Am Samstag, den 21.07.2012, 04:26 +0200 schrieb Carl-Daniel Hailfinger: > Document --output in the man page. > Add an examples section to the man page. > > Signed-off-by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[email protected]> > > Index: flashrom-logfile_manpage/flashrom.8 > =================================================================== > --- flashrom-logfile_manpage/flashrom.8 (Revision 1549) > +++ flashrom-logfile_manpage/flashrom.8 (Arbeitskopie) > @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ > [\fB\-c\fR <chipname>] \ > [\fB\-l\fR <file>] > [\fB\-i\fR <image>] [\fB\-p\fR <programmername>[:<parameters>]] > + [\fB-o\fR <logfile>] > .SH DESCRIPTION > .B flashrom > is a utility for detecting, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash > @@ -220,6 +221,13 @@ > .B "\-h, \-\-help" > Show a help text and exit. > .TP > +.B "\-o, \-\-output <logfile>" > +Save a full debug log to
I am unsure about the »a« in there. But I am no native speaker, so I everything might be fine. > +.BR <logfile> . > +If the file already exists, it will be overwritten. This is the recommended > +way to gather logs from flashrom because they will be verbose even if the > +on-screen messages are not verbose. > +.TP > .B "\-R, \-\-version" > Show version information and exit. > .SH PROGRAMMER SPECIFIC INFO > @@ -697,6 +705,25 @@ > is the Linux device node for your SPI controller. > .sp > Please note that the linux_spi driver only works on Linux. > +.SH EXAMPLES > +To back up and update your BIOS, run > +.sp > +.B flashrom -p internal -r backup.rom -o backuplog.txt > +.br > +.B flashrom -p internal -w newbios.rom -o writelog.txt > +.sp > +Please make sure to copy backup.rom to some external media before you try > +to write. That makes offline recovery easier. > +.br > +If writing fails and flashrom complains about the chip being in an unknown > +state, you can try to restore the backup by running > +.sp > +.B flashrom -p internal -w backup.rom -o restorelog.txt > +.sp > +If you encounter any problems, please contact us and supply > +backuplog.txt, writelog.txt and restorelog.txt. See section > +.B BUGS > +for contact info. > .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. Acked-by: Paul Menzel <[email protected]> Thanks, Paul
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