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2.6 KiB
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83 lines
2.6 KiB
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This is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.
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build requirements
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To build the flashrom utility you need to have the following packages
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installed on your linux system:
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* pciutils
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* pciutils-devel
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usage
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usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]
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[-e exclude_end] [-m vendor:part] [-l file.layout] [-i imagename] [file]
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-r | --read: read flash and save into file
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-w | --write: write file into flash (default when
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file is specified)
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-v | --verify: verify flash against file
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-E | --erase: erase flash device
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-V | --verbose: more verbose output
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-c | --chip <chipname>: probe only for specified flash chip
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-s | --estart <addr>: exclude start position
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-e | --eend <addr>: exclude end postion
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-m | --mainboard <vendor:part>: override mainboard settings
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-f | --force: force write without checking image
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-l | --layout <file.layout>: read rom layout from file
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-i | --image <name>: only flash image name from flash layout
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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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LinuxBIOS table and Mainboard identification
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flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard.
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(Parse DMI as well in future?) If no LinuxBIOS table could be read
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or if you want to override these values, you can to specify -m ie.:
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flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom
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rom layout support
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flashrom supports rom layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of
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the flash chip only. A rom layout file looks like follows:
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00000000:00008fff gfxrom
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00009000:0003ffff normal
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00040000:0007ffff fallback
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i.e.:
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startaddr:endaddr name
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all addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses!
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If you only want to update the normal image in a rom you can say:
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flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal island_aruma.rom
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To update normal and fallback but leave the vga bios alone, say:
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flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal -i fallback island_aruma.rom
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Currently overlapping sections are not spported.
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rom layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more
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flexible and they should lead to a rom update file format with the
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rom layout and the rom image in one file (cpio, zip or something?)
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DOC support
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DISK on Chip support is currently disabled since it is considered unstable.
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Change CFLAGS in the Makefile to enable it.
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