Dear Uwe,
I found one typo. Am Mittwoch, den 01.04.2009, 03:45 +0200 schrieb Uwe Hermann: > Index: flashrom.8 > =================================================================== > --- flashrom.8 (Revision 4038) > +++ flashrom.8 (Arbeitskopie) > @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ > .TH FLASHROM 8 "January 5, 2009" > .SH NAME > -flashrom \- a universal BIOS/ROM/flash programming utility > +flashrom \- utility for reading, writing, and erasong BIOS/ROM/flash chips s/erasong/erasing/ > .SH SYNOPSIS > .B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfLhR\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR > exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end] > [\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 DIP, PLCC, or SPI flash ROM > -chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images, for example. > -.sp > +is a utility for reading, writing, and erasing flash ROM chips. > +It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. > +.PP > +It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, and TSOP chips, which use > +various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI. > +.PP > (see > .B http://coreboot.org > for details on coreboot) > @@ -16,17 +19,21 @@ > 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 ROM contents and save them into the given file. > +.B "\-r, \-\-read <file>" > +Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given > +.BR <file> . > .TP > -.B "\-w, \-\-write" > -Write file into flash ROM (default when file is specified). > +.B "\-w, \-\-write <file>" > +Write file into flash ROM (default when > +.B <file> > +is specified). > .TP > -.B "\-v, \-\-verify" > -Verify the flash ROM contents against the given file. > +.B "\-v, \-\-verify <file>" > +Verify the flash ROM contents against the given > +.BR <file> . > .TP > .B "\-E, \-\-erase" > -Erase the flash ROM device. > +Erase the flash ROM chip. > .TP > .B "\-V, \-\-verbose" > More verbose output. > @@ -53,10 +60,11 @@ > Note: This check only works while coreboot is running, and only for those > boards where the coreboot code supports it. > .TP > -.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file> > -Read ROM layout from file. > +.B "\-l, \-\-layout <file>" > +Read ROM layout from > +.BR <file> . > .TP > -.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name> > +.B "\-i, \-\-image <name>" > Only flash image > .B <name> > from flash layout. > @@ -71,6 +79,9 @@ > are listed at > .BR http://coreboot.org/Flashrom#Supported_mainboards , > but the list is not exhaustive, of course. > +.sp > +Please let us know if you can verify other boards to work or not work out > +of the box. > .TP > .B "\-h, \-\-help" > Show a help text and exit. > Index: README > =================================================================== > --- README (Revision 4038) > +++ README (Arbeitskopie) > @@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ > Flashrom README > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -Flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI > -flash ROM chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. > +Flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, and erasing flash ROM chips. > +It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. > > +It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, and TSOP chips, which use > +various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI. > + > (see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot) > > > @@ -46,16 +49,17 @@ > > Exit status > ----------- > -flashrom exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures but with 2 if /dev/mem > + > +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. > > > coreboot Table and Mainboard Identification > -------------------------------------------- > > -Flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard > -(parse DMI as well in future?). If no coreboot table could be read > -or if you want to override these values, you can specify -m, e.g.: > +Flashrom reads the coreboot table to determine the current mainboard. If no > +coreboot table could be read or if you want to override these values, you can > +specify -m, e.g.: > > $ flashrom -w --mainboard AGAMI:ARUMA agami_aruma.rom > > @@ -94,15 +98,6 @@ > ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?). > > > -Disk on Chip support > --------------------- > - > -Disk on Chip support was removed from flashrom in r3382. It had already > -been disabled by default in flashrom for several years because the code > -was considered unstable and incomplete. The products intended to work > -have been End-Of-Lifed by the manufacturer for a long time. > - > - > Supported Flash Chips / Chipsets / Mainboards > --------------------------------------------- Thanks, Paul
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