From 8b7f1a7d04d74121ae445efcb4f00a08c7c11a6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: uwe Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:48:51 +0000 Subject: Original v2 revision: 3059 Minor documentation improvements/fixes in the README and manpage (trivial). Signed-off-by: Uwe Hermann Acked-by: Uwe Hermann git-svn-id: https://code.coreboot.org/svn/flashrom/trunk@180 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1 --- README | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 994a163..0ee4ba9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.1