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authorkhali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0>2015-07-07 16:49:21 +0000
committerkhali <khali@7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0>2015-07-07 16:49:21 +0000
commitae481521f5eb0f47037515756814b019a261b117 (patch)
tree62c08d9aa24373908245e9b9368eda74ff085516 /eeprog
parent8bc280935157de2683ec1350ca9b284eb6506daa (diff)
downloadi2c-tools-ae481521f5eb0f47037515756814b019a261b117.tar.gz
Mark eepromer and eeprom as deprecated.
git-svn-id: http://lm-sensors.org/svn/i2c-tools/trunk@6307 7894878c-1315-0410-8ee3-d5d059ff63e0
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-rw-r--r--eeprog/README.eeprog18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/eeprog/README.eeprog b/eeprog/README.eeprog
index 6cccd00..7514c73 100644
--- a/eeprog/README.eeprog
+++ b/eeprog/README.eeprog
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-Important! See the README file for important warnings.
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+!!! !
+!!! This program should only be used on external busses unless you REALLY !
+!!! know what you are doing. !
+!!! !
+!!! Your computer probably contains eeproms for saving data vital to its !
+!!! operation. If you are not careful you might overwrite this data with !
+!!! this program and your computer may no longer boot! !
+!!! !
+!!! An example are the EEPROMS on your SDRAM DIMMs, your computer may no !
+!!! longer detect the RAM module rendering it essentially USELESS! !
+!!! !
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eeprog reads and writes 24Cxx EEPROMs connected to I2C serial bus.
@@ -7,6 +19,4 @@ your i2c chipset and the i2c-dev drivers.
Use -16 switch for EEPROM larger then 24C16 (16 bit addressing mode).
-Again, it's really important that you read the README file.
-
-Type "make" to compile.
+Use "make EXTRA=eeprog" to build this program.