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| author | uwe <uwe@2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1> | 2008-01-18 17:48:51 +0000 |
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| committer | uwe <uwe@2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1> | 2008-01-18 17:48:51 +0000 |
| commit | 8b7f1a7d04d74121ae445efcb4f00a08c7c11a6d (patch) | |
| tree | c033049c1300761bc6f38a8eab7303bf07a82415 /README | |
| parent | 568eccf28539e7a8f83e93476489f6ca7355a2b4 (diff) | |
| download | flashrom-8b7f1a7d04d74121ae445efcb4f00a08c7c11a6d.tar.gz | |
Original v2 revision: 3059
Minor documentation improvements/fixes in the README and manpage (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@180 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
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| -rw-r--r-- | README | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ Flashrom README ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -This is the universal (coreboot) flash utility. +Flashrom is a universal flash programming utility for DIP, PLCC, or SPI +flash ROM chips. It can be used to flash BIOS/coreboot/firmware images. + +(see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot) + Build Requirements ------------------ @@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ no coreboot table is found: ROM Layout Support ------------------ -Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of +Flashrom supports ROM layouts. This allows you to flash certain parts of the flash chip only. A ROM layout file looks like follows: 00000000:00008fff gfxrom @@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ ROM layout and the ROM image in one file (cpio, zip or something?). Disk on Chip support -------------------- -Disk on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable. +Disk on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable. Change CFLAGS in the Makefile to enable it: Remove -DDISABLE_DOC from CFLAGS. |