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Diffstat (limited to 'flashrom.8')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ recommended that if you try flashrom the first time on a system, you run it in probe-only mode and check the output. Also you are advised to make a backup of your current ROM contents with .B \-r -before you try to write a new image. +before you try to write a new image. All operations involving any chip access (probe/read/write/...) require the +.B -p/--programmer +option to be used (please see below). .TP .B "\-r, \-\-read <file>" Read flash ROM contents and save them into the given @@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ If you only want to update the image named .sp .B " flashrom \-p prog \-\-layout rom.layout \-\-image normal \-w some.rom" .sp -To update only the images named +To update only the images named .BR "normal " "and " "fallback" ", run:" .sp .B " flashrom \-p prog \-l rom.layout \-i normal -i fallback \-w some.rom" @@ -694,11 +696,11 @@ The schematic of the Xilinx DLC 5 was published at .BR "pony_spi " programmer The serial port (like /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyUSB0 on Linux or COM3 on windows) is specified using the mandatory -.B dev +.B dev parameter. The adapter type is selectable between SI-Prog (used for SPI devices with PonyProg 2000) or a custom made serial bitbanging programmer named "serbang". The optional -.B type +.B type parameter accepts the values "si_prog" (default) or "serbang". .sp Information about the SI-Prog adapter can be found at @@ -724,7 +726,7 @@ is either .B cprom or .B s3 -for the configuration ROM and +for the configuration ROM and .B bprom or .B bios @@ -733,7 +735,7 @@ is installed in your system, you have to specify the PCI address of the card you want to use with the .B pci= parameter as explained in the -.B nic3com et al.\& +.B nic3com et al.\& section above. .sp More information about the hardware is available at |