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.\" Copyright (C) 2006 Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>.
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.\" This manpage is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
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.TH FLASHROM 1 "July 26, 2006"
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.SH NAME
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flashrom \- the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-rwvEVfh\fR] [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR exclude_start] [\fB\-e\fR exclude_end]
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[\fB-m\fR vendor:part] [\fB-l\fR file.layout] [\fB-i\fR image_name] [file]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B flashrom
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is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.
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.SH OPTIONS
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If no file is specified, then all that happens
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is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
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.B "\-r, \-\-read"
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Read flash and save contents into file.
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.PP
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.B "\-w, \-\-write"
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Write file into flash (default when file is specified).
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.PP
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.B "\-v, \-\-verify"
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Verify flash against file.
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.PP
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.B "\-E, \-\-erase"
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Erase flash device.
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.PP
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.B "\-V, \-\-verbose"
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More verbose output.
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.PP
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.B "\-c, \-\-chip" <chipname>
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Probe only for specified flash chip.
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.PP
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.B "\-s, \-\-estart" <addr>
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Exclude start position. (obsolete)
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.PP
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.B "\-e, \-\-eend" <addr>
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Exclude end postion. (obsolete)
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.PP
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.B "\-m, \-\-mainboard" <vendor:part>
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Override mainboard settings.
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.PP
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.B "\-f, \-\-force"
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Force write without checking image.
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.PP
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.B "\-l, \-\-layout" <layout.file>
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Read ROM layout from file.
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.PP
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.B "\-i, \-\-image" <name>
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Only flash image name from flash layout.
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.PP
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.B "\-h, \-\-help"
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Show a help text and exit.
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.\".PP
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.\".B "\-\-version"
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.\"Show version information and exit.
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.SH BUGS
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Please report any bugs at http://bugzilla.openbios.org/.
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.SH LICENCE
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.B flashrom
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is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL).
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR romcc (1).
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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2000 Silicon Integrated System Corporation
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2003 Niki W. Waibel
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2004 Tyan Corp
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2005-2006 coresystems GmbH
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.SH AUTHORS
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Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@amd.com>
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Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
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Niki W. Waibel <niki.waibel@gmx.net>
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some others
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.PP
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This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de>,
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for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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