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authorPeter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>2008-01-27 16:21:21 +0000
committerPeter Stuge <peter@stuge.se>2008-01-27 16:21:21 +0000
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downloadcoreboot-e2bbcb10d1e477ce3965c5c4a0da902265239811.tar.xz
Make the vendor name optional in the -m flashrom parameter when there's only
one board name that matches. The full syntax still works, and is required when two vendors have boards with the same names. Signed-off-by: Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se> Acked-by: Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de> git-svn-id: svn://svn.coreboot.org/coreboot/trunk@3082 2b7e53f0-3cfb-0310-b3e9-8179ed1497e1
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@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ 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
+ [-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.