coreboot-kgpe-d16/util/flashrom
Stefan Reinauer f694db9380 Fix flashrom for sst49lf080a and small print bug,
by Roman Kononov <kononov195-lbl@yahoo.com>.
X-Signed-Off-By: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>


git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@2448 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
2006-10-07 00:21:13 +00:00
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82802ab.c Removing $Id$ tags as they have no meaning in SVN 2006-08-23 14:33:54 +00:00
82802ab.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
Makefile redo ts5300 auto.c 2006-03-19 22:30:42 +00:00
README Print a warning if southbridge is not known to flashrom. 2006-08-25 19:21:42 +00:00
am29f040b.c make am29f040b driver more solid by printing every 4096th flash address. 2006-03-16 16:46:19 +00:00
am29f040b.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
debug.h * make -v switch print debug messages. 2005-12-18 16:41:10 +00:00
flash.h Add support for SST39SF040 and SST39SF010A 2006-07-31 23:37:17 +00:00
flash_enable.c Add patch from Uwe Hermann to support more ICH southbridges 2006-09-06 15:48:48 +00:00
flash_rom.c some documentation updates by Uwe and some smaller ones by me. 2006-08-03 10:49:09 +00:00
flashchips.c Fix flashrom for sst49lf080a and small print bug, 2006-10-07 00:21:13 +00:00
flashrom.1 abuild manpage and other fixes from Uwe Hermann. Thank you! 2006-09-21 13:09:22 +00:00
jedec.c Removing $Id$ tags as they have no meaning in SVN 2006-08-23 14:33:54 +00:00
jedec.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
layout.c redo image checking in conversion case. Please update to this 2005-12-18 18:40:46 +00:00
layout.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
lbtable.c flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
lbtable.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
m29f400bt.c Removing $Id$ tags as they have no meaning in SVN 2006-08-23 14:33:54 +00:00
m29f400bt.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
msys_doc.c flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
msys_doc.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
mx29f002.c Removing $Id$ tags as they have no meaning in SVN 2006-08-23 14:33:54 +00:00
mx29f002.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
pm49fl004.c flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
pm49fl004.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
rom.layout flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
sharplhf00l04.c Removing $Id$ tags as they have no meaning in SVN 2006-08-23 14:33:54 +00:00
sharplhf00l04.h Fix for nehemiah 2006-03-14 19:58:14 +00:00
sst28sf040.c flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
sst28sf040.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
sst39sf020.c Removing $Id$ tags as they have no meaning in SVN 2006-08-23 14:33:54 +00:00
sst39sf020.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
sst49lf040.c Fix flashrom for sst49lf080a and small print bug, 2006-10-07 00:21:13 +00:00
sst49lf040.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
sst_fwhub.c flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
sst_fwhub.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
udelay.c flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00
w49f002u.c Removing $Id$ tags as they have no meaning in SVN 2006-08-23 14:33:54 +00:00
w49f002u.h flasrom update from Stefan, resovle issue 21 2005-11-26 21:55:36 +00:00

README

This is the universal LinuxBIOS flash utility.

build requirements
------------------

To build the flashrom utility you need to have the following packages
installed on your linux system:

* pciutils
* pciutils-devel


usage
-----

usage: ./flashrom [-rwvEVfh] [-c chipname] [-s exclude_start]
       [-e exclude_end] [-m vendor:part] [-l file.layout] [-i imagename] [file]
   -r | --read:                    read flash and save into file
   -w | --write:                   write file into flash (default when
                                   file is specified)
   -v | --verify:                  verify flash against file
   -E | --erase:                   erase flash device
   -V | --verbose:                 more verbose output
   -c | --chip <chipname>:         probe only for specified flash chip
   -s | --estart <addr>:           exclude start position
   -e | --eend <addr>:             exclude end postion
   -m | --mainboard <vendor:part>: override mainboard settings
   -f | --force:                   force write without checking image
   -l | --layout <file.layout>:    read rom layout from file
   -i | --image <name>:            only flash image name from flash layout

 If no file is specified, then all that happens
 is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.


LinuxBIOS table and Mainboard identification
--------------------------------------------

flashrom reads the LinuxBIOS table to determine the current mainboard.
(Parse DMI as well in future?) If no LinuxBIOS table could be read
or if you want to override these values, you can to specify -m ie.:

     flashrom -w --mainboard ISLAND:ARUMA island_aruma.rom


rom layout support
------------------

flashrom supports rom layouts. This allows to flash certain parts of
the flash chip only. A rom layout file looks like follows:

  00000000:00008fff gfxrom
  00009000:0003ffff normal
  00040000:0007ffff fallback

  i.e.:
  startaddr:endaddr name

  all addresses are offsets within the file, not absolute addresses!
  
If you only want to update the normal image in a rom you can say:

     flashrom -w --layout rom.layout --image normal island_aruma.rom
     
To update normal and fallback but leave the vga bios alone, say:

     flashrom -w -l rom.layout -i normal -i fallback island_aruma.rom
 
Currently overlapping sections are not spported.

rom layouts should replace the -s and -e option since they are more 
flexible and they should lead to a rom update file format with the 
rom layout and the rom image in one file (cpio, zip or something?)


DOC support
-----------

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.