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authoruwe <uwe@2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1>2009-05-19 14:14:21 +0000
committeruwe <uwe@2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1>2009-05-19 14:14:21 +0000
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Documentation improvements and small code/whitespace fixes (trivial).
Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> Acked-by: Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> git-svn-id: https://code.coreboot.org/svn/flashrom/trunk@535 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
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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
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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.