballs are the result of make tarball and require no further
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processing.
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Build Instructions
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To build flashrom you need to install the following packages or ports:
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Linux et al:
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 * pciutils / libpci
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 * pciutils-devel / pciutils-dev / libpci-dev
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 * zlib-devel / zlib1g-dev (only needed if libpci is static)
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On FreeBSD, you need the following ports:
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 * devel/gmake
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 * devel/libpci
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To compile on Linux, use:
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 make
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To compile on FreeBSD, use:
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 gmake
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To compile on Nexenta, use:
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 make
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To compile on Solaris, use:
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 gmake LDFLAGS="-L$pathtolibpci" CC="gcc -I$pathtopciheaders" CFLAGS=-O2
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To compile on DragonFly BSD, use:
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 ln -s /usr/pkg/include/pciutils pci
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 gmake CFLAGS=-I. LDFLAGS="-L/usr/pkg/lib"
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To compile and run on Darwin/Mac OS X:
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 Install DirectIO from coresystems GmbH.
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 DirectIO is available at http://www.coresystems.de/en/directio.
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Installation
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In order to install flashrom and the manpage into /usr/local, type:
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 make install
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For installation in a different directory use DESTDIR, e.g. like this:
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 make DESTDIR=/usr install
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If you have insufficient permissions for the destination directory, use sudo
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by adding sudo in front of the commands above.
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Contact
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The official flashrom website is:
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  http://www.flashrom.org/
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The IRC channel is
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  #flashrom at irc.freenode.net
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The Mailing list addess is
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  flashrom@flashrom.org
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