From c7e8a0ce1e2c5c08a43060ead373aebe62e68afe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Uwe Hermann Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:14:21 +0000 Subject: Documentation improvements and small code/whitespace fixes Corresponding to flashrom svn r535. Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann Acked-by: Uwe Hermann --- README | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index d72f225a..9db8d4b9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ flashrom README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- flashrom is a utility for reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash ROM -chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. +chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images in-system +using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of network +cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which can +program flash chips. It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32, and TSOP40 chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, @@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ Supported Flash Chips / Chipsets / Mainboards --------------------------------------------- Please check the output of 'flashrom -L' for the list of supported -flash chips, chipsets/southbridges, and mainboards. +flash chips, chipsets/southbridges, mainboards, and flash programmers. See also http://coreboot.org/Flashrom for more details. -- cgit v1.2.3