Ping? On 27.04.2009 18:43, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Since the command line interface for flashrom will change for 1.0 > (all-caps or no-caps for short options, exclude range syntax, etc.) we > should tell users in the man page and the usage message about this. > > Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[email protected]> > > Index: flashrom-usage_hint/flashrom.8 > =================================================================== > --- flashrom-usage_hint/flashrom.8 (Revision 444) > +++ flashrom-usage_hint/flashrom.8 (Arbeitskopie) > @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ > .B http://coreboot.org > for details on coreboot) > .SH OPTIONS > +Please note that the command line interface for flashrom will change before > +flashrom 1.0. Do not use flashrom in scripts or other automated tools without > +checking that your flashrom version won't interpret them in a totally > different > +way. > +.PP > If no file is specified, then all that happens > is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable. > .TP > Index: flashrom-usage_hint/flashrom.c > =================================================================== > --- flashrom-usage_hint/flashrom.c (Revision 444) > +++ flashrom-usage_hint/flashrom.c (Arbeitskopie) > @@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ > printf("usage: %s [-rwvEVfLhR] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]\n", > name); > printf(" [-e exclude_end] [-m [vendor:]part] [-l file.layout] [-i > imagename] [file]\n"); > + printf("Please note that the command line interface for flashrom will " > + "change before flashrom 1.0. Do not use flashrom in scripts or " > + "other automated tools without checking that your flashrom " > + "version won't interpret them in a totally different way.\n\n"); > printf > (" -r | --read: read flash and save into > file\n" > " -w | --write: write file into flash\n" > > >
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